name Teachers name Honors Ninth Lit/Comp. 30 January 2013 Jack of Lord of the Flies William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies is an allegory used by the author to demonstrate the instinctive evil within all of humanity. A group of British schoolboys are in a plane crash‚ and left stranded on a deserted island with no adult help. The boys attempt to create their own civilization‚ but it fails when certain members of the group let their dark sides take over. There are many intriguing characters
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Not done Civility vs savagery Fire The beast The conch In The Lord of The Flies‚ the boys need to maintain their civility and not succumb to the savagery of the island. In The Lord of The Flies‚ fire is not only used to represent hope and survival‚ but also destruction and evil. In the beginning of the book‚ the boys find themselves lost and with little confidence in their chances of being saved. Then Piggy has the idea to start a fire. This was something to hope for. When the boys first
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In the novel‚ Lord of the flies by William Golding characters have clashing personalities. To deal with this clash and to fit in with their fellow tribe members the assume a persona. Ralph puts on this mask to seem more violent and uncivilized‚ like all the other boys on the island except Piggy. It is proven at the end of the novel that this is just a persona and not a complete change in character when Ralph begins to weep at the thought of being rescued by a naval officer and going home at last
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Lord of the Flies is based on human nature and how evil is upon every human. William Golding believed that no matter how good a person is‚ there’s always an evil side. In the Lord of the Flies‚ children are tested if they could keep their insanity or not. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ he write about characters who suffers fears and savagery to survive. The setting is at an island. Around that time‚ a war was going on. The main characters are Ralph‚ Jack‚ and Piggy
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Lord Of The Flies- Important Symbols: The Conch Shell: The Conch was discovered on the beach at the start on the novel. It is what gathered the boys together. It becomes a powerful symbol of civilization and represents order in the novel. It governs the meetings‚ giving the boys the right to speak. Therefore‚ the shell is more than a symbol- it is an actual vessel of politic legitimacy and democratic power. As the island loses its civilized manor‚ the shell loses its power among them. When
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Form‚ Structure and Plot: “Well pretty soon the old man was up and around again‚ and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up the money‚ and he went for me‚ too‚ for not stopping school.” | At this time in the book‚ Huck’s drunk of a father has just reentered his life for the sole purpose of getting the money from the treasure that Huck and Tom found in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This shows that Pap doesn’t care very much for his son and that getting money so that he
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The Life of Pi Yann Martel Steven van Ens V6‚ Bornego College (mel/lem/mle/lme) Chapter 1 & 2 Pi Patel is a graduate in Religious Studies and Zoology at Toronto university and held in high esteem for his knowledge in the zoological field. The author calls him‚ meaning to interview him about his adventure‚ being referred to Pi by a man named Francis Adirubasamy. He lives in Scarborough‚ Canada‚ is small of stature and speaks very fast. He says he misses India and Richard Parker‚ an unknown
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Literary Elements Characterization: - Nick Carraway reserves judgments about other people‚ because if he holds them up to his own moral standards‚ he will misunderstand them. - Characterizes himself as highly moral and highly tolerant. - Page 1: “In consequence‚ I’m inclined to reserve all judgments‚ a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.” Juxtaposition: - West Egg and East Egg are compared to show they
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The little girl ran into a wall. This was not an unusual occurrence but it was a painful one and the young child began to cry. Her mother didn’t help her‚ nor did her father – they were on a business trip to Peru. The wall felt sorry for the girl but (being an inanimate object) there was not much it could do to help so it just sat there. “Poor soul” it whispered‚ the sound of its voice melting into the waves of the wind‚ never to be heard again. The girl (Maasaman Beef) felt hopeless. “There’s no
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The time I have worked at Smoothie Factory last summer. I remembered on my first day‚ I had a duty to clean the counter shelf. As I cleaned‚ I mentioned that some of the protein bars on that shelf were expired. So I had a conservation with my manager and asserted him that these protein bars were expired and we could not sold them to the customers. But what surprised me the most that the manager already acknowledged these expired bars as he said it very casual. So then I said "I am pretty sure it
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