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    humans have been falling into darkness and evil‚ as displayed in stories like Adam and Eve. All humans-beings have the potential to become evil‚ which usually comes from self-centered wants. When people go down the path of doing whatever it takes to get what they want‚ they end up hurting others along the way. Evil tempts everyone on a daily basis‚ but it is the choice whether to reject temptation or give in that exemplifies who someone is. When humans repel evil‚ the good shows through and their actions

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    The destruction that occurs on the island is due to the natural instinct of humans to destroy and tear down one another. In Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies Golding uses three major symbols‚ the conch shell‚ fire‚ and the beast support his theme that mankind is evil. The conch represents the order in humanity until it brakes and all hope is lost. The fire represents the hope to be saved yet in the end it only destroys. Lastly‚ the beast represented the fear of the unknown and is the origin of violence

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    In life‚ there are a lot of things that hold people back from doing what they want to do. One of the major things is the laws of society. William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ illustrates what would happen without society. The boys’ behaviors change significantly throughout the novel. The boys carry their civilized behaviors with them to the island but‚ as time goes by without society‚ those behaviors are lost. When the boys are first dropped off on the island‚ they still have their civilized

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    Furthermore‚ characters who continuously commit cruel actions fall into an even darker path of evil. Taken out of a community with regulations and expectations‚ Roger‚ who has a natural inclination to be evil‚ becomes a savage beast; turning barbaric and utterly cold. This leads him to commit harrowing deeds and torture the weak for amusement and pure enjoyment. Finding stones on the shore‚ “Roger stooped‚ picked up a stone‚ aimed‚ and threw it at Henry – threw it to miss…Roger gathered a handful

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    James Oliver Curwood once said‚ “In every man’s heart there is a devil‚ but we do not know the man is bad until the devil is roused.” In Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island after their plane crashes. Ralph becomes the leader of the boys and tries to maintain civilization on the island. In order to maintain a civilization there must be authority‚ hope‚ and intelligence. On the island‚ these aspects begin to break down and disintegrate quickly when

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    Evil and Goodness The difference between Jack and Ralph in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is simply good versus evil. Some the examples of their oppositions are their ideals of social responsibility’s‚ individual personality‚ and their appearance. Ralph and Jacks have something in common: their aversion to each other throughout the book is very apparent. Jack and Ralph’s first opposition are their ideals of social responsibility. First of all Ralph is very selfless. By this I mean

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    Quote: ...hair much too long‚ tangled here and there‚ knotted round a dead leaf or twig; clothes‚ worn away‚  stiff like his own with sweat‚ put on‚ not for decorum or comfort but out of custom; the skin of the body scurfy  with brine­­ (110)  ● Analysis: The boys’ appearance has become less and less civilized as the novel progresses. Their outward  appearance is a reflection of their inward state.  ● Chapter 8  ● Quote: The head is for the beast. It’s a gift (137).  ● Analysis: The boys are sacrificing pig heads to a beast

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    The Evils of Mankind Throughout human history‚ the issue of power has been the source of countless wars and violence‚ and so has it sparked inspiration in many philosophers to develop potentially better systems of government. The Age of Enlightenment saw many philosophers sprout with new ideas on forms of government to replace or refine the archaic norm of absolute monarchy; one such controversial thinker was Thomas Hobbes. In his widely-recognized book‚ The Leviathan‚ he claimed that‚ because

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    to why humans are capable of doing the worst of evils‚ these are two of their theories. All humans are inherently good‚ all humans are inherently evil. The theory that humans are inherently good is one of many favorable lies people choose to believe‚ to lull themselves from the inconvenient truth. What some don’t want to accept is the unflattering truth of human beings. Everyone makes choices‚ good or bad‚ but some are too weak to control the evil that has been suppressed. In fact‚ humans have a

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    can break them like an artist” Pablo Picasso. This quote is important to my essay as of how the same situation happens in the novel. In the story there is one leader and there is one boy that hates the leader this makes him learn his rules and then make his own rules and makes everyone join his group. The Author made this happen in the story because of all the war that was happening and how the book was called lord of the flies. This happens with Ralph as the leader of the clan

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