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    the human brain takes twenty-five years to fully develop‚ making people under this age more likely to have a lesser understanding of how the world works. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ he shows that what can be perceived as natural evil is just an act of survival caused by immaturity. The perception of evil has to be determined in context. And in the context of the boys on the island they have to make thoughts on which is not exactly morally correct but logical. The boys judge Piggy

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    Sophomore Vice President Campaign Speech I am running for your class vice president. As many of you know‚ our sophomore class as of right now does not have much funding for our 2016 senior prom. When this student council is elected‚ you want to have the correct people for the jobs that hold your future of fun. The memorable time of high school. Let me tell you why I am qualified for your class vice presidency. In middle school‚ I was chosen to be in a 12 person leadership class. There

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    What are goals? Are they just plans that you make yourself for the future? Or are they a list of what you hope to accomplish in life? Well me personally‚ I believe my goals are challenges I set for myself to hopefully overcome throughout my life so that I can become something more. There is a lot of career options out there that where recommended to me but many different people. But ever since I was a little boy there was always one thing I wanted to be… a Chef. I love to cook‚ so it’s no surprise

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    Lord of the Flies: Our Society Suppresses the Evil That Is Presented In All of Us In this novel Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows how our society suppresses the evil that is presented in all of us. Throughout this adventure Jack changes from a well mannered choir bo‚ who was scared to kill a pig‚ to a savage hunter who leads his band of hunters to kill everything in site. Jack was a load and strick choir leader and always seemed as if he would do anything to be leader‚ while Ralph was

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    also. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a pig means “a swine of any age” but it can also mean “a greedy‚ dirty‚ or unpleasant person” and a person who likes “to gluttonize”. These definitions all relate to William Golding’s novel‚ the Lord of the Flies where pigs play a significant part of the story. Since the term pig can be interpreted in many ways‚ the word can represent many themes when it is used in writing. Pigs have appeared in past works of literature such as The Odyssey. When Odysseus’

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    Fear in Lord of the Flies

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    in The Lord of the Flies. How does fear in all of its forms influence the boy’s attitudes and behaviours? One of many prominent themes in William Golding’s novel‚ the Lord of the Flies‚ is Fear. From the very first chapter‚ until the last‚ fear plays an important role in this text. It is the only thing‚ which stops the boys from acting rationally at times‚ from questioning curious circumstances and it physically hindered so many of the boys‚ so many times. The active role of fear in Lord of the

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    Allegory in Lord of the Flies In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ which is set during World War II‚ English school boys‚ escaping war in England‚ crash on a deserted tropical island. From the protected environment of boarding school‚ the boys are suddenly thrust into a situation where they must fend for themselves. In order to survive‚ the boys copy their country’s rule for a civilized life by electing a leader‚ Ralph. He promises order‚ discipline‚ and rules for the boys so that they form

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    JACK Lord of the Flies Jack Key Quotations I ◦ “ we can’t eat them” this is about the candle buds‚ the fact that jack says he cannot eat them shows that he doesn’t care as they are not useful to him and he has no appreciation for beauty or his natural surroundings as apposed to Simons response. Shows the selfish nature that he has already‚ in a way he could be practical in this sense they are useless to us. A quality of a leader‚ he is decisive. His language is very assertive. ◦ “we’ll have rules…

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    is the major theme in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies.” Deserted on a remote island from a plane crash‚ a group of schoolboys initially attempted to collaborate for survival. However‚ as time goes on‚ the hungry mist of savagery seemed to overcome them‚ and thus began their descent into the dark side of humanity. Robert Ardret‚ a social scientist‚ believes that such human behavior is the result of evolution. This is displayed in the “Lord of the Flies‚” revealing a glimpse of mankind’s true

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    Lord of the Flies - Irony

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    William Golding‚ the author of Lord of the Flies‚ used irony to tell his story of a group of young British boys stranded on a deserted island. The readers can clearly spot the irony in the dialogue and Ralph‚ one of the main character‚ is also aware of the irony in his situation. The irony in the novel forces the readers to step aside and think about the hidden meanings the author is trying to express. <br> <br>The first example of irony occurred in chapter two. Jack says to the group of young‚ impressionable

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