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    Lord of the Flies Essay

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    William Golding in his hit book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ disscusses that everyone has the inborn characteristic of evil and savagery suppressed inside of them. In Lord of the Flies all of the boys seem innocent but outside of society’s rules and regulations‚ they do whatever they can to survive. This aspect of boys is what Golding describes as evil‚ their human instincts for survival. Golding wrote this book to show that evil is inside everyone and also that humans are weak‚ but in the book not everyone

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    Manangan 1  Czarlene Manangan  Mitchell   English 10 H P5  08 March 2015  Lord of the Flies Analysis: Bullying   Fear is the kid in the sandbox carefully building his sandcastle out of survival and sanity.  Power is the boy stomping his way over to Fear‚ reaching down for a handful of sand to hurl into  his eyes. Control‚ power ’s identical twin‚ stomps on Fear ’s sandcastle until every block of hope  disintegrates. Fear cries and crashes down to the floor‚ as Power and Control cackle at his pain

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    Alienation‚ out group‚ rites of passage‚ hunting and gathering‚ oligarchy‚ coalition‚ power‚ authority‚ obedience‚ discovery‚ invention‚ culture shock‚ deviance‚ norms‚ values‚ machismo --- all of which are found in the paragraph below. Lord of the Flies not only serves as a great coming of age tale but also introduces many sociological concepts that can be exposed through the plot and characters within the movie/book. Like any coming of age tale there are rites of passage in which the boys experience

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    In William Golding’s "Lord Of The Flies"‚ there are many frightening moments that cause drama and suspense. Such as‚ throughout the book when all the kids live on their own with no parents. They are all young in age‚ there is no help anywhere near by‚ they need to build shelters in order to live. There is no way off of this island unless a boat notices them‚ there are no hospitals in case of an injury‚ and there is limited supply of food and water. Also‚ they have no contact with anyone‚ and they

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    order to have a functioning society‚ those of the community‚ must have responsibilities and achieve them. However‚ too often people lack certain traits or characteristics that withhold them from being successful and achieving tasks. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the main characters will show how different personality traits and mindsets can set back or take away from achieving a duty. Ralph‚ one of the older boys who was born a leader‚ demonstrates that you must always stay sane or

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    Rivalry Rivalry can lead to many serious problems or even injury. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding explores the theme or rivalry describing fighting‚ jealousy and taking sides. The author‚ William Golding‚ explains many themes with a lot of detail. He also uses symbols in the novels to represent things in real life‚ for example the conch represents civilization and government. On the island there were many conflicts between Jack and Ralph. They mainly fought for their different

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    If deserted on a mysterious island with no resources to stay alive‚ what would an individual do? Would one give up‚ or attempt to survive? In William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of The Flies‚ a group of British schoolboys find themselves marooned on an island after their airplane is shot down during a nuclear war. Due to their lack of order and knowledge on how to survive‚ the youngsters made harmful choices and in the end‚ pay the consequences. Furthermore‚ the island lacked the supervision and cleverness

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    Lord of the Flies and Laws

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    people‚ so I’ll do my best to answer this question‚ using ‘the lord of the flies’ as reference throughout. Laws are those things that always surround us‚ almost wherever we go‚ they aid us‚ protect us‚ give us a sense of security and pretty much stop all those people that usually need to be kept in line. Laws are pretty much an extremely important set of rules that can have enormous consequences; in the move ‘lord of the flies’ there are two main characters who represent the two different sides

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    There can be many characters in Lord of Flies that help people to know that man must have rules to control his savage side. The novel ‘lord of the flies’ is written by William Golding‚ the novel tells us about a group of English boys who are stranded in a tropical empty island.I don’t think there would be anything here if we didn’t have any rules. In lord of the flies you may think it’s a group of boys who are battling out to survive but if you look in deeper you may think twice about what the main

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau believes that humans are innately noble savages. The two different ideas these philosophers have about morality and what makes a person moral leads us to ask; what causes humans to abandon moral behavior? In the book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ author William Golding uses many characters and motifs such as jack‚ Roger‚ and fear to show how morality can be abandoned. From the beginning of the book the character Jack wants power more than anything else‚ he becomes furious when

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