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    Was it murder? In essay I will be speaking about three victims. U.S Marshal Edward Mars‚ Simon‚ and Piggy. What is murder‚ murder is catologies into first-degree murder and second-degree murder. The definition of murder is: “the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law; committed with malice aforethought; characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commision of another serious crime‚ as robbery or arson (know as first-degree murder) and

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    Ralph - One of the main characters in the novel. He has many characteristics such as being very athletic‚ charismatic‚ leading‚ and a smart protagonist of the group of kids. Ralph was elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the book. While most of the other boys are mainly concerned with having fun and not doing any work‚ Ralph focuses on building huts and thinking of ways to increase their chances of being rescued. Ralph’s influence over the other boys is safe at the beginning of the

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    with no supervision. Through the pros and cons of an island lacking guidance‚ the boys will discover how powerful the evil inside them can truly be. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ the decline in civilization stems from the innate evil within all humans due to the children’s newfound savagery‚ demonstrating that humans are always conflicting with the evil they are capable of possessing. The boys’ savage new ways have conquered the tribe and are the inception of their decline in civilization

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    Manangan 1  Czarlene Manangan  Mitchell   English 10 H P5  08 March 2015  Lord of the Flies Analysis: Bullying   Fear is the kid in the sandbox carefully building his sandcastle out of survival and sanity.  Power is the boy stomping his way over to Fear‚ reaching down for a handful of sand to hurl into  his eyes. Control‚ power ’s identical twin‚ stomps on Fear ’s sandcastle until every block of hope  disintegrates. Fear cries and crashes down to the floor‚ as Power and Control cackle at his pain

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    Goldie Bignell The successful and what could have been successful societies in both Lord of the Flies and The Crucible eventually decayed and fell apart. There were struggles with good and evil in Salem and on the island that were the result of three main elements. Fear‚ misuse of power and fanatical religious beliefs were the cause of the two societies failure. In Salem‚ anything unusual or different from the norm was seen as alien and sinful. When Parris saw the girls dancing in the woods

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    There can be many characters in Lord of Flies that help people to know that man must have rules to control his savage side. The novel ‘lord of the flies’ is written by William Golding‚ the novel tells us about a group of English boys who are stranded in a tropical empty island.I don’t think there would be anything here if we didn’t have any rules. In lord of the flies you may think it’s a group of boys who are battling out to survive but if you look in deeper you may think twice about what the main

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    more than what the object or idea actually is. The conch‚ just a mere pretty thing that attracted attention‚ has more meaning than that of just being a conch shell. The conch’s symbolism can be traced throughout William Golding’s entire novel‚ Lord of the Flies and is a major symbol of power and order within the story. At first the conch shell effectively governs the boys and keeps them civilized. However‚ as civilization on the island begins to diminish and as the boys descend deeper into the abyss

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    name Teachers name Honors Ninth Lit/Comp. 30 January 2013 Jack of Lord of the Flies William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies is an allegory used by the author to demonstrate the instinctive evil within all of humanity. A group of British schoolboys are in a plane crash‚ and left stranded on a deserted island with no adult help. The boys attempt to create their own civilization‚ but it fails when certain members of the group let their dark sides take over. There are many intriguing characters

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    Not done Civility vs savagery Fire The beast The conch In The Lord of The Flies‚ the boys need to maintain their civility and not succumb to the savagery of the island. In The Lord of The Flies‚ fire is not only used to represent hope and survival‚ but also destruction and evil. In the beginning of the book‚ the boys find themselves lost and with little confidence in their chances of being saved. Then Piggy has the idea to start a fire. This was something to hope for. When the boys first

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    In the novel‚ Lord of the flies by William Golding characters have clashing personalities. To deal with this clash and to fit in with their fellow tribe members the assume a persona. Ralph puts on this mask to seem more violent and uncivilized‚ like all the other boys on the island except Piggy. It is proven at the end of the novel that this is just a persona and not a complete change in character when Ralph begins to weep at the thought of being rescued by a naval officer and going home at last

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