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    yesterday. His plan was to kill a hog by chopping him up and making it seem like it was him, On the page 42“Well last I pulled out some hair and blooded the ax good, and stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the corner. Then I took up the pig and held him to my breast with my jacket (so he wouldn’t drip) till I got a good piece below the house and then dumped him into the river.”…

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    beginning of the novel he is the leader of a choir. As the story progresses, he transformed this highly esteemed choir into a group of bloodthirsty hunters. Jack’s path to savagery begins with him portraying his hesitation about the idea of killing a pig. "I went on. I thought, by myself. I thought I might kill." This hesitation was most likely ingrained by his authorities making it so that actions such these would be considered atrocious but necessary. Later on however, Jack progressively lost…

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    of the book Jack is clearly still confined by society’s rules and still wants to be seen as good. We know this as in the scene where he catches a pig he struggles to kill it and we’re told ““he hadn’t because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh”. Here, the word choice of ‘enormity’ tells us that Jack finds killing the pig a big deal, he struggles to murder a living thing as he’s never done this before. The description of the knife ‘descending’ reinforces this as…

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    Wolf as the five pigs ran out of the classroom crying. Mr. Wolf is the math and science teacher at Onkiers School For Pigs. He is very tall and scary, and he wears a super nice suit every day to school. Most of the pigs at school are scared of him. Even some of the other teacher are probably scared of him. *30 minutes earlier (before class)* “Hey guys lets bring our phones to class so we can play games with them, Mr.Wolf won’t catch us.” says Carl. The four other pigs agreed and…

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    REZA Testing if pigs can fly... DANTE I would hate to be that pig. Reza smiles.…

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    Piggy's Savagery

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    Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, showcases a world of savagery where the darkness of the world begins to take over Simon, Jack, and Samneric while they slowly loose their identity. When Piggy explains to Ralph that Jack’s tribe is changing, he says, “Yes, Laugh. Go on, laugh. there’s them on this island as would laugh at anything. And what happened? What’s the grown-up goin to think? Young Simon was murdered.” (Golding 171) This shows his feelings that the darkness thrown…

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    All people have an inner beast, just waiting to be released when the time comes. Most people do not think that they could do anything remotely threatening to another person's life, but when put into certain situations anyone can exhibit extreme behaviors. There are precise limits to every person’s willingness to do something and sometimes they are put in situations when they must go beyond their own thought of values. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is written about a group of schoolboys…

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    Charlotte's Web

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    that will be secured as agreeable position for kids and grown-ups. The story highlights one character that conveys out what E.B White needs to call attention to. Wilbur has diverse character however assume essential part to the story. Wilbur is a pig who was saved by a young girl named Fern. He was conceived as a runt of his litter. Fern’s father wants to kill him because he is “very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything” (White 4).Wilbur is touchy and acts like a child. He…

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    Society today is controlled by universally accepted rules that keep order in civilization. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is an excellent example of why structure is needed for the survival and prosperity of humankind. Stranded on an island, because of an outbreak of war, English schoolboys attempt to create their own version of rules for a new society without adults. Specifically the absence of adult supervision and advisement causes the slow but eventual devolution of the young boys.…

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    In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the two main characters Ralph and Jack have different views of civilization. Jack believes that his group should be hunters and that violence is the answer to surviving on the island. While Ralph believes in making shelter, behaving, and trying to get off the island as soon as possible. To show power and leadership, Ralph and a character named Piggy found a conch and whoever holds possession of it either has the floor to talk or mainly is the…

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