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    Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ tells a story about a group of British school boys ages 6-12 get stuck on a remote island after a plane crash. The boys are forced to civilize and survive on the island until help comes. They learn that the only way to get off the island is creating a signal fire so passing planes and ships can see them. Ralph gives the job of hunting and maintaining the fire to Jack and his choir.They begin to learn about the “Beast” that is thought to be on the island

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    Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ is one of the many well known dystopian novels of the 20th century. Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of young boys who land on an Island after their plane crashes. They slowly become more savage and free-willed‚ leaning more towards fierce instinct than considerate benevolence. Who the boys are and what they do is symbolic and refers to the symbolic counterpart of the literal story‚ making it an allegorical novel. An allegory is “the expression

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    Human Allegory in Lord of Flies The human allegory in the story‚ “Lord of the Flies” is represented through the situation of a group of kids being stranded on an uninhabited island without any adults to take care of them. The reason that the author‚ William Golding‚ chose the characters to be kids and not teenagers nor adults is because of their innocence and lack of knowledge of the civilization that they came from. Before being on the island‚ they would not have had a chance to face great responsibility

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    Bruner 1 Lake Bruner 21-November-2013 Professor Smith English 102-015 Civilization vs. Savagery In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ there is a huge clash between civilization and savagery. Golding shows this clash through many symbols. Most people might think that civilization would be key in a group’s survival‚ but a human’s natural desire to be savage can overpower being civilized. In the novel‚ a group of well-mannered‚ English schoolboys crash-land a plane on an abandoned

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    innocence‚ which turns into savagery‚ power‚ and fear. Savagery is when people revert back to their lost human instincts. Power‚ in the case of Lord of the Flies it’s a position of ascendancy over others: authority. Fear is an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by expectation or awareness of danger. Lord of the Flies shows a great amount of un civilization throughout the whole novel. Through all the characters for example when the boys create the Lord of The flies‚ which is “the bloody‚ severed

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    The Growing Savagery in Lord of the Flies Oriana Fallaci once said‚ “The moment you give up your principles‚ and your values‚ you are dead‚ your civilization is dead.” the boys on the island give up their values on the island‚ and ignore the rules set by Ralph. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses contracting characters‚ Ralph and Jack‚ to demonstrate how civilization and savagery can affect the world and how the kindest person can turn savage. In the Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph uses

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ is seen as an allegorical story. Allegory known as a symbolic level of meaning could be seen throughout the novel‚ as an example the island represents the whole world. The novel contains characters and objects that represent the theme and ideas. Each character in the novel represents a certain aspect of a spectrum between civilization and savagery. A group of young boys have been stranded to fend for themselves and show how the adult world will soon be in their

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    When book are transitions to movie many key factors are changed to the point that key ideas are changed. The book Lord of the flies a fictional allegory written by William Golding was about a group of children that crash landed on an uninhabited island. The kids were left alone due to the fact that all the adults in the aircraft had died. Ralph and piggy find a conch shell and order a meeting throughout all the children lost in the island by blowing of the conch shell. Ralph becomes head leader and

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    Civilization vs. Savagery. Civilization today has become almost completely reliant on technology. Almostthe entire planet is connected by phone lines‚ roads‚ air travel‚ or the internet. Peopleconverse with others thousands of miles away through modern connections‚ watch livebroadcasts of news in foreign lands or talk on wireless phones by use of satellites. We aregoverned by laws designed to protect us. We live in heated homes with fresh water andelectricity. We commute to work by car or mass transit

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    they lay quiet‚ panting‚ listening to Robert’s frightened snivels” (Golding 114). This quote‚ from the Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ shapes symbolism‚ character development‚ mood‚ and theme of the story by creating suspense and displaying different sides of the characters’ personalities. One of the most distinct themes of the Lord of the Flies is savagery versus civilization. The group of boys‚ alone on this island‚ are forced to push themselves both mentally and physically to

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