How Does Golding Present The Savagery In Lord Of The Flies

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The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the novel was written in the 1500s. Some boys are stranded on an island at the time of an world war II. On the island we see conflict between two main characters, Jack and Ralph, who represent leadership and savagery. This has an effect on the rest of the boys throughout the novel. Initially the beast symbolizes fear, then war, and finally the savagery of human nature.

At the beginning of the novel, the beats represents fear. ( You couldn’t have a beastie, a snake thing explained kindly.) ( You only get them in big countries like Africa and India.)(Ralph is trying to calm the fears of the younger children.) Ralph is trying to bring reason and logical evidence that there isn't a beats on the island. (They younger children first.. Bedin to people the darkness of night and forest with spirits and demons.) The younger children claim to see frightening thing in the dark because they are more susceptible to wild imaginations. When it is dark, the young children let their fears create images of a beast. The children’s fears take shape of a beats, but there is no logical evidence that a beast exists.
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( We saw the beast.) Sam and Erie saw the beast and they seen a die parachute guy. Sam and Erie run to Ralph and woke him up. They told Ralph that they saw the beast.( Was it made by something inhuman and alien or was it made by chaps with eyes and legs and heart.) The author is talking about the beast in the story. The author is saying that the beast have eyes and legs and heart and that he beast was a aline.The author was explaining that the beast have eyes, legs, and a heart so it might be a

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