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    In the year 2222, the human race has began to dwindle, verging on the brink of extinction, the infected have started their world domination. In an effort to survive and reconstruct a world that is safe, my partner (Megan) and I have established a safe haven society as a final effort to save the human race. We have built a community with five walls encircling the city. The outermost wall is the barrier that separates us from them. Outside our community is a savage and cruel world where the…

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    Literary Analysis Research Paper Golding’s Lord of the Flies is clearly a story about a return to primeval human instincts of savagery and fear in the face of isolation and danger rather than just a story of the dilemma faced by teenage boys stranded on an island. Throughout the novel, underlying tones such as political ideologies are reflected by the boys’ actions. However, as the novel progresses, it is clear that expansive symbols and motifs largely mirror attitudes of the boys and on a…

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    Exiled from the group, Ralph attempts to survive alone and hides from the same boys that had been under his leadership just a few days ago. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of young British boys become stranded on an uninhabited island. Initially, a boy named Ralph is elected as the leader of the group. However, as the story progresses, the group spirals into chaos and savagery. In the beginning, Ralph serves as an effective leader through the initial stages of the boys’ time on…

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    Tale of Two Fates In the ‘Lord of the Flies’ book there are two characters that are the same, but also different. There’s Piggy. Then there’s Ralph. Both boys are stranded on an island, but both have a different perspective on things. Even though, Piggy most of the time agrees with Ralph. Both boys encounter dangerous tasks. Both have a different perspective on how to take care of them. They meet other boys on the island, such as, Jack, Simon, Percival, the twins SamnEric, and Roger. Each boy…

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    “Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other 'isms' that cause so much suffering in the world.” Octavia E. Butler. Everyone needs their “place” in society: leader, hunter, builder, or even follower and securing a place in society can often lead to conflict. The need for hierarchy is evident all throughout Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding about a group of British boys…

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    The lord of the flies by William Golding is a novel regarding a group british boys discovering a world without adults, rules and civilization. Throughout the novel you started seeing the change from civilization to savagery amongst the characters. One of the few character that dont lose themselves and their morals is Simon . Simon is altruistic, kindhearted and quick-witted all being the reasons why hes the character i most admire. Simon is altruistic by nature. He has an inborn selfless.…

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    Bjondina Duka Civilization is the condition that exists when people have developed an effective ways of organizing a society and care about the beauty of life. On the other hand, savagery exists in the conditions when the people of society are acting uncivilized and when they will do whatever is necessary for the benefit of them, usually not concerned with the feelings of others. Since the basic flow of mankind is inherent in man, Jack, the leader of the hunters, had to go through a major…

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    “India’s cultural pedigree is indeed ancient. One of the world’s earliest civilizations existed in the Indus Valley in what is now Pakistan between approximately 3100 and 1700 BC.” (Luce, 145) This makes it understandable that even today India proudly cherishes its culture and traditions and that it in some aspects opposes the change…

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    Garland states that culture in a cognitive aspect, refers to the values as well as norms, thoughts, and beliefs in which a human uses to determine and build a world that fits in relation to their specific culture. Garland explains that culture is not singular; it is made up of numerous ideologies such as prejudices, intelligence, science, etc. It would be unfair to believe that culture just involved one or even two thoughts or practices. Culture is derived from numerous avenues of a human as…

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    up and not indulge himself in actions considered the norm there, but wrong to his own moral code. Throughout his city experience he is fighting civilization’s “norm”, John is pushing away that society. Contrary to this Ralph is fighting to keep civilization in an uncivilized place. Ralph witnesses that the fire had gone out and he cries out of frustration and anger because he knows how imperative fire is to their rescue. He decides to call an assembly, even though it is late at night, and talks…

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