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    What would you do if you happened to be stranded on an unfamiliar island with people you didn’t know? Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ was written during the Cold War‚ however it was based during WWII. One main character in this story is Ralph. Ralph is a 12 year old boy who ends up taking the role of chief. Ralph takes the lead role by finding a conch shell and establishing that whoever has the conch has the right to speak. Naturally people begin to look up to him and they gain respect

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    corrupted then that person will be influenced in a negative way. The novel “Lord of the Flies‚” by William Golding‚ gives the different stereotypes of man in a society that corrupts due to lack of democracy. Some of the things that define a corrupted society are: violence‚ revenge(payback)‚ and the abuse of power. When there is violence in a society‚ people are influenced in a negative way. For example‚ in “Lord of the Flies” Jack used violence to make others change to his group. He made the boys think

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    The same themes often come up in many works‚ not due to plagiarization‚ but because these themes are reflective of human nature. The novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ depicts the regression of innocent‚ little boys into primitive savages when tossed onto an island with no sense of civilization. As each boy slowly transforms into a savage‚ civilization tears away its facade‚ revealing the evil that was always there. Eventually‚ after a couple of deaths‚ a ship of soldiers find the stranded

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    Lord of the Flies William Golding In Between the Modern and the Postmodern Content: 1. Fragments chosen.............................................................................. 2. In Between the Modern and the Postmodern - essey........................ 3. Questions.............................................................................................. 4. Bibliography........................................................................................ "[

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    The boys’ digression into savagery is shown through the characterization of Jack and Roger. Jack‚ from the beginning of the novel wants to be the leader of the boys‚ and he becomes very angry when the position is handed to Ralph instead. Rather than listening to the group and blending in with the crowd‚ Jack becomes leader of the hunters and rebels against the central authority. Jack even says “bullocks to the rules!” (79) and eventually is the one to send out the hunters to kill Ralph and stab his

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    What if the place you alway wants to go to turns out to be something else. It may seem peaceful at first but things change; good or bad ‚ it’s going to happen. In The Lord of The Flies by William Golding‚ where this place of paradise soon turns into something you’d expect. Ralph and Jack were almost the opposites of each other. Ralph really enjoy the island of paradise and freedom; while Jack had no concern of whereabout he is. As the time past‚ Ralph wants to go home: the sooner the better.

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    In William Golding’s ’Lord of the Flies’‚ a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island alone after a plane crash. They attempt to form a society and elect a ’chief’‚ however this fades and the boys begin to destroy the island and each other. Ralph‚ the main character and ’chief’ of the society the boys initially form‚ is a character who drastically changes throughout the narrative. Golding creates the initial impression that Ralph is an overall good character: "there was a mildness

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    mentally deal with all the disasters that happened and lost all hope in the other boys. Ralph wanted to pretend that the boys were still civilized schoolboys‚ “Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no.” The contrast between light and dark shows how all the violence takes place during the night where their embarrassment of their violent actions are hidden by a veil of shadow. The author implies that most of the

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    In William Goldings’ thrilling novel Lord of the Flies there are leaders who possess specific traits that empower them to confront challenges that arise over the course of the novel. In the book‚ there are two major leaders: Jack‚ and Ralph. Between the two of them‚ Jack and Ralph posses the important leadership traits intelligence‚ perseverance‚ bravery‚ logical thinking‚ and cunning‚ enabling them to conquer challenges during their time on the island. Ralph’s first challenge was that he needs

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    humans work and how we can work at times. This book is very unique and is dark in some ways and scary. The Lord of the Flies includes many themes that can benefit society in many ways and can teach society what to do and not to do. But we are going to focus on a very big theme that really affects how society works. In this book‚ there is a big theme/conflict‚ and that is Civilization vs Savagery. These 2 nouns are 2 instincts that are hidden somewhere inside of us humans. Civilization is being apart

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