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    Evil In Lord Of The Flies

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    do not listen to what society tells them to do there will be punishments. “What Makes Us Moral” By Jeffrey Kluger explains how humans can be innately good at times and at other times humans can be innately evil within society. In the novel‚ Lord of The Flies‚ William Golding shows the reader that people without society or civilization become evil. Even though humans are innately evil‚ they have the potential of being good with society’s

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    accountable to do so. Humans believe that we are entitled to more than we are‚ which creates lots of commotion throughout a society. In Lord of The Flies‚ Ralph and Jack are constantly not at ease with their opinions of getting rescued from the deserted island. Ralph is set on keeping a constant fire going to allow ships to spot steam and smoke from far away. However‚ Jack demands that he hunts for pigs to give the boys some food to eat. They each are defensive of their ideas and don’t care about

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    condition of being primitive or uncivilized‚ and through out history‚ man and women have worked on conditioning ourselves in order to become more civilized. Civility is formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech. In the novel “The Lord of the Flies”‚ civility and savagery are portrayed onto the characters because the author wants their reader to see the progression of savagery in the characters as the story goes on‚ how they change overall in the story‚ and how the characters acted when

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    Leadership in Lord of the Flies There are always people who come out with better qualities to be a leader than others. The strongest people however‚ usually become the greater influences in which the others decide to follow. However‚ sometimes the strongest person is not the best choice. In William Golding’s novel‚ “Lord of the Flies” Ralph though not the stronger person‚ shows better leadership qualities than Jack. Ralph displays these useful qualities as a leader by working towards building

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    Simon In Lord Of The Flies

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    For quite some time throughout my reading of this novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding seemed to foreshadow a dark ending; the savagery of the human nature taking over the will of well-mannered thoughts and fundamentality of behavior with no return. Perhaps it was the characters’ slow transition into tribal lifestyle‚ the curiosity of Simon that led him to a horrific fatality‚ or even the death of an innocent. Within a multitude of instances‚ we see a slow transition from civilized manner

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    1. Lord of the Flies is set in a kind of paradise on earth. Describe a location that would be paradise for you? I think paradise can’t really be achieved‚ a place where there is no evil‚ if everything was perfect‚ pretty soon people would become selfish and look for something more‚ kind of like in Adam and Eve; we want what we can’t have. That’s human nature. Plus if I could have everything I ever wanted‚ that would be tedious‚ as there would be no sense of satisfaction at working for something

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    William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies is like most other books in the sense that his characters change over the course of the novel. However‚ in The Lord of the Flies‚ this change is especially visible. In addition‚ it is visible in almost every character in the book. In Ralph‚ this change can first be seen in the beginning of chapter five: Beast From Water. Previously‚ Ralph was depicted as all the other boys were- someone who wanted to have fun. But after they missed potentially being rescued

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    Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    Golding utilize to express his theory on human nature. In the beginning of the story‚ Jack had a democratic and fair perception on how to lead the group of boys. “We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all‚ we’re not savages.” (Golding – Lord of the Flies P.42). Nevertheless‚ Golding does express Jack’s prevailing personality even from the beginning of the novel when Jack had civilized views. During the choosing of the choir‚ all the boys choose Ralph over Jack although Jack was already a leader

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    Fly Away Peter Summary

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    FLY AWAY PETER - CHAPTER ONE This chapter as the beginning of the book sets the scene and begins to develop the characters of the novel. The story begins with Jim in the swampland watching birds calmly‚ looking at how they live their lives‚ remembering that these small birds have seen more of the world than most people‚ "has been further and higher than even that clumsy plane" (p.3). As a respectful intruder into the birds’ territories‚ Jim feels that nature is in balance before he notices a biplane

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    Ralph - One of the main characters in the novel. He has many characteristics such as being very athletic‚ charismatic‚ leading‚ and a smart protagonist of the group of kids. Ralph was elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the book. While most of the other boys are mainly concerned with having fun and not doing any work‚ Ralph focuses on building huts and thinking of ways to increase their chances of being rescued. Ralph’s influence over the other boys is safe at the beginning of the

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