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    together? It would be possible although it would be a tough task. The opposites would need to cooperate‚ and they need to have one strong leader. This group of people in the book Lord of the Flies have gotten stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and they must find a way to survive. In the book Lord of the Flies‚ Jack and Ralph are two opposites on the spectrum. These two people have gotten stranded on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and they must find a way to survive. They

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    took advantage of his power and influence and used it for selfish and corrupt reasons. However‚ a democratic system of government such as Canada’s protects the political and human rights of everyone according to the constitution. In the book “Lord of the Flies” Golding provides the audience an opportunity to gain insight of two different opposing government systems that compete against each other to gain power

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    The novel entitled Lord of the flies was been distinguished because of its religious allegory and it was believed that some scenes and characters were been extracted in some biblical parables and episodes. The author of the novel‚ William Golding‚ emphasized that human has inner evilness which could lead for that certain individual to perform evil acts to other people. It just only explains that evil is innate to every human being and it was said that human has the tendency to execute evil acts if

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    Lord of the flies taught me a lot on how human beings will act under pressure. In the book lord of the flies young boys were killing and harming each other. Human beings are suppose to help one another and stay together. But we learn how to act from watching people and reading books about how other people reacted to certain situation and they ended bad. So the way we are is not natural to us under hard situation and so we have to learn to do thing and learn how to cope with things by watching other

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    The novel The Lord of the Flies’ portrayal of human nature still applies today because human nature never changes and human’s still like to solve their problems through violence. In the story The Lord of The Flies‚ a plane containing a group of schoolboys crashes on a deserted island killing all of the adults and leaving the boys to fend for themselves. The boys decide a chief and what they will do for jobs. However‚ conflict arises on whether starting a signal fire is more important‚ or hunting

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    In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the young stranded boys attempt to establish some type of order. The boys are stranded on the island without any adults‚ and the boys try to find food‚ water‚ and shelter. They try to find leaders and they make up their own rules. At first‚ their attempt seems to be logical. However‚ things begin to fall apart. The children do not have enough experiences to think like adults. The absence of adults on the island results in an inefficient world run by children

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    Finding the meaning of some symbols can be difficult‚ but William Golding‚ author of “Lord of the Flies” finds a balanced median‚ so that we‚ as the reader‚ can distinguish a symbol and it meaning. Although different readers could have different interpretations‚ each symbol and its meaning seems to be quite distinct in the personalities of the characters‚ While very many symbols are use in “Lord of the Flies”‚ there may be none more important that Piggy’s spectacles. The specs symbolize voice‚

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    A novel in which there is a character who arouses my dislike is “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. Jack is a young boy who is stranded on an uninhabited tropical island with other boys. He is a dislikeable character because he represents savagery and violence on the island. He has an obsession with hunting animals which then leads to killing and hurting for pleasure‚ and then he turns on the boys. His obsession with leadership and power provokes him to start his own tribe that he controls by

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    Interactionism Perspective of Deviance in Lord of the Flies Ralph is the symbol for civilizations while Jack is the symbol for savagery. Piggy represents total civilization and Rodger represents total savagery. In the beginning the boys elect Ralph as the leader showing they are looking for social rules. By the end of the film the boys have turned on Ralph symbolizing their change from civil to savagery. To be clear the author associated civilization with good and savage with evil. With the interactionist

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    civilized‚ no matter how much time they stay away from civilization. Author William Golding believes the opposite; he believes that even civilized people can become savages‚ just 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

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