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    class‚ have a much better chance at success‚ and can achieve more with less effort. It is easier for them to get an education‚ win the trust and admiration of others‚ and flourish in many realms of society. All of the boys on the island in The Lord of the Flies are wealthy‚ white‚ English‚ private-schooled males‚ making them very advantaged. However‚ William Golding reveals that privilege is a disadvantage when one is introduced

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    Piggy Chapter 1 In contrast to the violent Jack and charismatic Ralph‚ Piggy is immediately established as the intellectual of the group. Although he is physically inept‚ clumsy‚ and asthmatic‚ he has a rational mind and the best grasp of their situation. It is his knowledge of the conch shell that allows Ralph to summon the rest of the boys together and he who shows the most concern for some sort of established order in meetings and in day-to-day life. He has a particular interest in names‚ immediately

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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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    not come into open conflict until this chapter‚ when Jack’s irresponsibility leads to the failure of the signal fire. When the fire—a symbol of the boys’ connection to civilization—goes out‚ the boys’ first chance of being rescued is thwarted. Ralph flies into a rage‚ indicating that he is still governed by desire to achieve the good of the whole group. But Jack‚ having just killed a pig‚ is too excited by his success to care very much about the missed

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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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    Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding in 1954. Irony‚ in literature can be anything from sarcasm to a shocking plot twist that can be inconvenient to the characters toward the end. A type of irony is situational which is where something very unexpected shows up at the last minute making the outcome of the story completely different then you expected. Such as the one in Lord of the Flies that effects one special character named Simon‚ and really almost all the characters. In the story

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    Language arts: Film Title: Cast Away Level: Secondary Five Lessons: 6 – 8 lessons Teaching procedures: A. | Trailer | | Previewing activities | | 1. | Watch a film trailer. | | 2. | Ss work in groups of three to write down their thoughts. | | 3. | Ss work in groups of three to predict the plot and theme of the film. | | | | B. | First Clipping | | While-viewing activity | | 1. | Fill in a character map. | | Post-viewing activities | | 1. | Identify the state

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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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    ord of the flies vocabulary Chapter 1: Effulgence (p. 12) A blinding light. The light was bouncing off the lagoon and was very bright. Heat becomes a threatening temperature. The sun shown with great effulgence. Decorous (p. 13) Visible. Piggy was bubbling with lots of visible excitement. Dignified adj. The man decorously wore his suit. Pallid (p.20) Weakly. Simon is a very shy person. Pale and lacking vitality adj. The pallid boy was in his basement for weeks. Bastion (p.27) Guardian

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    require humans to act a certain norm‚ and it takes humans away from their natural instincts. However‚ withdrawing from society and having a lack of civilization leads humans back to their once barbaric behavior. Lord of the Flies demonstrates how isolation from civilization and society results in the concept of humanity returning to savagery. Mob mentality within the small group of boys affected their actions towards one another in Lord of the Flies. The concept of peer pressure is exemplified by boy’s

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