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    Lord of the Flies

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ several injustices take place. Piggy‚ Ralph‚ and the Littluns. Piggy is constantly mocked and exploited‚ no one listens to Ralph or shows him much respect‚ and the Littluns are ignored and taken advantage of. Throughout the novel‚ it is unambiguous that Piggy is treated unfairly and is mocked. All three of the selected injustices are in relation to Piggy’s glasses and how Jack treats Piggy. Early in the novel‚ Jack grabs Piggy’s glasses right off of his

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    LORD OF THE FLIES – William Golding First extract: « The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat‚ and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects. Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages. Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath‚ and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing‚ ape-like

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    Lord of the Flies Analysis

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    Study of savagery through the novel Lord of the Flies “Isolation is a dream killer” (Barbara Sher). In the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ kids stranded on an island must figure out how to survive. By hunting pigs and building shelters the kids tried to subsist on the island. Through the process of hunting‚ the kids became cruel‚ evolving to the point of being barbaric. Thus‚ through the barbaric actions of the boys and the outside world‚ Golding shows that savagery exists in

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    Passage Commentary: Lord of the Flies‚ Pages 109-111 In this passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the reader gets deep insight into Ralph’s mind and how the boys are adapting to life on the island. Occurring around the middle of the novel‚ this passage dives into the thoughts of Ralph to see what he is really feeling about being stranded. It shows how the other boys are coping‚ and it demonstrates the two different sides of the island; the reader now sees the dangerous‚ wild side

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    The Lord of the Flies was a very interesting book. It was about these kids stuck on a island. The first boys to be on the island were Piggy and Ralph. They were just walking and talking about who they were and were they were. As they were walking Piggy found a shell. He was very happy to have found that shell he sounded it and told Ralph that they could use that to bring up others boys to where they were. When they were sounding it a lot of boys came out of the trees and came towards Ralph and Piggy

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    Lord of the Flies Notes

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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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    Flies What is being said about power and how is it being said? Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible either for good or for evil. Power can make one so greedy that someone will do anything for it and won’t let anyone‚ or thing stand in their way. Macbeth by William Shakespeare portrays both the positive and negative uses on Power through the main characters. Macbeth’s greed of power allowed him to exercise abuse and ultimately he was corrupted and destroyed by power. Lady

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    William Golding uses “Lord of the Flies” to explain how children act when they are with and without adults. Children act different in this story‚ because they don’t have any adults to look after them‚ or tell them what’s right from wrong. William represents civilization through the character of Ralph‚ because he has an orderly government compared to Jack’s savagery. Golding tells about a group of boys‚ who survived after a plane crash on remote tropical island without any adults and how they are

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    Fear In Lord Of The Flies

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    The presence of fear in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is a relatively short book‚ but within its small amount of text William Golding is able to do much more than tell an exciting story. He digs deep into human nature and the natural corruption in people’s souls. He specifically explores the impact that fear has on people and how it makes them act. In Golding’s eyes‚ humans are doomed just as the children on the island are‚ and that is because of fear. He believes that just the presence of

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    and usually pertains to a spirit‚ demon‚ angel or beast. A beast is the crude animal nature common to humans. Contrary to the beast are morals‚ which are people’s standards of behavior concerning‚ what is and is not acceptable for them to do. Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding explores the motif of the supernatural through the role of the beast in the novel. The beast represents controlling

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