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    Andrea Trinidad Dr. Grekov English Period 1 October 26‚ 2015 BI-WEEKLY READING LOG Lord of the Flies William Golding October 26‚ 2015 Pages: 76-144 Summary Ralph declares a meeting proclaiming that they haven’t been building shelters‚ collecting water in coconut shells‚ defecating in the proper areas‚ and maintaining a signal fire. He focuses on how important the signal fire is because it can help them get rescued. The littluns are

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    group of young boys were to be stranded on an island together without adult supervision? Then this is the book made just for you. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an excellently written‚ descriptive‚ novel that illustrates the savagery and chaos that ensues when order is lost-even amongst what most considers the most innocent part of society. Lord of The Flies depicts young schoolboys stranded on an island who try to make the most out of their carefree lives‚ but quickly turn against each

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    plot of Lord of the Flies by William Golding shows this perfectly. In the book‚ a group of kids get stranded on a deserted island and are left to fend for themselves. They started off well but eventually are plunged into chaos. In the poem Innocence‚ there is a kid who starts off innocent‚ but then goes on to commit horrible atrocities as a Nazi during WWII. Both Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Innocence by Thom Gunn show that anyone can turn savage under certain conditions. Lord of the

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    There are many symbols in William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies. Two of the most important symbols in the book are the conch shell and the sow’s head. Each symbol holds a different power over the boys‚ as well as an opposite power. The two symbols also have a different boy who introduced them to the story. Like the symbols‚ the two boys are both complete opposites.        I think that the conch shell represents order and civilization. Ralph is the boy who introduced the conch to the rest of the

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    The Lord of the Flies if taken at face value can be taken as a short book about the struggle to stay alive on a deserted island and its physical and psychological influences on its residents. However‚ when the reader looks deeper‚ they see a story that is an allegory filled with rich and detailed imagery in almost all facets of the novel. An allegory is defined as a type of writing that presents abstract ideas or moral principals in the form of symbolic characters‚ events‚ or objects. "The theme

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    expressed though disobeying my parents- In the end‚ I got burned. Similarly‚ in Sir William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ biblical allusions are used to give additional meaning and depth to the book and to show the ways in which humans transfer their inner evil into outward behavior. Evil doesn’t begin from the outside world; instead it begins in the core of human beings. The novel Lord of the Flies shows the breakdown of society without authority‚ a code of conduct‚ and failure to maintain morality

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    In the play "Macbeth" and the novel Lord of the Flies‚ the prospect of power and the corruptive nature that it has on man affects his relationship to power. Power is defined as‚ "the ability or capacity to exercise control; authority." This authority ultimately leads to the unveiling of the characters’ true temperament. In Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" and William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Macbeth and Jack are used to portray the distressing truth that power corrupts all those who seek it. In "Macbeth"

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    Lord of The Flies by William Golding Introduction As a child I would close my eyes and dream of magical adventures in a fantasy world. With this allegorical novel‚ William Golding brought my childhood imagination back to me. Below is a review of Lord of the Flies written in 1954. About the plot In Lord of the Flies‚ the action takes place in the midst of a nuclear war. A group of British boys find themselves stranded‚ without adult supervision‚ on a tropical island of the Pacific Ocean after

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    Negotiating‚ The ability to unite people‚ etc. The book Lord of The Flies by William Golding displays many of these skills. Everyone needs leadership skills. Unity     One of the most important skills of a leader would be‚ the ability to unite people. If someone cannot get a group of people to set aside their differences and work together then nothing would get done. The group would just be fighting the whole time. For example in the book Lord of The Flies Ralph cannot get the group to join forces to get

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    Lord of the Flies Literary Analysis Essay William Golding Raiyan Mostofa English 11 Mrs. MacIntyre December 2‚ 2012 Raiyan Mostofa Mrs. MacIntyre English 11 29 November 2012 Lord of the Flies Literary Analysis Essay After analyzing the characters in William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ one can recognize that many of the characters embody the theme of the novel. One of the prominent themes in Lord of the Flies is man’s inner savage; man’s inhumanity to others

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