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    There is no doubt that wars causes a major effects not only for the entire world. It is prevent to  kill innocent souls‚ making harmful damages‚ and  fight to take a power or control. At the same time‚ its crave to show the dark side in human nature. Indeed‚ like other writers William Golding reenact the negative role of the post war (WWII) as in Lord Of The Flies.  which consider as a successful  novel. Golding illustrates the destructive impact of the cold war in his novel. Also present the evil

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    beliefs and express other abstract ideas‚ but in a discrete tacit form. A written expression like this is called an allegory. In William Golding’s dangerously revealing novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ brutal truths are exposed about the boys’ inherited barbaric ways and ravenous urges‚ connecting to several biblical stories. In not always a discrete way‚ the book is a solid allegory and evokes some heavily linked stories such as those of Adam and Eve‚ of Cain and Able‚ and the life of Jesus Christ. All

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    Lord of the Flies’ essay In the novel lord of the flies‚ William Golding attempts to display the relationship between issues within society and issues within human nature. He attempts to achieve this by placing a group of English school boys on a ‘perfect’ island and allowing events to unravel without the barriers associated within society. As the story evolves Golding’s thesis becomes realised‚ this was that savagery can be found within everyone. Thus meaning the story has been shown as both a

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    The Evolution of Innate Evil of Mankind In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ one of the most important aspects of the novel is that humans are essentially barbaric‚ if not downright evil. Lord of the Flies is not simply a book about outward conflict between individuals. It is‚ rather‚ a novel about one ’s inner being. When the formerly-civilized British boys of Golding ’s novel are stranded on a desert island and must fight for survival‚ many of them surrender to the "Beast." The stranded boys

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    modern Utopias. But by the passage of time this notion of Utopia got subverted‚ the ideal state gave way tothe horror and nightmare of dystopia. In my paper I intend to trace both the Utopian and dystopian elements in William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies. This text tells the story of the journey of a group of innocent children‚ victims of a plane crash‚ and their struggle for survival in a deserted island which is nothing short of a heavenly abode. At this juncture peaceful co-existence is

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    Lola Dement Myers Mr. Cooke April 26‚ 2013 English honors 9 Human Nature in Lord of the Flies “During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe‚ they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war‚ as is of every man‚ against every man” (Hobbes‚ Leviathan). Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ is a realistic fiction book placed in the 1940’s. The book is about a group of British schoolboys who are forced to cope on a deserted island. When they are first stranded

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    Lord of the Flies “Maybe there is a beast...maybe its just us.” This is a quote from the book “Lord of the Flies‚” by William Golding. As an outstanding Author‚ William Golding won the Nobel Prize of Literature and the Man Booker Prize. The book “Lord of the Flies‚” written in 1954‚ is an incredible book and an allegory about a large group of boys who get stranded on an island. The reader can see how people‚ or in particular‚ boys‚ will behave‚ when away from society. Some of the boys: Ralph

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    What Are the Main Factors‚ Responsible For The Loss of Civilisation In Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” 23rd February 2014 “Lord of the Flies” is a social allegory written by William Golding. It is an allegory‚ meaning that every actions or characters‚ in the book represent an event‚ character or action in the real life. William Golding was an English writer‚ who served in the navy during the WWII. This gave him an understanding of what mankind was capable of‚ how dark and evil it‚ in truth

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    Lord of the Flies William Golding In Between the Modern and the Postmodern Content: 1. Fragments chosen.............................................................................. 2. In Between the Modern and the Postmodern - essey........................ 3. Questions.............................................................................................. 4. Bibliography........................................................................................ "[

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    In the Lord of the Flies by the author William Golding‚ he creates an allegorical novel based on stranded children abandoned on an island. In order to create an allegory‚ it’s a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters‚ figures and events(Allegory). The novel Lord of the Flies it begins with a group of children that were stranded on an remote island without adult supervision. They start to develop their own civilization but however as they continue

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