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    Lord of the Flies: Impact of "Savagery versus Civilization" on Society The interpretations of the novel "Lord of the Flies" consist of how mankind can result to savagery ways when being considered the most civilized human beings. "Savagery versus Civilization" is used to define the acts of mankind on the island consisting of children who can barely take care of themselves. The author William Golding uses these children to symbolize for the audience the act of human evil in our society. According

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    that is we can also see a betrayal and hatred form. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding a group of boys are flying to a destination when all of a sudden their plane crashes on a deserted island with no humans but them. One theory throughout this book is the theory of defense mechanisms. For example some of the boys on the island are kind and warm hearted and by the end of the book they turn into savages and killers. Lord of the Flies can be analyzed through defense mechanisms. One of many defense

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    have risks people can push the fear aside but the fear will always be there. Fear can be very powerful and can lead societies to chaos. The biggest fears in the book were fears of dying and the fear of the unknown. Every body in the book had their own way of expressing their fear and what they had a fear of‚ but it was in everyone. In William Golding’s book The Lord of the Flies‚ fear is what eventually causes them to turn against each other until they are so paranoid about the beast that they

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    Lord of the flies’ essay 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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    many instances where one has stood up against society for what he or she believed was right. With that‚ comes sacrifice. There will always be a group that will support the ideas presented‚ but there will also be the rest of society that will have strong arguments in opposition. Everyone was created to think differently to give rise to diversity in our world. Why should anyone feel uncomfortable when sharing his or her thoughts and beliefs with society‚ just because they may not be the popular opinion

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    exactly show who the protagonist is in their plays novels or stories. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ many characters can be argued as the protagonist. Based on Jack’s characterization‚ his external conflict with all the boys and his internal regression and Golding’s usage of imagery‚ it seems most appropriate to assume Golding intends for us to see Jack as the protagonist. In the lord of the flies‚ Jack’s external conflicts helped him to give into his need for power. He first begins to harass

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    Lord of the flies Chapter 7 Page 119-120 Even though Ralph is the chief‚ he’s happy to follow Jack -shows Ralph has a sense of moral awareness ’If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return‚ if you could forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny converts on either side‚ then there was a chance that you might put the best out of mind and dream for a while’ -Force of nature reflects emotion Ralph starts to think about hygiene and cleanliness -Looks

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    Lord of the Flies Typically‚ in western culture masculinity is traditionally constructed as a way to show physical superiority. Masculinity in society is typically shown through the physical body which shows that masculinity is generally constructed to be heroic and a dominant power. This is shown in the novel Lord of the Flies‚ the theme of masculinity through the physical body is used to gain power from the group of boys. Characters in this novel were made to show different views

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    The Power of Secondary Characters in Golding’s Lord of the Flies. “Secondary Characters are characters that are not the central characters that are the mainstay of a story‚ but still keep relevance because of their actions and proceedings that have great influence in a story.” -Chris Chen. In the novel Lord of the Flies William Golding uses several secondary characters to enhance and influence decisions of the main characters. These same characters serve to highlight the many themes in the novel

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    Lord of the Flies: Loss of Innocence As we age we lose the thrill of imagination‚ the value of it. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding this very much happens when pre-teen boys crash on an island. The longer they stay on the island less we see of them when the first crashed on the island. The boy’s actions and beliefs turn from innocence to corrupt. In the book there are many examples of innocence to corruption these are the examples of Jack‚ blank‚ and blank. Jack was the

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