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    Fear in Lord Of The Flies Sometimes fear of the unknown‚ can lead to one’s insanity. In “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding‚ the boys on the island fear a beast‚ which darkens many of the boys and their thoughts. The constant fear on the island causes the boys to act out‚ resulting in the destruction of rules and civilization‚ however those who are able to overcome fear leads the reader to believe that there is some hope for goodness. In the novel‚ Jack is controlled by fear‚ Roger is energized

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    How does isolation from society affect a human being? Society molds people to have specific beliefs and rules. As a human begins to build a life in their society‚ they abide by the rules and adopt the customs. What happens when a human has never been exposed to the customs? What happens when a human has been taken out of society after knowing the customs? In real life‚ there has been actual situations of children being kept from society. The children are called feral or wild because they are out of

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    How does Golding present death in Lord of the Flies? Throughout Lord of the FliesGolding uses a variety of methods in order to present death‚ and his presentation of death changes throughout the novel. Between the initial failed killing by Jack of the sow to the murder of Piggy‚ the attitude‚ and therefore the presentation of death‚ alters significantly. Firstly‚ Jack tries and fails to kill the pig in the beginning of the book. This has been used by Golding as a method to link the lack of death

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    and uncivilized. In the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ a group of boys end up on an island after a plane crash. The boys quickly begin to organize their own civilization that works for only a bit. Golding shows us his idea of how savage humans can go without authority from law‚ adults‚ punishment and order in a society. The society will quickly break down. Once they start to become savages everything falls. In Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding applies savagery to shape the beast

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    leader of a group‚ but may underestimate the amount of responsibility it actually takes. Although everyone is capable of using their power for the greater good‚ it is easy for someone to get caught up in power and abuse it. In Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” Ralph‚ one of the main characters‚ shows how people are capable of using their power for good. The plane Ralph‚ and a group of other british schoolboys are on‚ crashes on a tropical island. Right away the boys call a meeting by using a conch

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    In the Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding investigates the theme of civilization. Some boys are left on an island to fend for themselves. The idea of the book is that every human is born a savage‚ that it is our instincts. The book puts our characters alone without any guardian or government. Society can mask our natural ways‚ but it cannot completely change us. They decide to make their own civilization‚ in which Ralph is a figure of democracy‚ while Jack is a figure of Dictatorship. Piggy is the

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    In Lord of the Flies by William Goulding When the boys let the signal fire‚ their only hope of rescue‚ out bad things happen. Golding uses the twins seeing the “beastie” when the fire goes out and how “flames blew fifteen yards away from them came the flapping of fabric blown open.” to display that when the fire goes out. A second example is when Golding has a boy report a ship passed by when the signal smoke goes out in chapter 4‚ to exhibit that the boy’s need to keep the fire‚ their life‚ alive

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    There are many symbols in our lives that reflect our culture. Even when we don’t know it‚ we are either influenced by symbols‚ or are helping those symbols influence others. Without the use of symbolism‚ a culture or society cannot continue to stand. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies shows how symbols are created‚ and how those symbols become powerful. Three of the symbols he uses are the conch‚ the pig’s head on a stick‚ and Piggy’s glasses. The first symbol we come across is the conch shell

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    Before The Hunger Games‚ there was Sir William Golding’s novel‚ The Lord of the Flies. When a group of English school boys is stranded on an island‚ Golding muses the idea that violent human tendencies will break through the shell of civilization and innocence surrounding each child. As their time on the island increases the boys’ civility and logic decreases until they commit the unthinkable. Fighting in World War II‚ Golding saw first-hand how brutal man can be to one another. To be exact‚ being

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    An allegorical fiction book‚ “Lord of the Flies”‚ by William Golding‚ takes place somewhere in the distant future‚ on the threshold of the next world war. A plane overturns on an unfounded island far from civilization. Amongst the stranded are boys ranging from toddlers to school age. The first characters introduced are Ralph and Piggy. Charismatic and good looking‚ Ralph is the main protagonist of this story. He is neither the most intelligent nor the most physically adept and represents order

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