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    JACK Lord of the Flies Jack Key Quotations I ◦ “ we can’t eat them” this is about the candle buds‚ the fact that jack says he cannot eat them shows that he doesn’t care as they are not useful to him and he has no appreciation for beauty or his natural surroundings as apposed to Simons response. Shows the selfish nature that he has already‚ in a way he could be practical in this sense they are useless to us. A quality of a leader‚ he is decisive. His language is very assertive. ◦ “we’ll have rules…

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    Kamar Mack Mr. Thompson English 9‚ Period 1 7 November 2011 Behind the Words William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954) is an allegory where young British boys are stranded on an island without the help and guidance of adults‚ and they originally behave with a cooperative democratic system‚ led by a charismatic boy named Ralph‚ as they have become accustomed to in England‚ for “‘…we’re not savages. We’re English‚ and the English are the best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right

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    Lord of the Flies-Essay Life and people are full of diversity and courage; however‚ the unknown can make young vulnerable minds similar and fearful in their reactions. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a group of once‚ young civilized English boys’ become fearful of an imagined beast. They fear a beast because of what they have let their imagination produce. Humans fear what is unknown. Piggy‚ Ralph and Jack are all uncertain as whether a beast really existed‚ and all showed signs of fear

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    state of mind that acts on instinct—and the superego—the state of mind that acts as one’s conscience. In Lord of the Flies‚ Roger can clearly represent the id‚ whereas Simon acts as the superego of the group. Acting on one’s superego can easily be associated with innocence and good‚ which is illustrated in the novel. In chapter one of Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph and Jack climb up the mountain with Simon. As they reach the top‚ the boys get a clear‚ beautiful view of the island. It had a “circular horizon

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    Human Nature and Lord of the Flies-I.S.U. # 13) Bullies Bullying is when a person or group frequently harms someone who is weaker or more vulnerable then themselves. They do this by means of physical‚ verbal‚ or mental abuse. Bullies can be male‚ female‚ young or old. The nature of a bully depends on many factors such as sex‚ age‚ and past experiences. Depending on the nature of the bully‚ their actions can have many negative effects on others. Bullies display many characteristics such as aggression

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    release the true darkness of man. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ the savagery is exemplified on the pig’s head‚ which symbolizes the true beast inside everybody. The savagery inside the boys continues to grow‚ as the sow’s head starts to progress in the novel. The pig’s head is a classic symbol of all the boys’ loss of innocence and‚ like  the savagery of the boys‚ continues to grow throughout the novel. The Lord of the Flies‚ or sow’s head‚ did not appear at the beginning

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    morality and immorality. How these play out‚ and how different people feel the influences of these‚ forms a major subtext of Lord of the Flies. In the midst of a wartime evacuation‚ a British plane crashes on an isolated island. The only survivors are all male children below age 13. Two boys‚ the fair-haired Ralph and an overweight‚ bespectacled boy reluctantly nicknamed "Piggy" find a conch which Ralph uses as a horn. Two dominant boys emerge during the meeting: Ralph‚ and Jack Merridew‚ a redhead

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    The book‚ Lord of The Flies by William Golding‚ describes the hardships and power struggles between a crowd of British schoolboys who must learn to coalesce after they land on a secluded island due to a plane crash. Constantly brought up is the need for power‚ whether it be through the boys or through simple objects we see as irrelevant and inanimate. The way symbols bring out different aspects of power unfold the top layer of meaning in the novel to expose the complex interpretation of how jurisdiction

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    novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ his order of words throughout chapter can be deciphered as dark or mysterious‚ making his theme of the book not only be in his thoughts‚ but the readers also. Aspects can include his use of symbolizing the conch‚ the signal fire‚ and of course‚ the “Lord of the Flies”. William Golding believes if you strip away civilization‚ cruel things will soon come in a matter of time. Upon the first few chapters of Lord of the Flies‚ the two boys first introduced‚ Ralph and Piggy‚ come

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    following their own personal desires. In Lord of the Flies‚ Golding captures just that idea. Through the use of symbolism the author shows the readers that without parents as a role model‚ children are mislead and tend to behave inappropriately. First off‚ Symbolism is one of the strongest literary devices throughout the book. Within the first chapter‚ the audience already gets introduced to the first object of symbolism.The conch shell was originally found by Piggy but handed over to Ralph in order to

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