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    to chaos. The biggest fears in the book were fears of dying and the fear of the unknown. Every body in the book had their own way of expressing their fear and what they had a fear of‚ but it was in everyone. In William Golding’s book The Lord of the Flies‚ fear is what eventually causes them to turn against each other until they are so paranoid about the beast that they kill one of the boys on the island thinking it is the beast. The first boy Jack feared the beast and thought that

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    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 Piggy calling him “Fatty”. This

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    that is we can also see a betrayal and hatred form. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding a group of boys are flying to a destination when all of a sudden their plane crashes on a deserted island with no humans but them. One theory throughout this book is the theory of defense mechanisms. For example some of the boys on the island are kind and warm hearted and by the end of the book they turn into savages and killers. Lord of the Flies can be analyzed through defense mechanisms. One of many defense

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    Lord of the flies’ essay How does Golding explore the darkness of man’s heart in lord of the flies? To “explore the darkness of man’s heart” is one of the key themes in William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies. As the boys on the island regress from well-behaved‚ well-mannered children aching for rescue to cruel‚ bloodthirsty hunters who have no desire to return to civilization‚ the boys naturally lose their sense of innocence that they possessed at the beginning of the novel. This novel

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    In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ symbolism played an important part in the development of story. The use of symbolism in objects develops the structure and meaning of the novel. Some examples of symbolism in objects are the pig’s head‚ Piggy’s glasses‚ the Conch and the Fire. One of the most important and most obvious symbols in Lord of the Flies is the object that gives the novel its name‚ the pig’s head. The pig’s head‚ in this novel‚ is described as "dim-eyed‚ grinning faintly‚ blood blackening

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    Lord of the Flies is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 68 on the American Library Association’s list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–1999.[2] Published in 1954‚ Lord of the Flies was Golding’s first

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    In Lord of the Flies William Golding demonstrates that within every mans heart is a place that he defaults to. In Lord of the flies the boys develop a delusion that there is a beast that lives on the island for the sole purpose of eating the children‚ as we find out in the book the beast is not real‚ but it is a delusion in the children’s head. This delusion causes them to de-evolve‚ physically but mentally‚ in essence causing them to become barbaric and savage. I believe that this de-evolution

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    Lord of the Flies” Topic Sentence: In William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” symbolism is illustrated in Ralph and Jack‚ two main characters who battle for power; Ralph represents leadership‚ and Jack‚ in contrast‚ represents lust and greed. Transitional sentence: Ralph‚ a boy stranded on an island along with other boys who have to fend for themselves‚ is chosen to be the “Chief.” He illustrates just and fair leadership as he takes charge over the other boys. When the boys argue about whose

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Oh the dreaded 12th grade reading book was finally here and ready to present itself. The syllabus explained it all but of course none of us heeded the written warning. I assumed we were all hoping that our teacher would suffer from a lapse in memory and forget all about the mind-numbing three weeks of reading. As we sat in our seats a paperback book was passed down the rows. I watched as the stack that once held 12 books slowly start to dwindle down‚ and

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    Lord of the Flies William Golding uses symbolism in his book Lord of the Flies to explain how a civilized society requires order‚ intelligence and morals to survive or we as humans would be no better than savages or even worse Nazis. William grew up and served during World War II. It was during the war that Golding realized that even the allies thought of as heroes‚ were becoming scoundrels by killing innocent lives in savage ways. After witnessing all the horrors and savagery that went on during

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