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    the Flies by William Golding‚ a group of boys are stranded on an island where they end up forming their own little society. Throughout the novel‚ two boys‚ Jack and Ralph‚ fight for power within the island. Several incidents happen later on‚ that causes them to bring out their inner nature.Golding manages to use rhetorical devices to convey the idea that there is so little good in humanity the evil overpowers and it turns humans into foul beings. As the story goes on‚ Golding kills off two

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    Are We All Actually Evil? Mark Twain once said‚ “Everyone is a moon‚ and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a novel where a group of young boys crash into an island and form a society. Eventually‚ this society falls apart and the boys revert to savagery as a means of living. The novel leads us to then question then whether there is any humanity in us or if we could so easily resort to the darkness inside of us. Imagine there being a boy who

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    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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    more violent during his stay on the island. “But we want meat” (Golding 54). It is also evident that the boys are becoming more and more barbarians. During Jack’s successful hunt‚ he says to pick up the pig and the pig’s head is for the beast as a gift. Jack and his tribe completely lost their innocence and they become violent and evil to Ralph and to the other boys. “’ You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody‚ bloody thief!” (Golding

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    Inherent Good and Evil in Lord of the Flies The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is tale of a group of young boys who become stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashes. Intertwined in this classic novel are many themes‚ most that relate to the inherent evil that exists in all human beings and the malicious nature of mankind. In The Lord of the Flies‚ Golding shows the boys’ gradual transformation from being civilized‚ well-mannered people to savage‚ ritualistic beasts. From the

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    Chapter 1: As the novel opens‚ “the fair boy” makes his way out of a jungle and toward a lagoon‚ he encounters another boy‚ who is chubby‚ intellectual‚ and wears thick glasses. They then start talking and introduce themselves‚ “the fair boy”‚ Ralph and “the fat boy”‚ piggy. During their conversation we learn that there is a war going on and that the reason why the plane crashed is because it got shot down over the ocean. It crashed in thick jungle on a deserted island. The surviving boys are scattered

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    n William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a group of English boys is trapped on an island that seems like paradise. However‚ when fear spreads through the paradise it takes charge of the boys’ lives and their innate fear destroys. Ralph’s fear destroys his hope of ever being rescued. Jack obliterates what civilization is left on the island when he splits the tribe due to his own fear‚ but this could also be shown through Piggy’s glasses. Finally‚ the boys’ fear of someone more powerful than them drives

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    During the beginning of the novel‚ it is very obvious that the fire is valued and very thoroughly taken care of. Golding makes this point by saying‚”” The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck‚ if we don’t keep a fire going?””(Golding 31) This quote‚ said by Ralph‚ shows his eagerness to keep the fire going and also to be rescued as soon as possible. The fire‚ being the boys’ only form of signaling

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    9-14-15 Why Cruelty? In a civilized society‚ rules play an extreme part. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William GoldingGolding demonstrates how a civilized society with a series of kind and cruel leaders‚ and no rules‚ can slowly turn into a group of reckless‚ savage boys. Lord of the Flies explains how a group of boys with no rules can slowly turn into a disaster. Golding shares‚ that without rules cruelty takes place. Every human is not born perfect but they are kept under control by

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    the Flies‚ William Golding compares the fire to Jack’s passion in order to set an example for pushing the potential of positive attributes that could eventually to lead to destruction. The author of Lord of the Flies uses the symbolism of fire to demonstrate the necessity of moderation as it is the key to success. The world is full of a variety of challenges‚ all bringing different types of trouble and chaos. Yet success can be achieved through one key device: moderation. Golding continuously

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