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    Kill the pig‚ cut her throat‚ spill the blood” jack says after the first kill him and the hunters get. They sing and dance acting like complete savages rubbing blood all over their faces. Jack begins to worry more about meat‚ hunting‚ and being a savage. As Jack begins to lead the hunters as Ralph leads the others. The boys start to second guess what is more important‚ shelter and civility‚ or hunting and being savage? "He’s not a hunter. He’d never have got us meat. He isn’t a perfect and we don’t

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    of why Jack is guilty of first degree murder‚ conspiracy‚ and leaving a child unattended near a fire. Throughout the time that Jack had on the island‚ he made many conflictions with other boys. One of these boys is Ralph‚ who Jack tries vigorously to steal power from. The main theme of this case is power‚ which Jack is addicted to. An example of Jack trying to physically steal power is when he steals Piggy’s glasses. The glasses alone have much power‚ with the ability to create fire. Jack pointed

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    a man’s character‚ give him power.” Power was given to some of the characters in Willian Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Specifically JackRalph‚ and Roger. Near the end of the book‚ these characters were extremely abusive. Anyone who holds power will have the urge to abuse it. This is shown in the book. Abuse and misuse of power is seen in the Lord of the Flies characters‚ RalphJack‚ and Roger. Ralph‚ the intelligent and charming leader of the group‚ abused his power. He verbally abused Piggy multiple

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    Of the many boys stuck on the island in Lord of the Flies‚ only one was the protagonist of the story. This boy was Ralph. In the first chapter‚ Ralph was the one who found the conch with Piggy and called an assembly to unite the boys and see who all was on the island. In this assembly‚ Ralph gets voted leader most likely because he just assumes the responsibility of the leader right off the bat and the fact that he has the conch. Ralph has several main things that are important to him that he tries

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    The author of Lord of the Flies wrote each character to symbolize a trait of society. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the character Jack embodies mankind’s inevitable descent into savagery. This can be shown through his appearance‚ his personality‚ and his actions. Throughout the book‚ the way Jack looks symbolizes how humans would resort to violence in dire situations. In the beginning of the book‚ Jack was described as a relatively normal child and nothing seems off or threatening

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    Jack: Expository Paragraph In William Golding’s novel‚ ’ The Lord of the Flies’‚ the author places the character Jack with the role symbolic of a totalitarian figure whose ambitious lust for power corrupts the society of the island with elements of unbridled savagery‚ and exploits the defects of human nature for his own desires. To begin‚ Golding grants Jack with vices of greed and wrath to immorally attain his goals for power‚ symbolizing the avarice that Man as a whole

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    Throughout history‚ there have been many different opinions concerning the type of leadership that would lead to a successful society. In "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding‚ a group of civilized boys are left on an uninhabited island with no adults to guide them. The boys must choose a leader and form a society. As the novel continues‚ it becomes clear that the boys’ attempt at forming a society is fruitless. This leads one to contemplate the type of leadership that would lead to a successful

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    various characters he creates in his novel‚ Lord of the Flies. Leadership plays a very important role in the novel as it does in real life for us‚ because the characters need to feel some sense of security in order for them to survive. The two main leaders in the story‚ through their similar and different leadership characteristics and objectives fight back and forth to gain the discipline of the other boys on the island. This is to generally gain the power to make the decisions that they feel should

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    Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ an airplane crashes on a deserted island‚ stranding a group of schoolboys. Ralph‚ a boy on the island is elected leader of the group‚ but is he a good leader? Ralph is a very good leader who knows how to take control. However‚ there are times when the group has some conflicts. There are many examples throughout the book that prove that Ralph is a good leader. One example of Ralph being a worthy leader is when he assigns Jack and his choir the job of being hunters. Ralph felt

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    In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ a group of boys attempt to work together to increase their chance of survival on the island on which they have been stranded. During this collaboration they form a political system. The real question is‚ what caused the failure of the system that was formed? You could say that Controlling a group of boys is like the weather‚ you never know what’s going to happen. Ralph got to experience this first hand when he was on the island trying to form and

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