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    Symbolism in Lord of the Flies In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a group of young British school boys have found themselves stranded on a deserted island after their plane has been shot down. Scatted throughout the island confused and without any adult supervision‚ the boys are put in the ultimate predicament. The conch shell found by two boys soon turns into a symbol of order and civilization that will effect how the boys try to survive on the island. Throughout the book‚ Golding gives

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    Lord of the Flies The story revolves around a post-apocalyptical world wherein a group of young British survivors found themselves stranded in an island‚ hoping that a cue for rescue is coming at some point in their unintentional stay. In the novel‚ there is a struggle for power that is more common today than any of the aforementioned conflicts. Ralph is the athletic‚ charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies. Elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel‚ Ralph is the primary

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    Fear in Lord of the Flies

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    Lord of the flies is a very meaningful book. It has a lot of meaning to our real life that we live today. The themes of the book are very interesting and have a lot of meaning to them. Some of the really great themes are fear‚ civilization vs. savagery‚ loss of innocence and many more.     Fear is something that we don’t want to accept in our lives‚ but it is still there. It always will be even if you think it is not. Those boys also have a fear. They have a fear of the beast‚ the adults. The fear

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     the author of the  novel Lord of the Flies‚ calls this “The Beast”. In the book‚ young boys who have crashed onto  an island are all living in a parent and rule free environment. This “Beastie” that is mentioned‚  starts in the minds of the younger kids. The growing fear infiltrates their minds and then this  fear‚ as almost as if it were a disease‚ eventually spreads to the rest of the boys‚ and they become  reckless‚ wild‚ and feral. Boys are getting killed‚ and a power struggle surges through the group

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    Childhood can be seen as a time of fun and innocence or it can also be a time of many problems and tribulations. In William Goldings Lord of the Flies‚ the characters are all young boys from a preppy like school which they have never had an experience where they have had to be alone and care for themselves. Being on a deserted island with no adults or supervision‚ the boys slowly start to turn more and more savage each day. The boys had some unity and order at first but as time went on the island

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    “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it”. (Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on Freedom from Fear) “Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the people” Disraeli Benjamin. However‚ the reality is somewhat different. History has led us to conclusions where those in power dominated over the weaker ones and used their supremacy to carry out immoral actions. Keeping such views

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    civilization towards savagery dramatizes the struggle between the ruling element of society which include law‚ morality‚ culture and the chaotic element of humanity ’s savage instincts which include anarchy‚ amorality‚ and a desire for power. Throughout the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding explicitly articulates that circumstances creates decay in moral value‚ innocence of human being and deteriorates the democratic system. Ralph the leader is the symbols for morality and leadership‚

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    Lord of the Flies Essay Some of the most significant symbols that William Golding uses in the Lord of the Flies are the pigs head‚ the beast‚ Piggy’s specs‚ the jungle‚ the scar‚ and the rock Roger uses to kill Piggy. All of these symbols play a big part in the story’s theme. One of the more obvious symbols in Lord of the Flies is the object that gives the book its name‚ the pigs head. The description of the dead animals head is very graphic. It is described as “dim-eyed‚ grinning faintly

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies portrays many different themes throughout the novel. Golding described the theme of his novel as “an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.” Other themes included in the novel are the conflict being civilized or uncivilized (SparkNotes Editors)‚ the loss of innocence (SparkNotes Editors)‚ and the inability to alter human nature (2Friendman 73). Also‚ Golding uses motifs to help develop these major themes. These motifs include

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