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    Lord of the Rings: Title unrelated As a race‚ one of humanity’s greatest shortcomings is the inability to control its own desires. Oftentimes‚ the prosperity of one depends on the decline of another. This is one of the many truths evident in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The novel highlights the decline of a civilized group of British students that are left stranded on an island after a plane crash. As the boys begin to fend for themselves‚ the events that transpire there expose the flaws

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    English Essay How has Golding commented on human relationships through characters in Lord of the Flies? The power struggle‚ egocentric and intolerance in society today is ruining human relationships and Golding shows this through his characters in Lord of the Flies. Through the characters Jack‚ Roger and Ralph‚ Golding shows this interaction. Jack symbolises the struggle and silent fight for power over other people‚ Roger represents people who easily gives up in relationships and walk away

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding has a plethora of literary techniques and strengths integrated within itself that separates it from other novels and work in tandem with the plot to form an enjoyable novel. A significant technique used in Lord of the flies is its multitude of motifs. Two of these many motifs include power and savagery and are brought up many times in the novel. The use of these literary techniques are to emphasize the insanity the boys on the island go through. In our pastiche

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    and usually pertains to a spirit‚ demon‚ angel or beast. A beast is the crude animal nature common to humans. Contrary to the beast are morals‚ which are people’s standards of behavior concerning‚ what is and is not acceptable for them to do. Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding explores the motif of the supernatural through the role of the beast in the novel. The beast represents controlling

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    some cultural values have remained constant dating from biblical times to present day. Throughout the works of the epic poem “The Aeneid”‚ the biblical texts “1st Kings”‚ “1st Samuel”‚ and “2nd Samuel”‚ the novel “God Knows”‚ and the book “Lord of the Flies” we see people given (or taking) power- power to rule others‚ power to run a land‚ power to steal a wife‚ and the power to impose their own rules. We see the focus of society on men being superior to women‚ at

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    The Weak and the Powerful There are many uses of symbolism and allegory in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Leadership roles‚ intelligence‚ and savagery are all remarkable examples of allegorical and symbolic patterns in this novel. This novel has many characters that represent these allegorical concepts throughout the book. Piggy and Jack are two examples of characters that represent these symbols. With this in mind‚ Piggy represents an intelligent‚ but weak leader‚ and Jack represents

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    Evaluation of The Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is a 202 page long adventure story written by William Golding in 1954 about a number of boys marooned on a tropical island and left to fend for themselves. While on the island‚ they discover quite a bit of evil within themselves. A few years after World War 2‚ a planeful of boys as young as 5 or 6 but most no older than 11 or 12 crashes near an uninhabited tropical island. As soon as they land‚ one of the eldest assumes leadership of the

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    Bullying-Lord of the Flies

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    Human Nature and Lord of the Flies-I.S.U. # 13) Bullies Bullying is when a person or group frequently harms someone who is weaker or more vulnerable then themselves. They do this by means of physical‚ verbal‚ or mental abuse. Bullies can be male‚ female‚ young or old. The nature of a bully depends on many factors such as sex‚ age‚ and past experiences. Depending on the nature of the bully‚ their actions can have many negative effects on others. Bullies display many characteristics such as aggression

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    drinks to splatter! But he warmed my heart As we talked to each other. I was glad God allowed me To be a grandmother. Why can’t I stop smiling In my car doing forty? Because he shouted‚ “Grammie‚ I pooped on the potty!”   Those Annoying Flies! When flies are born‚ From birth they are taught Many‚ many things-- What to “do”

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    In today’s society‚ human beings must learn to take care of something or someone‚and that is a responsibility that they must uphold. In both the Lord of the Flies‚ and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the responsibility of the boys is to manage by themselves without any adults to take care of them. The events in William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies can be easily compared to those of Mark Twain’s book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ because the main characters both have major responsibilities

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