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    In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, the author uses symbolism to tell the story. Symbolism means that you use symbols to represent ideas. Because of the symbolism in the Lord of the Flies, it is rarely clear the reason why the story is written, and it was often confusing. The three main symbols the author uses are the conch, the beast, and fire. The conch in the book represents power. Whenever it was mentioned, it showed that whoever had possession of it, had influence and control over the…

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    During the twentieth century, author William Golding produced one of the most groundbreaking novels of the era, “Lord of the Flies,” confronting the psychological aftermath of World War Two. Published in 1954, in the midst of crisis among the nation, Golding sets “Lord of the Flies” in the backdrop of an atomic war, in which a group of young boys deserted on an island, due to a plane crash, fear an imaginative creature they call “the beast.” Symbolizing fear, war and savagery of human nature,…

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    Can you imagine being stranded on an island alone only with a group of kids and no adults? What would you do if you were in that situation? Do you think you would stay calm and in control? Well, in The Lord of the Flies this is the reality of a group of boys, fighting for their lives and dealing with insanity. Their inner beast showed then and it was inevitable. What do you think? Do you think that there is a beast in all of us? Or do you think you could have kept yourself under control?…

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    The Beast The human mind can be used to create art, compose music and solve problems. It can also be used to cause arguments, create weapons, and support wars. In his book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding describes his experience with World War II. In the book, a plane carrying several boys who are trying to escape the war crashes on an island, and the boys struggle to find and kill the “beast.” The beast represents the loss of humanity, triggered by human fears, individual savagery, and…

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    The first six chapters of William Golding's Lord of The Flies investigates the distribution of leadership throughout the batch of boys stuck on the island. The main leaders, Ralph and Jack, are both goal oriented, decisive, and empowering. Although they both are capable to lead, their points of view on the situation at hand are conflicting to one another. Ralph is focused on shelter and rescue while Jack is looking to hunt and play rather than finding a way off the island and back to…

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    “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” is a common phrase. The higher the price on jewelry whether it is a watch, necklace or ring, depends on the amount of carats of diamond included. The diamonds beauty and shine brings joy onto the faces of women as they get treated by their significant others. People buy expensive jewelry because it looks good, makes people feel wealthy, and is considered a luxury. However, consumers did not always know where these diamonds originated about 15 years ago, it was…

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    Everyone has a personal fear, whether it’s make believe or real. In the book,The Lord of the Flies a group of boys was mistakenly dropped on an isolated island off of an airplane left with no source of authority at all. While they all battled through man versus self conflicts in the book, along came a thing in the that they all feared. They called it a beast. Just about all of the boys believed that this “beast” was a real “snake like” thing, but only one came to a realization of what it really…

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    In The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the character of the Beast embodies the basic human emotion of fear, and how it starts to develop into bigger extremes of fear over time. As fear builds up, savagery also begins to take hold of the boys. As the boys grow more vicious, the the beast becomes more real. The Beast develops first within the imagination of the boys, then it takes on physical shape, until finally, it becomes idolized as a totemic, god type figure. In the beginning of…

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    Lord of the flies is a thrilling book filled with lots of sudden fighting and unpredicted actions written by William Golding. The book starts at the beginning of the World War with school boys being transported by plane to an unknown location for safety. The plane crashes on a mysterious island unattended by adults and only kids. They start to celebrate with the thought of freedom and no rules, but soon they realize that no rules means no civilization. From the night the downfall begins, they…

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    Tanav Kudupudi Ms.Cler World Core P5 8 September 2015 The Truth about Human Nature In the novel Lord of The Flies by William Golding a group of boys were trapped on an island with no adult to help them. There was none on the island. They had to survive on their own. But in that process they take some very dangerous steps which prevents them from survival. William Golding illustrates that the boys are afraid of each other and they make up stories about the beast and that clearly matches to the…

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