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    Fear in Lord of the Flies

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    Lord of the flies is a very meaningful book. It has a lot of meaning to our real life that we live today. The themes of the book are very interesting and have a lot of meaning to them. Some of the really great themes are fear‚ civilization vs. savagery‚ loss of innocence and many more.     Fear is something that we don’t want to accept in our lives‚ but it is still there. It always will be even if you think it is not. Those boys also have a fear. They have a fear of the beast‚ the adults. The fear

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    tribulations. In William Goldings Lord of the Flies‚ the characters are all young boys from a preppy like school which they have never had an experience where they have had to be alone and care for themselves. Being on a deserted island with no adults or supervision‚ the boys slowly start to turn more and more savage each day. The boys had some unity and order at first but as time went on the island tore them apart and turned them against each other. Ultimately‚ the characters being young school boys ends

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    The Indulging Theme of Lord of The Flies: Responsibility is an expectation society places on you at some point in life. The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ fully expresses this thought as a constant theme throughout the book. Multiple characters are faced with decisions of whether to do the “right” or responsible thing or to just run off and embrace the joys of having no real authority that proper society maintains. No true order can be maintained without some form of the older

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    Lord of the Flies Essay In the book Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding tests a critical question about human nature. Is human nature good and civilized or evil and savaged? Golding uses characters that symbolically represent the good and evil in everyone. The characters’ actions of savagery hints to what Golding is trying to show about human nature. In other words‚ Golding shows that there is a savage in everyone‚ and in order to survive‚ we will do anything. In Lord of the Flies Golding suggests

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    Emily Bardman Blue 3 6-2-11 _Lord of the Flies_ William Golding uses symbolism many times in his book _Lord of the Flies_. He uses numerous representations all throughout the book to get the reader to recognize the theme which is that human nature is inherently evil. When a group of British boys get into a plane crash during World War II‚ they establish rules and a chief. But‚ later in the book‚ they start to turn savage. Golding uses a conch in the book to represent order. He uses a pair of

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    By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded. There were differences between this meeting and the one held in the morning. The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children‚ feeling too late the smart of sunburn‚ had put their clothes on. The choir‚ less of a group‚ had discarded their cloaks. Ralph sat on a fallen trunk‚ his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known

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    Tartuffe In the story Tartuffe by Moliere‚ the audience can view many foil characters. It seems as if every character had a foil‚ meaning opposite character. The two foils that most stood out were Tartuffe and Cleante. These characters show completely different personalities and everything about them is actually the opposite. One is a hypocrite about religion and the other one is very pious. The more you learn about the characters‚ the more you realize how different they are. Cleante is both a wise

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    Kenisha Dawson Dawson1 Mr. Sheehan ENG3U 20/12/12 The Breakdown of Civilization As human beings‚ the instinct to survive is very impelling – whether it’s law or anarchy. As the novel progresses‚ the miniature civilization the boys attempt to create gradually descends into savagery. The deconstruction of the civilization results in the boys adapting to the

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    “What is the aftermath of Simon’s death?” Simon’s death is a tragic event in this novel . Piggy‚ Ralph‚ Sam and Eric all have in mutual reactions towards Simon’s death. They each handle the guilt towards Simon’s death in different ways. Also‚ they decide not to say his name aloud to one and other. Even though they all know that they and the rest of the boys murdered Simon they decide to say that they all left the “party” early. In addition Jack has his own thoughts on what has happened the previous

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    RALPH Ralph represents leadership‚ the properly socialized and civilized young man. He is attractive‚ charismatic‚ and decently intelligent. He demonstrates obvious common sense. Ralph is the one who decides to create rules‚ the meeting place‚ the fire‚ and the huts. He applies Piggy’s intellectualism‚ and he recognizes the fears and superstitions as barriers to their survival. He is a diplomat and a natural leader. Ralph is the primary representative of order‚ civilization‚ and productive leadership

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