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    Being stranded on an island with no parents is a difficult situation to adjust to. In the book Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ Simon is a young‚ deep character who finds himself alone. When being trapped on the island‚ this inspirational character is deteriorating inside‚ as he tries to help those around him. The kind-hearted boy is a very calm‚ quiet and shy person‚ who does not take stress well. Even though‚ he seems happy on the outside‚ there is a side of him none will see. The

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    Are humans naturally bad people? According Lord Of The flies we are. In the following essay you will see a significant amount of evidence that people are indeed bad‚ but there is also a silver lining to show that people can be good. Author William Golding wrote this after being in World War II‚ so he was most likely mentally unstable and pessimistic over the events he had just seen and been a part of which is a main reason as to why he thought that humans are horrible‚ evil people. Exhibit A‚

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    Fire In Lord Of The Flies

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    People will go to extreme lengths to avoid the truth‚ William Golding shows this in his book Lord of the Flies‚ these boys invent this creature called the beastie to put their fear into instead of facing the truth‚ that they are the beasts. They also ignore how important the signal fire is if they are to be rescued from the island. They kill Simon when he has just figured out that the beast on the hill is a dead person. When they all go around to Jack’s side and turn into savages to avoid responsibility

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    the bugs in your back yard‚ to when you turn 18 and join the army to be trained to kill. These kinds of things happen every day but rarely do you see them portrayed to the extent of what is really happening‚ in writing. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ Golding uses characters like Jack Merridew and events like the pig kills to perpetuate the concept of fear and show the more brutal side of human nature. Although Jack takes charge of awkward situations‚ Jack uses fear to gain

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    The classic novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding revolves around a group of young boys from England that are isolated on an island after their plane crashed. With the pilot dead and no adults around it is up to the older ones to take charge. This Nobel Prize winning novel features four distinct characters; Piggy‚ Ralph‚ Jack and Simon. It is up to these boys to make all the difference on the island. In order for the boys to survive on the island while waiting for the adults to rescue them

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    Power In Lord Of The Flies

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    Swoosh! Pop! Crackle! The sounds of fire lighting up and burning. All that power for a substantial leader to possess. The novel Lord of the Flies is a powerful one‚ written by William Golding. Some of the main characters are Ralph‚ Jack‚ Piggy‚ Simon and Samneric. The theme power‚ is shown in many ways in the novel. One of the many ways power is shown in this novel is how the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start a fire showing how powerful Piggy’s glasses really are. Some of the other ones are the power

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    Humanity Reverting to Savagery Through Isolation The evolution of society and civilization has modernized the idea of humanity. Society and the people within it are affected by comely social customs. They require humans to act a certain norm‚ and it takes humans away from their natural instincts. However‚ withdrawing from society and having a lack of civilization leads humans back to their once barbaric behavior. Lord of the Flies demonstrates how isolation from civilization and society results in

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    Lord of the Flies Symbols

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    nature that lives just a word away inside the boys and while the boys are afraid of it‚ this could only be because it is inside every one of them. Simon is the one who actually realizes that the beast is in each one of them when he meets “The Lord Of The Flies” As boys like Jack become crueler throughout the book‚ the belief in the beast increases until at the end Jack’s tribe are leaving it food as a sign of respect. “snakes‚ snakes look at the snakes”p60 “The unfriendly side of the mountain”p60

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    Lord of the Flies: Ralph

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    William Golding supplied his story with a lot of literary color‚ making it alive and vivid to the reader. The character that stood out the most was Ralph‚ who was the novels protagonist. The twelve year old English boy‚ who was elected leader of the boys in the beginning of the novel‚ is the primary representative of order‚ civilization‚ and productive leadership in the novel. Ralph attempts to organize the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph

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    Ralph In Lord Of The Flies

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    In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ he shows symbolism within the objects and characters in the story. Each of the characters’ actions resemble how people in society would react to life changes and ruling ways. Golding understood how a society works in order to stick together or break into complete savagery. One of the main characters‚ Ralph‚ is the one of oldest and became the leader of all the boys when they are stuck on the island. He will now have to find a way to form a social

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