Lord of the Flies‚ a novel by William Golding‚ reflects upon the very core of human beings. Golding described human beings as innately evil. He also showed readers that all it takes to bring humans’ true nature out is by being in an unknown environment that is free of laws. Being surrounded by mysterious creatures in an unknown land‚ the stranded boys are left for dead. In the small world without adults‚ the boys slowly corrupt in to follow their instinct to satisfy their immediate desires.
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding has a plethora of literary techniques and strengths integrated within itself that separates it from other novels and work in tandem with the plot to form an enjoyable novel. A significant technique used in Lord of the flies is its multitude of motifs. Two of these many motifs include power and savagery and are brought up many times in the novel. The use of these literary techniques are to emphasize the insanity the boys on the island go through. In our pastiche
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A mask is an item that is used to hide emotion. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the boys stuck on the island use masks to hide their emotions. They all go through a rollercoaster of emotions but they all fear that showing the emotions will destroy them. Golding uses the masks to symbolize that the boys are hiding behind something to show that they are truly good and no evil can become of them. A mask is used on all of the boys to hide their primitive stage that they are feeling. The
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pull out their phones to check messages. The longer the teacher’s absence‚ the wilder the scene gets. Projectiles fly through the air and students tackle each other to the floor. While seemingly innocent‚ this scene reveals the human tendency to resort to disorder the moment an authority figure is absent. This is the very concept that William Golding captures in his novel Lord of the Flies. Without adults present‚ London school boys resort to violence
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every man’s greed."-Mahatma Gandhi. Everything man needs is right in front of them‚ but human nature drives them to be evil. Savagery and civilization is what the humans conscience battles. William Golding addresses this argument in the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ through an island of lost boys. They are strive to live civilized however‚ the evil inside begins to seep out‚ transforming them into savage hunters. When the boys crash land onto a deserted island‚they come together to form a civilization
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LORD OF THE FLIES Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell A plane evacuating British boys has been shot down in the Pacific. The boys have been ejected safely from the plane and have landed on a remote island. With no adult supervision‚ they attempt to establish order and a plan for survival. They elect a chief (Ralph) and he selects Jack Merridew‚ a militant choir bully‚ to rule over the choir‚ who become hunters. We also meet Piggy in chapter 1. Piggy is fat‚ suffers from asthma‚ and has no social skills
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Jack‚ as a "former chorister" and "head boy" (22) at his school arrived on the island eager to make rules and punish those who broke them‚ although‚ he constantly broke the rules himself when he felt it was needed to further his own interests. The freedom Jack had on the island allowed the dark side of his character to be revealed from under his outer shell of a civilized schoolboy. Jack represents the evil side of human nature. Jack’s strong desire to be leader was best illustrated in his first
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel that demonstrates how boys will act when there is no authoritative figure. When the boys find out that there are no adults‚ they become very excited. As time goes by rules and order are needed‚ but some of the boys choose to respect the rules and others are reckless. Ralph is one of the characters that enforces rules after he realizes that they need them‚ and it proves how he respects rules when there are no adults; on the other hand‚ Jack’s defiance
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Is it better to be well liked or to think rationally? An untroubled group that is content‚ or a displeased‚ strong‚ group? As in the book “The Lord of the Flies”‚ Piggy is the most rational thinker on the island. He was the one who thought of igniting fire and spawned numerous ideas to Ralph to have a successful tribe. Subsequently‚ other kids started to rebel at the idea of rationality which lead to the death of Piggy. The group that turned out to be victorious was the group lead by savagery.
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In every piece of literature there is always one character that stands out to me. Coincidentally‚ the characters I usually choose to admire are the weak‚ unpopular‚ failure types. In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding the character that stood out to me most was Piggy. He was the boy whose real name was never mentioned‚ but his real name wouldn’t be as symbolic as the nickname he had throughout the book. Throughout the earlier chapters I pictured Piggy as the run of the mill loser that
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