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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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    "When a nation goes down‚ or a society perishes‚ one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along." This preceding quote‚ said by Carl Sandburg‚ helps people to understand why deterioration of a society occurs. When a civilian‚ or a country forgets their background or morals‚ they are unable to demonstrate constraint towards what they would refrain from immediately under normal conditions. These unusual conditions can be the cause

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    A Malevolent Society in Lord of the Flies Humans‚ by nature‚ are genuinely good people who show compassion and concern for others‚ right? Well true‚ if we all lived in a utopian land. Unfortunately‚ humans are‚ in fact‚ evil and easily corrupted by others. In William Golding’s 1954 published Lord of the Flies‚ the boy’s on the island learn that a peaceful civilization is easily destroyed without cooperation or agreement. The frustration manifested itself‚ making a transformation of the boys into

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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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    In society‚ people have the ability to become violent no matter the personality of the individual. Brutality is in all animal species. The only difference between humans and the animals is the ability of the human mind to control one’s thoughts and actions‚ however‚ even this ability can be lost if presented with a situation that becomes so stressful or so outrageous that the mind is no longer in control. This is exactly what happens in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Within this

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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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    may not have happened if the boys of the island had a more strict set of 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

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    Adult Behaviors in Lord of the Flies In “Lord of the Flies‚” we see the dark side of adults behavior that eventually overtakes the young innocent schoolboys at the desert island. Without any guidance‚ restrictions and supervision of adults‚ the boys must find a way to survive and escape. When the chief and create of the rules to obey is present at first‚ but the opportunity of violence and evil immediately shows up. We see this first in the character of Jack‚ as his desire to hunting and savagery

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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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