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    we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools‚ neither more nor less‚” said Henrik Ibsen. A society defines how people act‚ how people talk‚ how people live their lives. If society were to be destroyed what people would rely on to guide them. The definition of a society is the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. People‚ therefore‚ live together‚ their actions reflect how society is‚ society can react in millions of different ways to

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    is the major theme in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies.” Deserted on a remote island from a plane crash‚ a group of schoolboys initially attempted to collaborate for survival. However‚ as time goes on‚ the hungry mist of savagery seemed to overcome them‚ and thus began their descent into the dark side of humanity. Robert Ardret‚ a social scientist‚ believes that such human behavior is the result of evolution. This is displayed in the “Lord of the Flies‚” revealing a glimpse of mankind’s true

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    Lord of the flies Chapter 7 Page 119-120 Even though Ralph is the chief‚ he’s happy to follow Jack -shows Ralph has a sense of moral awareness ’If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return‚ if you could forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny converts on either side‚ then there was a chance that you might put the best out of mind and dream for a while’ -Force of nature reflects emotion Ralph starts to think about hygiene and cleanliness -Looks

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    Leader of savages In the book Lord of the flies what can change a boy named Ralph from determined and disrespectful to loving and disbelieving? Can it be the pain of being stranded or maybe all the fighting between Ralph and Jack for leadership? Ralph is a bigun with “fair hair” (Golding 1). And Jack is the leader of the choir later becoming leader of the hunting group (Golding 20). At first when they crash land on the deserted island after being attacked (Golding 3). Ralph is determined to get

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    Blake Dimon Mrs. Brown English2‚ Period3 8 October 2012 Lord of the Flies Essay As the plot progresses in Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the children stranded on the island become less and less attached to social norms. Near the end of the novel the children have no shame in slaughtering animals‚ embracing violence‚ and using the ground they stand on as their own personal bathroom. Every human has a primal instinct lying within them but it is not a question of how close you are to acting

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    Lord of the Flies If you were in plane crash and landed on an inland with a bunch of kids do you think your natural rights could be violated? If you are wondering what natural rights are any rights that exists by the virtue of natural law. Locke strongly believed in the natural rights of man. His basic thesis maintained that in a state of nature‚ men have a “perfect freedom to order their actions‚ and dispose of their possessions and persons as they see fit‚ within the bounds of law and nature‚

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    LORD OF THE FLIES – William Golding First extract: « The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat‚ and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects. Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages. Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath‚ and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing‚ ape-like

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    advantage of situations presented before them‚ although this should lead to positive results‚ that is not always the case.. When first alienated from society‚ man has many negative feelings‚ but as man gets over those feelings‚ it realizes that the alienation is a new way to start afresh since there is nobody stopping him/her from doing anything. In Lord of the Flies‚ the character Ralph says “Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” For a child‚ a way to start afresh is to become one of their

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    Society is made up in many different ways. Have you ever disobeyed a rule just because you despise it? One of the most important principles that keep people civilized in society is the law. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island and have the sovereignty to accomplish whatever they want. They appoint a leader and compose rules for everyone to follow‚ but not all the boys agree with the rules. What would you undertake if you were stranded on an island with your

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    Craig Woolson Mrs. Zymajtis English 10b December 15‚ 2010 Lord of the Flies essay The theme of human nature is the most important and the cause of the all of the chaos among the boys. Jack and his hunters are the evil ones who love to start conflicts between them. Ralph‚ Piggy‚ and Simon are the good ones who just want everyone to work together so they can get off the island faster. But for some reason‚ without either good or evil neither of them could survive. There are three major conflicts

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