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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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    Fire can be health‚ hospitality‚ control‚ food‚ shelter‚ light‚ and strength. With these characteristics in mind‚ fire has a number of different connotations. Many of these connotations can be found in one book. Fire‚ in William Golding’s book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ is a complex symbol‚ representing anarchy and the darkness inside of us‚ civilization and the light in all of us‚ and hope‚ the constant motivator for our survival. Fire can represent Anarchy. Fire is naturally found where there is mass panic

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    Lord of the Flies I believe the most important piece of literature we read this year is Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies addresses very significant notions such as whether the natural intention of humans is good or bad. It also addresses topics such as can human function in a society where the populous is consummated with 6-12 year olds. The book also shows how in the face of fear humans will do anything to survive. This piece of literature is important because it explains the essence of human

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    turnings‚ without milestones‚ without signposts”. In other words‚ the transition from stability to chaos is subtle and often without cautioning indications. Similarly‚ this gradual decline is demonstrated throughout William Golding’s novel‚ The Lord Of The Flies. The novel depicts the story of a group of boys who found themselves stranded on an island‚ upon their plane crash. As they attempted to find help and a means of rescue‚ the lack of adult supervision provoked them to establish their own form

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    In The Lord of the Flies the boys pick up on animalistic features‚ yet they picked up on the negative sides instead of the positive outlooks. If the boys had trusted‚ come up with a resolution to the conflict‚ and have empathy for each other the fatalities and the destruction would not have been as occurring and as often as they were. In The Lord of the Flies trust was not present; with a lack of trust‚ there cannot be teamwork needed for survival. In the first chapter of Lord of the Flies Piggy

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    one really knows the cause of war. Is it human nature? Why would people fight against their own? People are just trying to survive together‚ yet there is no peace. Society takes war for granted and does not understand the causes for it. Lord of the Flies helps spell out the main causes or ideas for war in our society‚ from the perspective of young children. The story of the boys on the island help the reader understand how fear affects every aspect of the boy’s actions. Fear is one of the main

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    For quite some time throughout my reading of this novel‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding seemed to foreshadow a dark ending; the savagery of the human nature taking over the will of well-mannered thoughts and fundamentality of behavior with no return. Perhaps it was the characters’ slow transition into tribal lifestyle‚ the curiosity of Simon that led him to a horrific fatality‚ or even the death of an innocent. Within a multitude of instances‚ we see a slow transition from civilized manner

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    because it is a small part of human nature. In Golding’s book‚ Lord of the Flies‚ a group of British boys become savages over a period of some of weeks. In the novel‚ Golding expresses his opinion through the symbols and characters such as the conch‚ Roger‚ and Simon. One symbol that Golding uses is the conch‚ which represents civilization. Ralph calls all of the boys by blowing into the conch. They also take turns speaking by holding the conch.

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    through the course of the story‚ Jack unfortunately subsides and becomes a savage. The subconscious animosity between Ralph and Jack restricts the boys from living in harmony due to what they think is more important. During a meeting‚ Jack holds the conch and speaks – Ralph interrupts him “The

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    In the novel Lord of the Flies William Golding writes about how a group of a group of civilized of British boys as they slowly descend into savagery. It starts when the boys who crash land on an island where any adults on the plane died leaving them to survive on their own. As they try to keep order they elect a boy named Ralph as their chief and Jack‚ who lost the election as chief‚ leader of the hunters. Simon‚ one of the other boys‚ is socially awkward but has more of a moral conscience then some

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