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    Lord of the Flies Comparative Essay The novel is much better than the movie. The novel is more interesting than the movie as there was a lot of description‚ which was used in the right places. It was easier to read the novel. The description in the novel was very detailed which was gross but it is not as bad as seeing pigs getting slaughtered visually in the movie. It was cruel and horrendous when they killed the pig so badly. Although the novel and the movie had the same plot there were many

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    A Malevolent Society in Lord of the Flies Humans‚ by nature‚ are genuinely good people who show compassion and concern for others‚ right? Well true‚ if we all lived in a utopian land. Unfortunately‚ humans are‚ in fact‚ evil and easily corrupted by others. In William Golding’s 1954 published Lord of the Flies‚ the boy’s on the island learn that a peaceful civilization is easily destroyed without cooperation or agreement. The frustration manifested itself‚ making a transformation of the boys into

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    Golding’s purpose in writing "The Lord of the Flies"‚ a story about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island. When the boy’s priorities clash‚ a war breaks out between protagonist Ralph and shortsighted antagonist Jack‚ who instead of being rescued would rather hunt. The fight for power between them soon turns to violence. Golding uses these boys as a scaled down model of what the world is like at war. Golding uses symbolism diction and allegory in "The Lord of the Flies" to prove that man‚ not natural

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    stories. The definition of an assembly is: The name given for the democratic meeting sessions held for the group when led by Ralph. William Golding‚ the author of Lord of the Flies‚ uses the symbol of the assemblies to represent not just civilization and order‚ but the political parties in the world. Near the end of the story‚ this symbol changes‚ and there are no longer any assemblies‚ which is the main reason of why the story falls apart in the end. The first time that the assemblies come

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    In Lord of the Flies‚ Golding discusses the complex relationships between society‚ morality and human nature. He examines two central concepts in Lord of the Flies: the nature of evil and civilisation vs. savagery‚ and both are intrinsically linked with each other. Within the topic of the nature of evil‚ Golding develops various ideas‚ the most important of which is that human nature is innately evil. This idea is closely related to the conflict of civilisation vs. savagery (or good vs. evil). Golding

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    In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ symbolism is used effectively to show the main idea that civilisation is used to control savagery within all humans. The symbol of the conch shell mirrors the state of civilisation on the island over the course of the text. Lord of the Flies depicts the transformation of a group of English school-boys from civilised to savage after their plane crashes on a deserted island during a World War. At the start of the novel‚ Ralph‚ the protagonist

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    Book Project Response Sheet Lord of the Flies January 14‚ 2009 Chapters 1-3 ____________________________________________________________ __________________________ Summary: Throughout the first three chapters of Lord of the Flies‚ the boys gather together‚ and start to get organized. Ralph and Piggy are the first boys to meet up and by finding a conch shell they are able to use it as a symbol to gather the rest of the boys together. After electing Ralph as the leader‚ him‚ Simon‚ and

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    worry about each other and discover what it takes to work together. But what happens when the community they have built starts to fall apart? In Golding’s Novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the contrasting literary themes of civilization versus savagery are illustrated through the use of symbols‚ dialogue‚ and visual imagery. Golding uses many symbols throughout his novel to illustrate the contrasting themes of civilization versus savagery. In this novel‚ the use of the conch represents civilization through

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    violence and keep the peace in a nonthreatening way. Golding demonstrates in Lord of the Flies‚ the way some boys on an island show savage human behaviors after being under no constrict of statutes.

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    non-literal sense‚ a couple of other things can be identified as the phoenix such as the government‚ the books themselves‚ and ideas. The phoenix‚ as identified before‚ is something that comes back from the dead in a sense. For example‚ in the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R Tolken‚ Gandalf the Grey wins the battle with the Balrog‚ but is severely injured in the process and is reborn‚ to finish his task as a wizard (destroy the ring)‚ as The White Wizard. This idea of rebirth can be applied to the city

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