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    Savage Flames: Fiery Father Figures and the Burning Desire for Power Power is frequently abused when in the hands of savage father figures‚ thus leading to the repression of weaker individuals. The inhumane acts committed by these tyrants not only exemplify their violent rashness‚ but also their fear of weakness. Jack of Lord of the Flies and Okonkwo from Things Fall Apart possess the ability and power to benefit others‚ yet their lack of humanity leads to the refusal to analyze situations

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    civilised is widely spread. If a society does not have things such as political system‚ contact with other societies‚ rules‚ norms and laws‚ it apparently is a savage. The gap and contrast between civilisation and savagery is greatly displayed in the novel written by William Golding‚ Lord of the Flies. In this novel‚ a group of schoolboys aged from 6 to 12 finds themselves on an uninhabited island. Even though they try to continue with their habits and the way of life they lead before‚ most of them turn

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book that questions people and how they deal with power and their own humanity. In this book a group of boys are stranded on an island without any parental figure or adults of any kind and are forced to survive together. The main concept of this book is power. Throughout the book Ralph and Jack are struggling to steal power from one another so they can lead the boys. William Golding illustrated power many ways in this book. Our three generalizations of power

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    Ralph‚ Jack and Piggy‚ the three main characters in the Lord of the flies encounter with each of their different personalities. Despite their similar ages‚ they take distinct reaction towards their situation because of their different growing environment. In this isolated and uncivilized island especially with no grown-ups‚ the development of their characteristics varies in different directions. When the events burst out one by one in chapter one to three‚ we can discover the contrast between Ralph

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    Analytical Essay: Power In the United States of America‚ the government follows the structure of a Democracy. Which means there is a president‚ a man who has a large say in whatever decisions are made. Once it’s time for a new man to take in the honor of being president‚ it is up to that person to decide how they want to use their newly granted power. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ the power shifts back and forth between Jack and Ralph multiple times. Just like every

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    How far will people go to achieve power over others and what will they do? Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golden that shows how even the most innocent people become vicious over others. The author William Golden lived during the time World War II and Cold War and wrote Lord of the Flies. In the novel the author shows what fears can do to them and relationship and some reasons hows that when they’re stuck in a island and they have to have a leader so they can survive. Also there is some

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    JACK (???) The classic novel‚ Lord of the flies‚ by William Golding‚ follows a group of boys stranded on an island with a lack of any adult supervision. Throughout the story‚ the boys progressively change as the island takes its toll. They transform from innocent children to primitive savages. Jack was one of these boys‚ originally the head of the choir who takes the role of the “hunter” on the island. Golding thus uses Jack’s violent and aggressive mannerisms to show how fear distorts reality and

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    1. Jack is bent double….his nose only a few inches from the humid earth. In this part‚ the imagery that Golding uses fit to describing an animal’s actions or behavior. Jack reacted same as animal‚ he moved along on all fours not walking upright. He smelt the air like dog or wolf to see if he could detect from the pigs any fresh droppings. Jack was angry because he missed “the promise of meat “. It seems Jack lost much of human’s behavior. He demonized to savagery. Jack driven by animal instinct

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    Opening Statement Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ the prosecution will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the defendant‚ Jack Merridew‚ is guilty of two counts of murder. We will show that Mr. Merridew was fully responsible for the deaths of Simon and Piggy when the boys were stranded on an island without adult supervision. We will show that Jack quickly became a sadistic savage who believed that the rules and laws of civilization did not apply to him. He constantly fought against and disobeyed

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    The irony is this passage‚ where Jack is speaking to the group of boys as second in command‚ becomes much more relevant after reading further into the novel and seeing Jack undergo changes into a savage leader. His initial stance that rules are needed to keep the boys in line go along with his role that he had in England‚ where he served as the head of the boys’ chorus. After some time on the tropical island‚ however‚ Jack is the first boy to develop a taste for blood and violence‚ contrary to his

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