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    William Golding’s novel‚ "Lord of the Flies‚" a pack of British boys are stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere after a plane crash. The novel creates a dynamic story of power struggles. Struggles between good versus evil‚ wrong versus right‚ society versus savagery. In my paper‚ I would like to address what it might be like if the boys were replaced by a group of girls. Would they behave the same way boys did in the novel? Although many people do not feel girls could be as evil‚ I believe

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    However‚ William Golding‚ in Lord of the Flies‚ chooses his imagery and the words of his descriptions of the island‚ to create a setting that seems as alive as the human characters. The symbolism used throughout the book is highly noticed by the readers and has much meaning towards the characters‚ island‚ and the personalities of both. William Golding shows how significant such a small object or thing may be‚ it is shown how much it can affect the boys on the island‚ and even take over them. There

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    In the novel‚ "Lord of the Flies‚" a group of British boys are left on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Throughout the novel‚ they have conflicts between civilization and savagery‚ good vs. evil‚ order vs. chaos‚ and reason vs. impulse. What would it be like if the boys were replaced by a group of girls? Would they behave the same way they did in the novel? I believe that the girls would act in the same behavior as the boys in all ways because‚ everyone is installed with evil inside them

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    How is the Island presented in ‘Lord of The Flies’ The setting in ‘Lord of The Flies’ is an integral part of the story. The story couldn’t take place anywhere else part from an island really. When they first land on the island the heat is described to be immense and the verb of ‘hit’ is used to personify the heat to be violent. This ongoing heat that can sometimes be forgotten about in parts of the novel would add to the frustration of the boys and could make them more angry. The heat is also a

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    The Island Major Joe Ridge View High School English 1 Mrs. Walker December 17‚ 2012 There are many different symbols in the book Lord of the Flies. Some of the symbols represent peace and some represent war. Some of the characters themselves represent different symbols. The item of symbolism that stood out the most was the island itself. The island itself is an excellent item of symbolism because it uses the boys themselves to convey what it stands for thus almost making itself seem alive

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    Natural History of the Island in The Lord of the Flies Even for the observant reader‚ the island in William Golding’s‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ appears to simply be an uninhabited‚ deserted tropical island or a fantasy land that does not base itself in reality. Though Golding himself may have purposely attempted to create an illogical and chimerical paradise‚ he incorporated real parts of real tropical islands into his work. Whether Golding attempted to create an illogical island or he simply put no

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    differences between Coral Island and Lord of the Flies. The character named Peterkin that was in the excerpts of Coral Island however‚ he was not a character in Lord of the Flies. Another difference‚ is that Peterkin killed a pig for the feast but‚ in the Lord of the Flies Jack tends to hunt all the pigs for the feasts they have. In Coral Island: First Hunt/Dinner‚ Ralph‚ Jack and Peterkin appear to have way more food than the boys in the book Lord of the Flies. In Coral Island they have a feast with

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    The island setting of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies plays a tremendous role in the telling of the story. The amazingly detailed and well thought out setting doesn’t just describe the island‚ but helps explain the characters as well. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses the island setting to enhance the characters actions‚ showing true human nature. In the story‚ the setting was very closely related to the garden of Eden. By the island having that perfect Garden of Eden type setting the

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    opening in his novel “Lord of the Flies.” This book is set in the 1940’s during an atomic war. A group of English schoolboys was evacuated before their homes were bombed‚ but their plane crashed on a tropical island. There are no adults left alive‚ and the boys learn to fend for themselves. They see the island as paradise by day‚ but by night are terrified by rumors of a strange beast on the island. The boys soon lose the civilized customs they were brought up with

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island. Lord of the Flies and Pitcairn Island connect because in Lord of the Flies these kids are stranded on this island and go crazy and start to become completely different people and start to turn on each other to a point where they murder and just go insane. On Pitcairn Island these people are on this island and are fighting over the short amount of resources they have. Women‚ men‚

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