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    English assignment speech The term “human nature” is much more than a reference to human behaviour‚ one of the chief distinction between human beings and the rest of the creation is our ability to reason. No other creature has had this ability‚ and this is given from God‚ we are all born with good and bad human nature‚ it depends of the person personality‚ decision and self-conscience to make ourselves who we are good or not. Our personality comes from our parents‚ how we are raised and our experiences

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    rules. The novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ has an importance of authority‚ expectations‚ and consequences. The role of society changes the way the boys are as humans and how they treat each other. The boys had a society that was different from what they had used to live. The boys live in a society where there are no adults or grownups to keep them responsible. A society is difficult to maintain without clear laws‚ expectations‚ and consequences. The role of society develops differently

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    In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ a group of adolescent boys traveling on a plane from Great Britain crash on a deserted island and are forced to survive on their own until they can be rescued. This book is set in the time of the Cold War‚ so the plane the boys traveled on had been shot down by a fighter plane. With no adults to keep them in order‚ they lose the guidance of civilization that they had grown up in. They must resort to how people in past centuries lived‚ by

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    Human nature is a double-sided coin. On one side there is the incredible capacity to love and care for others‚ the willingness to put one’s own needs aside and lay down for the good of his fellow man. But on the other. On the other side‚ there always remain the horrendous capacity for destruction despite any attempt to bury it within. William Golding exemplifies the darker aspects of human nature in his book Lord of The Flies. He accomplishes this by using characters like Jack‚ Ralph‚ and Simon as

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    A society is a united group of people that work together to create a satisfactory life for each other. Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells the story of a group of young boys and their attempts to create a decent life for themselves on the island that they are stranded on. Ralph is the leader of the boys‚ Piggy is intelligent but susceptible to being picked on‚ Simon represents human goodness‚ and Jack is a power hungry‚ inexperienced boy who challenges Ralph to be leader. Societies only work

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    Lord of the Flies has more than one “theme‚” or meaning‚ but the overall and most important one is that the conditions of life within society are closely related to the moral integrity of its individual members. In Golding’s own words: “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.”

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    Aristotle once said‚ “Man‚ when perfected‚ is the best of animals‚ but‚ when separated from law and justice‚ he is the worst.” The author of Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding‚ has a viewpoint on human nature complementary to Aristotle’s. William Golding’s perspective of human nature that humans removed from the constraints of society will be drawn from civilization to savagery and brutality‚ is developed by the boys’ declining morals‚ the increase in brutality‚ and the recurrence of the beast.

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    The novel The Lord of the Flies’ portrayal of human nature still applies today because human nature never changes and human’s still like to solve their problems through violence. In the story The Lord of The Flies‚ a plane containing a group of schoolboys crashes on a deserted island killing all of the adults and leaving the boys to fend for themselves. The boys decide a chief and what they will do for jobs. However‚ conflict arises on whether starting a signal fire is more important‚ or hunting

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    Human Nature in Lord of the Flies In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding is able to use his outstanding writing abilities utilizing metaphors‚ symbolism‚ and other literary devices to establish a hidden message throughout the novel. The hidden message that Golding builds on is that there is a natural evil inside every human being‚ which is suppressed in an organized society through laws‚ rules‚ and punishment. The young boys in the novel are on an island all by themselves. There is no

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    William Golding‚ the author of lord of the flies explores many themes which all are related to his past experience. Using his past life experiences‚ Golding tries to represent some of the main human traits such as intelligence‚ leadership‚ greed‚ knowledge‚ and logic. In his novel Golding represents evil in humanity through jack‚ goodness in humanity in the form of Simon‚ intellect through piggy and strong leadership through Ralph. The author shows the struggle between good vs evil‚ strong vs weak

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