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    Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding about a group of british boys that find themselves stranded without adult supervision on a tropical island. Their plane crashed and they were dragged out to sea‚ leaving the boys stranded on an unfamiliar island. Because of the atom bomb’s devastation‚ it’s likely that no one knows the boy’s whereabouts.The group is roughly divided into the “littlun” boys around the age of six‚ and the “biguns‚” who are between the ages of ten to twelve. There

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    Piggy is one of the main characters in the book Lord of the Flies and despite his physical health and inability to swim‚ he is an important character that greatly affects Ralph and Jack’s decisions due to his intelligence. Near the beginning of the book‚ you quickly learn that Piggy is a plump boy that has asthma and has been wearing specs since he was three. You can also tell that Piggy is a friendly person because during Ralph’s small laughing mania at the name ’Piggy’‚ "Piggy grinned reluctantly"

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    “The story takes place in WW2‚the story takes place on an island. The book begins with how they’re a bunch of british kids on an island. They were on a plane trying to fly away from war when a plane shot it down sending one half of the plane down in flames. That when Ralph finds himself by himself on a beach near a jungle this is when We meet Piggy who is chubby‚ and has Thick glasses that he can’t see without it. When the two boys met they discuss about the plane and what happened. They wandered

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    British school boys that get stranded on an island how will they survive with no knowledge on survival.their plane gets shot down and they crash land “we was attacked”. So they got shot down judging by what the boys say which is crazy also how they survived. The author of the book is William Golding‚ the book was released 1945 it’s based on school boys who are going on a trip but crash land on an island. This book shows you how people can change on a specific situation how we can lose our civilization

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    The story takes place during World War II. It is about a group of boys who are on a plane trying to escape war. They crash on a deserted island with no adults present. The boys are forced to figure out a way to survive on their own until they get rescued. The loss of innocence was a major theme present in Lord of the Flies. When the boys crash on the island‚ they are all alone. There are no parents or adults there to help them. They are forced to make grown-up decisions. Aren’t there any grownups

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    When stranded on an island for months‚ one might think that any sign from outside civilization must be a good sign. However‚ as in Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ this is not always the case. When a military pilot falls from the sky‚ dead‚ onto the island‚ the boys immediately label him as the ‘beastie’ that has been terrorizing the littluns. It was specifically Sam and Eric who put a face on their fears‚ yelling to Ralph “We saw the beast!” (99)‚ over and over again until even Piggy was convinced there

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    <b>Essay Question Two</b><br>Lord of the Flies opens with the introduction of a small group of English boys that are marooned on an island. The plane was evacuating them from atomic war-ridden England. This is a suiting time for this novel to be written- it shows how savage even little boys can be‚ and that adults are no different‚ with their wars and cruelties. A small society is set up‚ but Jack starts his own rule‚ contrary to Ralph’s leadership. The boys turn on each other‚ eventually killing

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    outsider due to his physical appearance (chubbiness). Ralph is introduced as the oldest of the marooned characters. The vote for island leadership is both unanimous and undisputed naming Ralph as the chief. As the leader‚ Ralph would try to accommodate everyone’s needs by listening to everyone’s opinion. When Ralph and Piggy first meet on the isolated and deserted island it was Piggy who picked up the faded pink conch shell and suggested to Ralph “we can use this to call the others. Have a meeting

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    Editing Essay Cast Away “Damn‚ how unlucky life can get sometimes?” or “What would have I done if I was on that island?” are the questions that often arise when people watch a movie about a person or group of people getting stranded on a lonely island. Such movies as “Mysterious Island‚” “Swiss Family Robinson‚” “Lord of the Flies” and “Cast Away” share this concept. However‚ “Cast Away” can really strike a viewer emotionally inside. Cast Away is a successful drama film about Federal Express

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    education‚ win the trust and admiration of others‚ and flourish in many realms of society. All of the boys on the island in The Lord of the Flies are wealthy‚ white‚ English‚ private-schooled males‚ making them very advantaged. However‚ William Golding reveals that privilege is a disadvantage when one is introduced

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