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    A Savage Masquerade Masks are prevalent throughout Lord of the Flies. The hunters utilize face paint‚ the most recognizable and physical form of the mask in the story. The paint is first mentioned when Jack smears red and white clay onto his face‚ along with charcoal. Although the clay masks are originally used as camouflage in order to hunt a pig‚ the paint soon becomes a way for the hunters to distance themselves from the atrocities they commit. Jack immediately changes after applying the face

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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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    Study Guide Pre-AP English I Lord of the Flies Unit Test * The test will be comprised of forty multiple choice or character match questions worth two points each. In addition‚ there will be two paragraph prompts that will be worth 15 points each. * The character match portion is 15 questions which asks you to match a quote with the character who spoke it in the novel. The quotes might come from any of the major characters. The only way to prepare for these quotes is to have read

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    Throughout the book Lord of the Flies‚ the boys had many disagreements and arguments. At first the boys solved disagreements by voting but soon that system didn’t work. When things didn’t go his way Jack decided to leave the group and went into the forest. This shows Jack’s immaturity since he just walked away instead of facing it. It also shows that Jack isn’t afraid to leave the group and go out on his own. Overtime Jack’s one person group became a larger group of boys where Jack controlled. When

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    Lord of the Flies Essay- Analyse how an idea was created in the text: idea is CIVILISATION VS SAVAGERY Idea: jack develops into becoming savage and loses contact with civilisation‚ while Ralph stays civilised throughout the novel‚ becoming savagery in Jack vs Civilisation in Ralph‚ this theme is shown within the conflict of the two characters. Topic sentence: in the beginning of the novel jack and Ralph show small signs of a conflict rising‚ through jacks signs of savagery First paragraph- Ralph

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a plane full of British boys gets shot down‚ leaving the pilot dead‚ while most of the boys survive. The boys find themselves on a uninhabited island‚ away from the civil society they once knew. Ralph‚ the fair haired protagonist‚ becomes chief and attempts to keep the boys civilized‚ but his attempts fail. Over time‚ the boys go down the path of savagery and become careless about their responsibilities on the island‚ instead they value food and hunting the

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    Ralph in lord of the flies is considered to some to be a bad leader‚ If you really look at Ralphs actions you can see that he really knows what his intentions are‚ getting off the island and keeping all of the kids sane. All of the children would have been dead if Jack were in charge but Ralph could have stopped Jack’s control over the kids which eventually led to multiple deaths; I would have not let Jack have so much control as he did‚ maybe ceven killed Jack. Ever since Ralph got on the island

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    In today’s world‚ there are many conflicts that infringe in our daily lives. For example‚ Donald Trump becoming president‚ terrorist groups fighting against countries‚ or constantly having conflict between countries certain point of view. Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ was a classic novel and still is. It portrays conflict throughout the whole story. It’s about British boys who crashes on an island in the Pacific Ocean during a world war. The kids have to make a civilization to adapt to the

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    the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ he shows symbolism within the objects and characters in the story. Each of the characters’ actions resemble how people in society would react to life changes and ruling ways. Golding understood how a society works in order to stick together or break into complete savagery. One of the main characters‚ Ralph‚ is the one of oldest and became the leader of all the boys when they are stuck on the island. He will now have to find a way to form a social order

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    In the book Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ originally written as a bedtime story for William’s kids to replace another book‚ Coral Island: because he finds it bogus. After William returned from “D-Day” (World War Two event) he had a totally new look on the world and the human heartedness‚ believing humans were cynical and not goodwilled. The book begins with plane full of young boys‚ ages from around seven to thirteen‚ that crashes on an island secluded from society. The boys decide

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