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    with Simon‚ Piggy and the rest of the island when he has an epiphany. He realizes that they have lost their civilization‚ their innocence and how savage everyone has really become. While he was running‚ he comes across Simon’s field with the lord of the flies (which now only has the skull on it – shows the time spent on the island). He removes the skull in a fit of rage and takes the spear to use as his weapon. Later that night‚ Ralph sneaks back to Castle Rock and finds Sam and Eric and is given

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    potential to willingly inflict pain upon others‚ only magnifies the evil within one’s soul. Desperation and carelessness bring out the animalistic behaviour in humans. Seemingly an unspiritual nature of humans appears in harsh environments. Lord of the Flies shows the darkness of man’s heart where the breakdown of restraints results in killing and violence. Today‚ society

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    The movie‚ “Lord of the Flies”‚ portrays how man is naturally good‚ but can be persuaded in negative ways by someone bad. Jack’s cold‚ brutish behavior largely impacted all the others. From the beginning of the movie‚ Jack’s insensitive actions foreshadowed his behavior for the rest of the movie‚ such as when Simon fainted‚ and Jack said that he is fine and acted like it didn’t matter. Throughout the film‚ the other boys on the island were consistently being influenced by Jack’s uncompassionate characteristics

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    Lord of the Flies Summer Assignment 7/23/08 William Golding describes a lot of different situations in the book by different moods along with other writing skills. In the excerpt from pg. 199-200‚ the general mood is fear. He uses similes and metaphor to describe the mood and helps us picture the time of the excerpt. In the following paragraph‚ I will describe how he shows the readers what the mood is. First of all‚ the first sentence of the quotation gives us the first hit of the

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    leaders ignore protection and safety their actions undermine the groups ability to function‚ also when leaders ignore respect their actions undermine the groups ability to function. All of this happens in the story written by William Golding Lord of the Flies. All in all when leaders ignore their responsibilities their actions undermine the groups ability to function. To begin‚ when leaders ignore respect their actions undermine the groups ability to function. When Ralph gets assigned Chief by a

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    What prevents societies from establishing a democratic process that promotes moral and social advancement? In Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ a group of children get stranded on an uninhabited island. Initially‚ they elect a chief‚ Ralph‚ who sets up an orderly system with rules that are to be followed. Unfortunately‚ part of the group is drawn away as they are more attracted to hunting. The hunters ultimately become savages who choose violence over democracy. The lack of a democratic form

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    Lord of the Flies Lord of the flies was written by a man named William Golding. In his novel‚ a group of young boys are trapped on a deserted island after their plane is shot down by an enemy plane. This group of young boys encounters countless dilemmas during their time on the island which results in multiple disputes between the boys. Throughout the entire novel‚ the boys are fighting on what is the best way to survive the horrors of the forest. One of the many conflicts shown in Williams’s

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    and than let’s not forget he’s not even worried about the beast‚ heck he could careless about the beast. Because according to Jack “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.” Even though the author never states directly who is the lord of the files we can infer that it is Jack. We can also prove this statement to be true let’s look into a conversation‚ “Fancy thinking the Beast Was something you Could Hunt And Kill!” said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other

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    Lord of the Flies Mock Trial: The People vs. Jack Merridew Bailiff: Silence in the court! All rise! All persons having business be for the Honorable Judge Schenk‚ the Supreme Court of Britain‚ are admonished to draw near and give their attention‚ for the court is now in session. Calling the matter of the people versus Jack Merridew in the charges of attempted murder in the 1st degree‚ manslaughter in the 1st degree‚ and manslaughter in the 2nd degree. Judge: Very well. Please be seated

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    Inside each and every human being lies evilness‚ it is the one fatal flaw that no one can escape. Besides each human being also lies some sort of fear but unfortunately fear and evil never mix well. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows the creation of evil is created through fear at night time. Fear of what lies in the dark is the driving point to the boys becoming savages and creating evil. Jack uses this evil to control the boys‚ using their fear against them. At the savages party

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