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    One of many important themes in William Golding’s graphical novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ is Fear. From the first chapter‚ until the last‚ fear plays an important role in this story. Fear is the most dangerous force on the island because it changes the boy’s behavior. And how the fear of the beast turns them into savages and makes them kill Simon‚ Fear of the consequences of doing certain actions and fear of losing power and being a minority in the group. Fear is the most dangerous force on the island

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    ruin in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ and Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People. Piggy of Lord of the Flies comments on this indirectly when he says “What makes things break up like they do?” (Golding 139). The differing opinions of the two main characters in each work wreck any chance they have at maintaining a perfect society. Both works have incredible potential for the characters to build successful‚ thriving societies. In Lord of the Flies‚ one of the first things Ralph notices

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    An Analysis of the Beast in Golding’s The Lord of the Flies The Anglo American poet‚ W.H. Auden‚ once claimed that “evil is unspectacular and always human‚ and shares our bed and eats at our table.” The British author William Golding expresses this idea of inner‚ or innate‚ evil in his novel The Lord of the Flies. In The Lord of the Flies‚ a group of British boys‚ who have recently crashed onto a deserted but Eden-like island‚ to govern themselves‚ uses their pubescent knowledge of their former

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    Lord of the Flies Outline I. The classic novel Lord of The Flies by William Golding is an exciting adventure deep into the nether regions of the mind. The part of out brain that is suppressed by the mundane tasks of modern society. It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack‚ the boys and the Beast‚ good and evil. II. Novel Analysis: A. The title refers to Beelzebub‚ most stinking and depraved of all the devils: it is he‚ and not the God of the Christians‚ who is worshipped (Burgess 121)

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    In his novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ Golding develops the idea that without society‚ humans can become savage again. To support his idea‚ he shows how much more selfish and violent his characters become the longer that they are isolated from society and are on the island. Some examples in the book include Simon and his illusion with “the Lord of the Flies” before he falls into his seizure‚ the deterioration of their society on the island‚ and also character transformation before and after they get stuck

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    stop it and the assumption that it will simply go on forever‚ much like the boys’ growing violence and the increasingly savage occurrences on the island. * The Pig Hunts (Symbolism‚ Imagery‚ Allegory) The pig hunts are used throughout Lord of the Flies to symbolize not only man’s capacity for destruction and violence‚ but also the basic idea of bloodlust‚ mass hysteria‚ and ritual. In the most important pig hunt scene‚ we are given a vivid description

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    Key symbolic concepts in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ is a story woven with symbols and inner-meanings; the boys are different biblical characters or historical figures‚ while different inanimate objects can show many different statuses and developments. In the book‚ the boys are faced with survival and inner darkness‚ having different characters try to lead them through the events on their island. One character in specific is Piggy‚ a character that is chosen to reflect

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    Lord of the Flies Final Response I believe that people have a natural tendency toward evil- but with saving glimpses of goodness because people can choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing‚ but sadly‚ many go for the wrong option. Being evil is easier for humans since this comes naturally to them. Humans are lazy and we would rather be evil than good‚ man also has a tendency to think and put themselves before others‚ for example‚ when thinking about a problem or situation‚ it is natural

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    disobeying my parents- In the end‚ I got burned. Similarly‚ in Sir William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ biblical allusions are used to give additional meaning and depth to the book and to show the ways in which humans transfer their inner evil into outward behavior. Evil doesn’t begin from the outside world; instead it begins in the core of human beings. The novel Lord of the Flies shows the breakdown of society without authority‚ a code of conduct‚ and failure to maintain morality. Although the

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    2-18-13 Symbolism behind the Lord of the Flies William Golding is very known to use so much symbolism in Lord of the Flies that many critics agree that it is an allegory. Golding’s Lord of the Flies is “a named applied to the biblical demon Beelzebub” thus symbolizing evil (Rosenfield‚ p.174). Golding also uses symbolism of the four main characters Jack‚ Ralph‚ Piggy‚ and Simon in the story that “shows the characters work out their archetypal pattern of human society or of different conflicting

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