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    How far do you agree that Jack represents disorder and savagery in the novel? You should refer closely to his words‚ to events and to actions and opinions of other characters in your answer. (Chapters 1-4) In this book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ we see young boys stranded on an uninhabited island. As the story progresses the boys more savage sides starts to show. I agree that one boy in particular‚ Jack‚ seems to represent savagery and disorder more than the other boys. In chapter 1‚ Jack is portrayed

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    “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” Jeremiah 17:9 depicted the human heart as a thing of deceit over 2‚000 years ago. Fast forward to today‚ is this debatable topic still relevant? William Golding explores the topic through his novel Lord of the Flies. In the novel‚ a group of young boys from England crash land on an uninhabited island. The boys must try to get rescued according to the voted-in leader‚ Ralph. But another boy‚ Jack‚ thinks surviving is a more prevalent

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    exactly show who the protagonist is in their plays novels or stories. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ many characters can be argued as the protagonist. Based on Jack’s characterization‚ his external conflict with all the boys and his internal regression and Golding’s usage of imagery‚ it seems most appropriate to assume Golding intends for us to see Jack as the protagonist. In the lord of the flies‚ Jack’s external conflicts helped him to give into his need for power. He first begins to harass

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    After his participation in World War II‚ William Golding‚ author of Lord of the Flies gained a further refined view on human nature. This sudden realization fueled his need to advise humanity on their powerful and inherent wicked nature. Golding Ralph‚ Piggy‚ and Simon while a reflection of Golding himself emphasize the truth that savagery exists in every individual and only when that truth is acknowledged will it be controlled. Although Golding was known to be a “timid” and “lonely” person (Garner

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    Symbolic importance in Lord of the Flies In “Lord of the Flies” written by William Golding‚ there are several symbols throughout the novel that are significantly important due to their meaning. In my opinion‚ the three main symbols are the signal fire‚ the conch and Lord of the Flies. A symbol represents something else; Golding did a good job helping the reader understand the true significance of the object or thing. Firstly‚ the signal fire represents the boy’s last connection with civilization

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    being morally wrong or bad‚ immoral and/or causing suffering for others. Evil in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding was an inborn trait of mankind. In this book‚ evil was seen as a main theme throughout the whole story. Golding saw no hope for mankind and believed that evil is always in mankind and sooner or later it will be expressed and no longer be subdued by civilization. The Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of children (some very young)‚ who become stranded on an uninhabited

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    The setting in The Lord of the Flies is rather ironic isn’t it? I mean‚ usually a deserted tropical island seems rather tranquil and attractive to people today. However‚ the abandonment of these children presented a reflection of the current day trouble of 1940s England. Due to World War II‚ children were being uprooted and put into new places often having the responsibility of learning to live with new circumstances entirely on their own. I think the tropical island suggests the nature of this very

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    The lord of the flies relates‚ to society in many ways‚ Golding’s lord of the flies is highly demonstrative of Golding’s opinon that society is a thin and fragile veil that when removed shows man for what he truly is‚ a savage animal. When Jack‚ Ralph‚ and Simon‚ first land on the island they and survey their new home. While finding their home the boys have their first encounter with the island pig. When Jack see’s a piglet caught I some of the plank‚ Quickly Jack tries to kill the piglet with

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    civilization is no longer around to constrain their savageness. In Lord of the Flies‚ there is no civilization when the boys are stranded on a jungle island and Golding shows that this allows savage behavior to take over. The boys then become savages and everything becomes chaotic. The constraints of society do not allow for savage behavior‚ and the society created by the boys on the island eventually collapses because of their savagery. Golding shows the reader that when there is no civilization‚ basic

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    reality that has been brought to life‚ you get hit with the reality that society tries to hide‚ and while people shun you and play it off  like you know nothing the reality is you know more about the real world than they ever will‚ this happens in lord of the flies‚ when a group of boys get stranded on a deserted island fear gets the best of their own created society‚ one of the boys named simon becomes curious about the so called beast that has created the fear among the boys‚ being so young their imaginations

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