Goldie Bignell The successful and what could have been successful societies in both Lord of the Flies and The Crucible eventually decayed and fell apart. There were struggles with good and evil in Salem and on the island that were the result of three main elements. Fear‚ misuse of power and fanatical religious beliefs were the cause of the two societies failure. In Salem‚ anything unusual or different from the norm was seen as alien and sinful. When Parris saw the girls dancing in the woods
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Abbey Beissler Hour 4 “‘Don’t you understand‚ Piggy? The things we did –’” (157). In this quote‚ Ralph is experiencing a personal loss of identity after he participated in the murder of Simon. The child soldiers in the Ugandan civil war can be compared to the Lord of the Flies because of its relation to a loss of identity. Loss of identity through traumatizing experiences includes becoming unemotional killing machines‚ a change in character‚ and distrust towards others. Loss of identity
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Simon has the power of "seeing" and understanding what the other boys cannot. When the boys worry about the beastie‚ it is Simon who suggests that the beast might be within them‚ and it is he who has the encounter with the "lord of the flies‚" which is so powerful that it makes him faint. He is killed as the other boys celebrate after a hunt. Because his name is associated with Christianity (Simon Peter‚ Christ’s chief disciple)‚ we can understand his death as a sacrifice resulting from the pagan
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it realizes that the alienation is a new way to start afresh since there is nobody stopping him/her from doing anything. In Lord of the Flies‚ the character Ralph says “Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” For a child‚ a way to start afresh is to become one of their childhood heroes (like superman)‚ which can be done by pretending to be them while playing. Ralph has basically the same idea; he wants to have fun‚ which to a child would mean playing a game GET THAT SECONDARY SOURCE‚
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"Ralph wept for the end of innocence‚ the darkness of man’ heart‚ and the fall through the air of his true‚ wise friend called Piggy" demonstrates the main theme of this novel: man is evil by nature. The three things that Ralph weeps for are the lessons he has on this island: innocent boys become savage; all human beings have evil deep inside their hearts and the fall of science and rationality before the evil of human. These three issues are developed throughout the whole novel with this passage
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Alienation‚ out group‚ rites of passage‚ hunting and gathering‚ oligarchy‚ coalition‚ power‚ authority‚ obedience‚ discovery‚ invention‚ culture shock‚ deviance‚ norms‚ values‚ machismo --- all of which are found in the paragraph below. Lord of the Flies not only serves as a great coming of age tale but also introduces many sociological concepts that can be exposed through the plot and characters within the movie/book. Like any coming of age tale there are rites of passage in which the boys experience
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always lacking knowledge‚ humans are often afraid of the unknown. Lord of the Flies by William Golding has many symbols and events that represent things and real events in our world‚ such as various religious allegories. Many of the events in Lord of the Flies are related to the stories in the Bible. The stories about the Garden of Eden‚ Cain and Abel‚ and the temptation of Jesus are similar to certain events in Lord of the Flies. Through religious allegory of Bible stories related to paranoia
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Analysis of The Lord of the Flies The novel Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Gerald Golding‚ is a remarkable piece of literature that discusses many important topics while remaining an enjoyable read. One of the important topics that is discussed in the novel is human nature. Many aspects of human nature is depicted in the book‚ but one major is the development of a man’s personality and character. This aspect of human idiosyncrasy is portrayed through the development of Ralph‚ the main character
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“What idea(s) does the author suggest about the beast that lives within us all? Has there ever been a moment in your life where you’ve felt a rush of so much adrenaline and pure ecstasy where you feel you could conquer anything? William Golding‚ 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
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characters and novels as well. In The Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses archetypes such as the hero‚ the quest‚ and loss of innocence to bring out one of the novel’s many themes‚ the idea of civilization versus savagery. The hero archetype throughout the novel represents Ralph‚ the protagonist and the leader. Ralph is chosen by Piggy to become the leader of the island and the boys. He does not necessarily want
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