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    Then he brought the end round and caught Jack a stinger across the ear. The were chest to chest‚ breathing fiercely‚ pushing and glaring.”(196). Two strong types of leadership can lead to devastating outcomes. This is shown in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Ralph and Jack have two very different types of leadership that are at different ends of the spectrum. The qualities of Ralph and Jack are different‚ Jack’s beliefs contrast those of Ralph‚ and the styles of leadership that Ralph and Jack use

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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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    Death‚ vengeance‚ violence. The three stories‚ “the most dangerous game” by Richard Connell‚ “the cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ “the interlopers” have the same mood of murder and horror. The majority of people seek to teach others a lesson that ‘revenge’ will always be the response to everything. The theme of the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ is when Fortunado got tricked into going to a basement (where they keep all the wines and the Amontillado) to check the Amontillado. He then

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    Most humans need a routine to survive. Wake up‚ go through your day whether you go to work or school and at the end of the day go back to bed so that you can start that routine all over again. If that routine is broken humans will usually adapt just like the British boys in Lord of the Flies adapting to their uncivilized environment and the humans in Wall-E adapting to the lazy environment. The two groups of humans both drastically change but the British boys turn back to their ancestors’ roots with

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    Going through dangerous districts and frightening enemies‚ and with a friend suffering from amnesia‚ the father successfully reunites with his son. Just like the reader is left in suspense wondering about how Marlin and Nemo are going to find each other in Finding Nemo‚ many authors use suspense to keep the reader interested in the story. Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how a story ends or a conflict is resolved. In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard

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    Lord of the fliesessay How does Golding explore the darkness of man’s heart in lord of the flies? To “explore the darkness of man’s heart” is one of the key themes in William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies. As the boys on the island regress from well-behaved‚ well-mannered children aching for rescue to cruel‚ bloodthirsty hunters who have no desire to return to civilization‚ the boys naturally lose their sense of innocence that they possessed at the beginning of the novel. This novel

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    The symbols in the book "Lord of the flies" all reinforce the theme of the novel. All of the characters themselves were very symbolic. Ralph is a symbol of civilization‚ he is always the one who attempts to organize and accomplish things in order to better the group‚ like the fire and the building of shelters. Jack‚ on the other hand‚ is a symbol of anarchy. The struggle between Ralph and Jack is symbolic of the struggle between the forces of civilization and anarchy‚ or the struggle between moral

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    Picture yourself on the edge of a cliff and there are people with weapons closing in on you trying to kill you. In a situation like this you need certain survival tools. Many texts talk about survival such as "The most dangerous game" by Richard Connell‚ It takes bravery intelligence and strength to survive. Let’s begin with intelligence. You need knowledge to get out of sticky situations. For example‚ on page 3 of "Trapped"‚ the author states : "Even with the sharper blade‚ I instinctually understand

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    Lord of the flies’ is an adventure story however it portrays a complicated and detailed storyline. William Golding utilises dialogue‚ in depth description of characters‚ illustrates a relationship between the novel and the bible and highlights the theme of good versus evil. By using a large amount of dialogue‚ Golding has created characteristics about the boys by the way they speak. Piggy uses slang showing that he comes from a low income family background‚ whereas Ralph speaks in a more proper

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    realized the meaning of prey meant the title changed significantly to me. Humans should not be prey for other humans. But the title also changes because The Most Dangerous Game is now even more dangerous because human life is at stake. The meaning of game has two meanings now also. Game is an animal you’re hunting‚ but also in this case it’s a literal game that General Zaroff is playing with Rainsford. Finding Rainsford and letting him live another day just for the fun of it.. Even though Zaroff hadn’t seen

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