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    non-literal sense‚ a couple of other things can be identified as the phoenix such as the government‚ the books themselves‚ and ideas. The phoenix‚ as identified before‚ is something that comes back from the dead in a sense. For example‚ in the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R Tolken‚ Gandalf the Grey wins the battle with the Balrog‚ but is severely injured in the process and is reborn‚ to finish his task as a wizard (destroy the ring)‚ as The White Wizard. This idea of rebirth can be applied to the city

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    one really knows the cause of war. Is it human nature? Why would people fight against their own? People are just trying to survive together‚ yet there is no peace. Society takes war for granted and does not understand the causes for it. Lord of the Flies helps spell out the main causes or ideas for war in our society‚ from the perspective of young children. The story of the boys on the island help the reader understand how fear affects every aspect of the boy’s actions. Fear is one of the main

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    ord of the flies vocabulary Chapter 1: Effulgence (p. 12) A blinding light. The light was bouncing off the lagoon and was very bright. Heat becomes a threatening temperature. The sun shown with great effulgence. Decorous (p. 13) Visible. Piggy was bubbling with lots of visible excitement. Dignified adj. The man decorously wore his suit. Pallid (p.20) Weakly. Simon is a very shy person. Pale and lacking vitality adj. The pallid boy was in his basement for weeks. Bastion (p.27) Guardian

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    The Truth of Mankind:Loss of Compassion Thesis: In the book‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ English school boys show their natural capacity for brutality as they progressively change on the isolated island‚ displaying how the island can bring violence to the boys’ mentality‚ and how their desire to hunt can affect their humanity. The boys in the story develop an escalating mindset of violence as the conflict between them emerges. In one of the scenes from chapter 11‚ Samneric are being held

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    In fact‚ Galadriel proved her helpfulness through the dust given to Sam that rejuvenated the soil of the Shire. This was not her only good act. The light contained within the phial that Galadriel gives to Frodo possesses an extremely important background. The light comes from the Silmaril that created the North Star‚ and the light in that Silmaril came from Yavanna’s Two Trees. This is another example of nature being on the side of good. The villains in the story are often given mechanical attributes

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    The story of the “Lord of the Flies” by “William Golding” is fascinating because it makes a philosophical argument between savagery and civilized principles.In the story a group of boys crashland on a tropical island with no adults surviving the crash and soon the group splits into two the savages and the civilized but there was hints of foreshadowing all around the book of this slowly descending to savagery.Some examples of the foreshadowing start when the two main characters meet the other boys

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    with our humanity and civilization. One element in 2013 that can change our humanity is technology. As Einstein once said‚ “I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.” In The Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows us through the symbols of Jack Merridew and the Conch Shell that the desire to have power and instant gratification surpasses the importance of a civilization. Technology in the hands of people may surpass the importance

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    are categorized as outsiders‚ they could not be more different from each other. In a society without order‚ in which children are exposed to violence and murder‚ Piggy and Simon symbolize the civilized and the good of humanity. To quote “The Lord of the Flies”: ““What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”

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    Literary Analysis – The Lord of the Flies Introduction: In William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies(1954)‚ he questions the nature of man and origins of evil within human beings. The plot involves a plane full of British boys‚ between the ages of six to twelve‚ crashing on an isolated island. There‚ they are stranded without any adults and as time progresses‚ the upbringing of the boys regarding societal rules and morals are tested as they revert into a life of savagery. Golding proposes

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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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