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    In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph is one of the two main leaders on the island‚ Jack being the other. Ralph represents democratic governments‚ where power is given‚ as well as order and productive leadership. The conch shell demonstrates this‚ as everyone under Ralph’s rule gets a say in the governing of the island (they can collaborate). Note: He represents democracy for numerous reasons. He was elected fairly‚ he distributed tasks to different groups (i.e. Jack and his choir boys would hunt)

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    William Golding’s graphical novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ is Fear. From the first chapter‚ until the last‚ fear plays an important role in this story. Fear is the most dangerous force on the island because it changes the boy’s behavior. And how the fear of the beast turns them into savages and makes them kill Simon‚ Fear of the consequences of doing certain actions and fear of losing power and being a minority in the group. Fear is the most dangerous force on the island because it changes the boy’s behavior

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    while the “evil” stays “permanent[ly].” Although humans may use violence at times when striving to help‚ their capability to make mistakes remain a threat to others. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies tells a story about a group of schoolboys who crash onto an island free of adults and attempt to establish their own society. Relying on fruits as a food source until developing hunting skills and a sense of bloodlust transforms the children into careless savages. Since the story takes place during a time

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    In his novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding develops the idea that without society‚ humans can become savage again. To support his idea‚ he shows how much more selfish and violent his characters become the longer that they are isolated from society and are on the island. Some examples in the book include Simon and his illusion with “the Lord of the Flies” before he falls into his seizure‚ the deterioration of their society on the island‚ and also character transformation before and after they get stuck

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    Lord Of The Flies was a very pessimistic book because many people died and also that all of the kids humanity is now lost. <br> <br>An example showing why Lord Of The Flies is pessimistic is the fact that World War 3 is happening and all of the kids are stranded from their parents instead of being optimistic and being dropped off at another safer country far away from the war. Instead of letting the kids reach their destinations he has them shot down in what seems to be a wonderful place slowly turning

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    Thomas Hobbes was one of the most controversial philosophers of all time. He argued that the‚ “Life of man [is] solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short” (Hobbes 77). Clearly he didn’t think that humanity was a good group of beings. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ one character‚ Jack Merridew‚ displays many characteristics of Hobbes’ philosophy on man. Time after time‚ Golding subtly refers to Hobbes’ philosophy through Jack and his reactions with other characters in the book. After

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    Lord of the Flies Essay Topics Topic 1. Socio-political allegory * Thesis: William Golding uses socio-political allegory in the Lord of the Flies to establish a microcosm reflecting the idea that governments are not fundamentally bad‚ but if they are maintained poorly‚ it can lead to the downfall of its people. As it did within the story when the island’s initial democratic government the children establish revolutionizes to dictatorship which inadvertently leads to the deterioration of civilisation

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    Lord of the Flies Essay In the novel‚ Lord of the flies‚ the most surprising thing i found was that in an interview with William Golding and Jack Bile‚ they came to conclude that Ralph was crying for piggy‚ even though "he should have been crying for Simon." I firmly disagree with that statement for the following reasons. First off‚ Ralph symbolized fairness and equality‚ while piggy was just a stereotypical "nerd"‚ so it seems reasonable when both have the utter most respect for

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    whole new interpretation to what the book is about. ¡®The Lord of the Flies¡¯ by William Golding is a typical book that illustrates this point. Without the ending‚ the book would hardly amount to half of its true value. This is because the ending shows what the book is really about. If one does not read the last part of the book‚ one will not be able to see the crucial meaning of what the author wants to say. The ending of ¡®The Lord of the Flies¡¯ is not a happy one. It is very ironic and shocking‚

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    The novel entitled Lord of the flies was been distinguished because of its religious allegory and it was believed that some scenes and characters were been extracted in some biblical parables and episodes. The author of the novel‚ William Golding‚ emphasized that human has inner evilness which could lead for that certain individual to perform evil acts to other people. It just only explains that evil is innate to every human being and it was said that human has the tendency to execute evil acts if

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