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    us humans to have law and order to be able to coexist peacefully with ourselves‚ nature and the environment. The only way that law and order can be achieved in human society is by a higher authority‚ or some form of government and/or leader. William Golding tries to touch on some of these aspects of our civilization through the various characters he creates in his novel‚ The Lord of the Flies. Leadership plays a very important role in the novel as it does in real life for us‚ because the characters

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    well as a diverse insight into two completely different ideas or opposites. The main counterpoint presented in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies would be the idea of civilization vs. savagery. This motif is presented throughout the novel. The idea that humans are constantly battling their feral instincts and civilized ideals is a theme that is deeply and extensively explored. Golding acquaints civilization with good‚ and savagery with evil. He uses symbolic characters and objects in order to convey

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    Adults and rules keep people in line and safe‚ so without them‚ the world would be in chaos. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ symbolism is used to communicate the theme of The Downfall of Society Without Consequences through the conch‚ the fire‚ and Piggy’s glasses. The conch helps communicate the theme because‚ at first‚ the boys think it has some authority‚ but throughout the book‚ they slowly don’t listen to it anymore and when the conch breaks‚ there is no more order on the island. The

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    Lord of the Flies Essay Prompts Essays must contain a minimum of two body paragraphs‚ with a minimum of two concrete details per body paragraph. 1. Perhaps to create a perfect society was beyond the boy’s capability in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ but could it have realistically gotten better? How did it fall apart‚ and could the society have been fixed? Write an essay that discusses what crucial errors the boys made that they actually could have made different and‚ thus‚ made

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    Identity in Lord of the Flies By William Golding Ben Smith ENG 2DG Mr. Risk December 6‚ 2012 Violence and Loss of Identity in Lord of the Flies Ben Smith The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island. At first‚ the boys establish order‚ but as the novel progresses this order deteriorates and the boys become very uncivilized. Golding uses the development of characters

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    William Golding‚ the author of lord of the flies explores many themes which all are related to his past experience. Using his past life experiences‚ Golding tries to represent some of the main human traits such as intelligence‚ leadership‚ greed‚ knowledge‚ and logic. In his novel Golding represents evil in humanity through jack‚ goodness in humanity in the form of Simon‚ intellect through piggy and strong leadership through Ralph. The author shows the struggle between good vs evil‚ strong vs weak

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    When Lord of the Flies was first released‚ William Golding described the novel’s theme in a publicity questionnaire as "an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature." (Kennard) Since the island is a microcosm‚ Golding uses it to reflect our world and give comments on it and his view of human nature. In the novel a group of children are stranded on an island when their plane crashes. The freedom of having no parents while living in a society that does not enforce

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    Dark Side of Humanity According to William Golding‚ humanity has always had a dark side and even the most respectable and dignified people can turn to their dark side if forced to due to their circumstances. I agree with Golding in this matter. The novel Lord of the Flies is a great example of this happening‚ as in the Minecraft game we played in class and the novel are very similar. In both of them they created factions between themselves.. Many people were killed due to the fact that people mistakenly

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    will destroy itself. Proving this is William Golding’s purpose in writing "The Lord of the Flies"‚ a story about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island. When the boy’s priorities clash‚ a war breaks out between protagonist Ralph and shortsighted antagonist Jack‚ who instead of being rescued would rather hunt. The fight for power between them soon turns to violence. Golding uses these boys as a scaled down model of what the world is like at war. Golding uses symbolism diction and allegory in

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel‚ where a group of young British boys are lost on an island after their plane crash lands. Throughout the novel William Golding utilization of literary devices are in place to reveal a theme of the novel‚ civilization and innocent are destroyed due to the savagery of the boys’‚ desire for power‚ and fear of the unknown. William Golding utilizes three important literary devices throughout the novel‚ symbolism‚ of when the conch is destroyed civilization

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