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    William Golding‚ in his novel lord of the flies‚ implies that without the constraints of social order‚ people would descend into anarchy and chaos. Three examples in the text that demonstrate this idea are the conch‚ the character of jack‚ and the deaths of piggy and Simon. The conch is symbolic of the descent of social order between the boys. The conch is a shell that is capable of making a loud‚ attention grabbing noise‚ Piggy describes this noise by saying it “moo-ed like a cow”. It symbolizes

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    of life‚ in a world so riddled with chaos that even the most innocent man could not escape it? Well William Golding (1911-1993) did and he sought to demonstrate his views through a book which he wrote and titled "Lord of the Flies" (1954). I believe that in the book "Lord of the Flies" William Golding seeks to demonstrate that there is a beast/alter ego inside each and every one of us where its only desire is to descend order into a chaotic environment. Also I believe that he may be seeking to

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    How does Golding present the theme of good versus evil in the novel "Lord of the Flies"? William Golding’s novel "Lord of the Flies" is at first impression a dramatic adventure story about a group of boys stranded on an island‚ whilst being evacuated from a war-torn world. However to the perceptive reader a more meaningful level of Golding’s "Lord of the Flies" emerges. The novel is designed as an allegory; to a get a warning across to mankind about what Golding called the "Essential sickness

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    In Lord of the Flies‚ Simon states “Maybe there is a beast... maybe it’s only us.” An effective theme that Golding demonstrates throughout the book is whether people are essentially good or essentially bad. He creates this theme by involving the death of Simon‚ Ralph’s adrenaline rush to hunting the boar for the first time‚ and the war that Jack had started with his tribe in order to kill Ralph at the very end of the novel. Golding includes these incidences to show us that people are essentially

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ several injustices take place. Piggy‚ Ralph‚ and the Littluns. Piggy is constantly mocked and exploited‚ no one listens to Ralph or shows him much respect‚ and the Littluns are ignored and taken advantage of. Throughout the novel‚ it is unambiguous that Piggy is treated unfairly and is mocked. All three of the selected injustices are in relation to Piggy’s glasses and how Jack treats Piggy. Early in the novel‚ Jack grabs Piggy’s glasses right off of his

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    Good and Evil

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    Evil and Good The obvious thing to say about evil is that it is the opposite of good. Some people may argue that there is a lot good in the world. Everyone does have evil in them and are very well capable of doing bad things. Although not everyone expresses their anger at the same level of intensity‚ everyone has most likely done more bad in their life then acts of good kindness. Shakespeare wrote‚ “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones‚” act three‚ scene

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    nature and conception of evil is complex and disputed. Throughout history scholars and theologians have sought to determine whether evil is a polarized and present force or whether evil is the absence or falling away from good. The Lord of the Rings is not just a story about the conflict between good and evil‚ but rather is a story that demonstrates the multifaceted nature of both. In the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring it is easy to relegate evil to a dualistic force in

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    Evil Comes Easy In the lack of society’s rules‚ war and pain become rampant. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies discusses what would happen in the omission of rules. When the boys are first living on the island‚ they maintain the order and rules from their past. They begin to create their own society. At the end of the novel‚ the boys have been reduced to complete savages. Golding shows that evil is a part of everyone‚ but the structure of society restrains extreme evil. Throughout the novel

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    Good and Evil My report examines the connection of the coexistence of good and evil across texts and how these aspects effect human nature and society. The texts I used were ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ ‘The Help’ by Tate Taylor‚ ‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman and ‘Harawira drops N-bomb in water hui debate” by Danya Levy. I believe these texts explore the moral nature of society and human beings as essentially being good and evil through social drifts of racial prejudice‚

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