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    fear what they cannot see‚ the parts of the island they haven’t explored‚ the mysterious beast‚ and of course‚ though they may not realize it at first‚ they fear the damage they may do to one another. All of these have some “unknown” element to them; they can’t see in the dark‚ they don’t know what’s on the island‚ they’re unsure of what the beast really is‚ and they’re ignorant of the depths of their own violent capabilities. In Lord of the Flies‚ fear is neutralized by the realization that

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a fictional story about a group of boys who crash land on an island with no adult supervision. The entire plot surrounds them as they try to survive on the island while maintaining an equal balance between the savagery of surviving and keeping a modern civil society. The boys eventually split into two different tribes one savagery and the other civil. This book is Allegorical story meaning that it conveys two different stories one literal and the other by using

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     defined as the judgement of right or wrong of human action and character‚ form  the bases of civil‚ stable societies. Although humans exhibit an innate ability to distinguish right  from wrong‚ children must learn morals throughout their development by parents and other  figures of authority. To teach these lessons concerning morality‚ authors write novels that  captivate readers while supplementing their moral compass. In ​ Lord of the Flies ​ (1954) and  Brave New World ​ (1932)‚ William Golding and Aldous Huxley integrate moral lessons into their 

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    Lord of the Flies Human Nature In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding has young and innocent children on a remote island to test how human nature works. Golding uses objects such as the conch and the Beast to reflect our society politically and psychologically. The novel shows human’s own illness and human nature. Human nature is unavoidable and can be a source of evil. It is one’s nature to do whatever it takes in order to survive. By trying to survive one’s evil creeps out. Jack and

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    Savagery is when people revert back to their lost human instincts. Power‚ in the case of Lord of the Flies it’s a position of ascendancy over others: authority. Fear is an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by expectation or awareness of danger. Lord of the Flies shows a great amount of un civilization throughout the whole novel. Through all the characters for example when the boys create the Lord of The flies‚ which is “the bloody‚ severed sow’s head that Jack impales on a stake in the forest

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    Lord of the Flies Group Theme Essay You can be the mighty snake slithering along its own path to hunt for food or you can be in a pack of wolfs hunting with your brothers and sisters. This is the great battle between working as an individual or as a community. In William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies he expresses this battle of Individual vs. Community through his three major characters Piggy‚ Jack‚ and Ralph. Piggy is a boy who is always concerned about himself and his well being‚ Jack is a

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    Loss of Innocence in Lord of the Flies Within the novel innocence is progressively lost through the boys. The boys were placed in a situation where they had no other choice but to grow up‚ and grow up fast. These boys were put in a very traumatic situation and they had to learn on their own and from each other how to survive and almost create a thriving society all on their own. Slowly they learn that their needs to be a leader‚ but there are no adults to precede the role of authority. Therefore

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    experience something which we may not have experience before. Two texts that will support this quote are The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this literature The Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Ralph who struggle to survive on an inhabited island from a plane accident. Ralph was elected leader to lead the children to survive on the island until someone rescues them. Ralph believes in civilization and Jack believes in savagery. When Jack and Ralph

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    us” is a quote written by William Golding. william golding believes evil is extrinsic as showed in the novel “lord of the flies”. Piggy‚ ralph‚ and jack are perfect examples of why william golding believes evil is extrinsic. In the book “lord of the flies” william golding shows a group of boys stranded on an island after a plane crash. These boys were some of the few stranded on the island. William golding starts with these boys being civilized human beings. But put in the circumstances they are placed

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    The coloured sketch of the island represents the duality of fire’s purpose during the boys’ time on the deserted island. On the right-hand side‚ the fire is shown through the boat which finally took the boys back to civilization. The fire is attached to this because it gave a sense of order and civility in a place with no adults nor consequences. The fire is dimmer on the right-side because the boys had all but lost this civility before they were rescued. A signal fire had become a nuisance and a

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