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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a compelling story of survival about a group of young English school boys who get stranded on a tropical island. Throughout the book the boys make an effort to keep a civilized life with order and rules‚ but they fail miserably‚ and succumb to savage ways. The theme humans are inherently evil is being shown through the boy’s ascending savagery the longer they stay on the island. One way the theme is shown is through the boy’s somewhat childish fascination

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    Lord of The Flies week 3 Chapter 7 Vocab 1. Taunted- to tease someone- Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks 2. Loiter- to hang around aimlessly- Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose 3. Antagonism- hatred- Active hostility or opposition. 4. Impervious- untainted- Not allowing something to pass through; not penetrable. 5. Bravado- persona- A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. Questions 1. The chant symbolizes

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    In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ the motif of savagery emerges throughout the book in different forms. Although there are many forms of savagery in the book‚ masks play an integral role. Throughout the course of the book‚ a character’s savagery evolves when a mask is applied‚ and the boys that do not put on masks remain civilized. Masks have the ability to twist a civilized human into a wild savage. Jack‚ one of the main characters in the book‚ uses a mask throughout the story. He

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    Lord of the Flies Project Essay In my opinion‚ the ending of the book was not happy‚ but at the same time it was. Jack’s tribe which includes Roger and some littluns were going to hunt Ralph and put his head on a stick as they have done to the sow’s head. Nobody could help him. Simon and Piggy were dead‚ Samneric were serving to Jack as prisoners. Poor Ralph left all alone. He had three different strategies for escaping the hunters. First – climb a tree‚ second – burst the line like a boar‚

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    Sometimes the leadership became mixed up in lord of the flies and animal farm when the animals or humans were unhappy with the leader or living conditions. When one government is overthrown another one is made. Both books have different things that happen when the population is unhappy. The stories both have decent governments that are replaced by unstable and violent governments. The books both show how animals or people can be tricked to think the new leadership is better than the last one even

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book that questions people and how they deal with power and their own humanity. In this book a group of boys are stranded on an island without any parental figure or adults of any kind and are forced to survive together. The main concept of this book is power. Throughout the book Ralph and Jack are struggling to steal power from one another so they can lead the boys. William Golding illustrated power many ways in this book. Our three generalizations of power

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    Lord of the Flies I believe the most important piece of literature we read this year is Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies addresses very significant notions such as whether the natural intention of humans is good or bad. It also addresses topics such as can human function in a society where the populous is consummated with 6-12 year olds. The book also shows how in the face of fear humans will do anything to survive. This piece of literature is important because it explains the essence of human

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    In the book‚ Lord Of The Flies‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ he wrote about characters who turned “evil”‚ and who go behind each others backs a kill. The setting is on a island in the middle of nowhere. The main characters are Jack‚ and Ralph. They do not get along very well. Ralph follows the rules‚ and Jack likes to break them. Conflicts occur in the novel when Ralph becomes leader‚ and Jack doesn’t think they should have a leader‚ or rules. Jack thinks they should be able to do what they want when they want

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    In The Lord of the Flies the boys pick up on animalistic features‚ yet they picked up on the negative sides instead of the positive outlooks. If the boys had trusted‚ come up with a resolution to the conflict‚ and have empathy for each other the fatalities and the destruction would not have been as occurring and as often as they were. In The Lord of the Flies trust was not present; with a lack of trust‚ there cannot be teamwork needed for survival. In the first chapter of Lord of the Flies Piggy

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    For example‚ I am stronger in math‚ my strength and at times struggle in writing‚ my weakness. I believe that if we each use our strengths to improve on our weaknesses then‚ we ultimately make a community stronger as a shole. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses symbolism‚ conflict and evolution to portray Ralph as an immature young boy who develops into a civilized young man against all odds . According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ an adult is defined as grown

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