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    Alienation‚ out group‚ rites of passage‚ hunting and gathering‚ oligarchy‚ coalition‚ power‚ authority‚ obedience‚ discovery‚ invention‚ culture shock‚ deviance‚ norms‚ values‚ machismo --- all of which are found in the paragraph below. Lord of the Flies not only serves as a great coming of age tale but also introduces many sociological concepts that can be exposed through the plot and characters within the movie/book. Like any coming of age tale there are rites of passage in which the boys experience

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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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    In William Golding’s "Lord Of The Flies"‚ there are many frightening moments that cause drama and suspense. Such as‚ throughout the book when all the kids live on their own with no parents. They are all young in age‚ there is no help anywhere near by‚ they need to build shelters in order to live. There is no way off of this island unless a boat notices them‚ there are no hospitals in case of an injury‚ and there is limited supply of food and water. Also‚ they have no contact with anyone‚ and they

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    order to have a functioning society‚ those of the community‚ must have responsibilities and achieve them. However‚ too often people lack certain traits or characteristics that withhold them from being successful and achieving tasks. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the main characters will show how different personality traits and mindsets can set back or take away from achieving a duty. Ralph‚ one of the older boys who was born a leader‚ demonstrates that you must always stay sane or

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    prominently shown such as in a group of marooned schoolboys on an island 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

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    Rivalry Rivalry can lead to many serious problems or even injury. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding explores the theme or rivalry describing fighting‚ jealousy and taking sides. The author‚ William Golding‚ explains many themes with a lot of detail. He also uses symbols in the novels to represent things in real life‚ for example the conch represents civilization and government. On the island there were many conflicts between Jack and Ralph. They mainly fought for their different

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    people‚ so I’ll do my best to answer this question‚ using ‘the lord of the flies’ as reference throughout. Laws are those things that always surround us‚ almost wherever we go‚ they aid us‚ protect us‚ give us a sense of security and pretty much stop all those people that usually need to be kept in line. Laws are pretty much an extremely important set of rules that can have enormous consequences; in the move ‘lord of the flies’ there are two main characters who represent the two different sides

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau believes that humans are innately noble savages. The two different ideas these philosophers have about morality and what makes a person moral leads us to ask; what causes humans to abandon moral behavior? In the book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ author William Golding uses many characters and motifs such as jack‚ Roger‚ and fear to show how morality can be abandoned. From the beginning of the book the character Jack wants power more than anything else‚ he becomes furious when

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    Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island. Throughout the book the group of civilized boys try to govern themselves with tragic results. Golding says the beginning of his novel Lord of the Flies theme is an attempt to prove the flaws of society is due to the flaws of human nature‚ not the defects of any form of government. When looking at Vlad the impaler and his monarchy I think Golding’s idea is True‚ If given the right environment and freedom

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    As Albert Einstein once said‚ “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” A society with no understanding is set up for failure. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ the children’s society is filled with hatred and greed. The children lose their moral judgement fighting each other trying to gain control over a limited supply of necessities‚ equality of human power‚ and limited affection. This causes havoc leading the group into a spiraling path of destruction

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