Lord of the Flies Essay Topics Topic 1. Socio-political allegory * Thesis: William Golding uses socio-political allegory in the Lord of the Flies to establish a microcosm reflecting the idea that governments are not fundamentally bad‚ but if they are maintained poorly‚ it can lead to the downfall of its people. As it did within the story when the island’s initial democratic government the children establish revolutionizes to dictatorship which inadvertently leads to the deterioration of civilisation
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Character Descriptions: Ralph is twelve years old blond haired boy. He is described as being built "like a boxer‚" and is initially chosen as leader because he is well liked by the majority of the group. Jack and Ralph seem to disagree throughout the entire novel. While Ralph is trying to keep reason and order‚ Jack is trying to take his power. Ralph shows that he is “fair” both on the outside as well as the inside as a leader. Pg. 80calls order 1st chapteruses conch for everyone Pg. 1fair-haired
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Lord of the Flies By William Golding Ralph He’s the first lost boy we meet‚ and he’s definitely the best—after all‚ he’s elected chief. He is good looking. He’s "fair" (1.1) and "attractive." More than that‚ he has the conch. And he can blow it. Because the conch symbolizes power and order‚ because he has the conch he gets a head start in the island power structure. Instead of getting caught up in the hunting bloodlust‚ he proposes something practical‚ sensible‚ start a fire‚ and then watch it to
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In his novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding develops the idea that without society‚ humans can become savage again. To support his idea‚ he shows how much more selfish and violent his characters become the longer that they are isolated from society and are on the island. Some examples in the book include Simon and his illusion with “the Lord of the Flies” before he falls into his seizure‚ the deterioration of their society on the island‚ and also character transformation before and after they get stuck
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Piggy Chapter 1 In contrast to the violent Jack and charismatic Ralph‚ Piggy is immediately established as the intellectual of the group. Although he is physically inept‚ clumsy‚ and asthmatic‚ he has a rational mind and the best grasp of their situation. It is his knowledge of the conch shell that allows Ralph to summon the rest of the boys together and he who shows the most concern for some sort of established order in meetings and in day-to-day life. He has a particular interest in names‚ immediately
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The Lord of the Flies vs. Sympathy of the devil Did you ever asked yourself who or what is the devil? What it represents in human Society and whether it exists in any form or not. The book "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is compared to the song " Sympathy for the Devil " by Mick Jagger in this essay‚ to show that the devil is in everybody where and how he appears in front of us‚ that the devil is deadly and whether we can resist him when he faces us. In "The Lord of the Flies " Jack
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Roger from The Lord of the Flies is symbolic to the devil. When him and the others are acting as if they are hunting a pig‚ he and the others start really hurting Robert. He sticks a stick up a pig’s butt. Roger and the others beat Simon to death. Roger and the others had just chased after a pig‚ and Ralph was showing the boys how he threw the spear at him. Robert snarled at Ralph‚ and they all starting jabbing him. Robert was acting as if in pain until he was really in pain as Roger‚ and the
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is better - to have rules and agree‚ or to hunt and kill’ This essay will use three characters to show how William Golding explores the concept of civilization and savagery in his novel‚ Lord of the Flies. The first character that is explored is Ralph. He represents civilization‚ ‘a face that proclaimed no devil’. Ralph is the elected leader and represents a democracy. He gives everyone a chance to speak provided that it is done in a fair and ordered manner. He is community minded. Ralph’s ultimate
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Are all men born of benevolence‚ or are they inborn with evil? In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ he illustrates how a group of boys was isolated on a tropical island without any adults‚ starting from a united group of teamwork‚ gradually descended from civilization and order to violence and savagery. The innocence of the young boys were taken over by their inner savagery‚ emphasizing the fact that every man is capable of brutality and evil. In the close analysis of the novel‚ Golding
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contributed by Simpson Au‚ http://www.simpau.cjb.net Symbolism in Lord of the Flies The story‚ Lord of the Flies‚ has many interesting symbols relating adult society to kids surviving on an island. Many of the characters and items in this novel such as Jack or the conch can be interpreted on a macroscopic scale but the most important being this; a microcosm of children on an island makes a great symbolic message about human nature‚ society and how grown-ups live and govern - and how they cannot
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