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    In William Golding’s novel, “The Lord of the Flies” starts out as a group of young boys get stranded on an island with no adults. They are forced to build their own set of rules and society. Golding portrays many unique conditions and situations that symbolize ideas or concepts. At first, this seems like a paradise, a dream come true but it soon leads to conflict. Such symbols as Simon and holiness, fire and power, to beasts and darkness, to pigs and craziness are all what help Golding put the…

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    Golding uses kids with their innocents and the struggle to survive to see which comes through, good or evil, civilization or savagery. The outcome may be drastic but it is realistic. I hope my picture helps bring to light the point he is trying to lay across. With symbolism he created a story that can be translated into the faults within our world and the communities…

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    Does man naturally have brutality within them ? William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, creates a theme out of this question in his novel. Lord of the Flies is a novel about boys ages 6-12 that have crash landed on an uninhabited island during war time. It was written to show how Goulding believes boys would act is put into a similar situation without adults present. Some of the boys who were part of the crash land are Ralph the leader, Piggy the intellectual one, and Jack and Roger the…

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    Throughout Global history, there have been many river valleys which play a big role on early civilization and make the important contribution to the world. Three civilization of these is Mesopotamia, India, and China. Mesopotamia is the land that located between Tigris and Euphrates river. This can be considered as the reason why Mesopotamia called Mesopotamia. In Greek, it technically means between two rivers, and obviously this is exactly what was happening. Also, the shape of it…

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    Piggy Specs Analysis

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    At first, the specs were a tool used for reuniting the boys to civilization, but in the end it was a symbol for how much their makeshift society turned against civilization completely. In William Golding’s Lord of The Flies, the schoolboys’ ability to maintain order is tested, with the option of resorting to savagery and turning against civil life and rescue. Piggy’s specs, a tool from civilization, became a tool for power, with the savages abusing its use. This shows that human nature corrupts…

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    The structures of handling power can change people's image and perspectives. During the Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells the story of boys who get lost on a deserted island. Thus trying to survive without adult supervision and putting together a civil group. Then they boys end up going different way because of different perspectives of Ralph and Jack. But going in depth of the story’s theme, it’s about the controlling and usage of power. How can the person using power change or affect…

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    Some think of fire as fearful and bad, others think of it as technology and useful, in some cases it can be both. In the book by William Golding, Lord of the Flies it is both. During the time of the war going on in Europe a group of boys are sent out in a plane and when the plane crashes disaster strikes the boys as they are stranded on an island trying to survive. Ultimately fire is a huge symbol in the book as it symbolizes hope, distress, and relief. At the beginning of they story the symbol…

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    Grendel’s Zodiac Sign Gardner manages to create the multidimensional character, Grendel, through a book that falls under two-hundred pages long. Gardner develops Grendel’s persona quickly and precisely with the use of Zodiac signs assigned to each chapter. Zodiac signs automatically give the readers the power to predict Grendel’s thoughts, actions and responses to the human world. Each chapter is assigned a zodiac sign depending on the Monster, Grendel’s thoughts. For example, the setting for…

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    River Valley Civilizations’ Contributions Past civilizations have contributed many things that have influenced future, or present, civilizations. To look at a few in specific, ancient river valley civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China have each contributed their own systems/inventions. Mesopotamia brought a writing system and a set of laws. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia created cuneiform, the world’s first written language (Doc 1). According to Doc 1, they used this…

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    Bree Starley 3rd Survival Essay How often do you completely have to rely on yourself? You possibly don’t think about these type of situations, because we think “Oh it won’t happen to us.” but in reality we never know if it’ll happen to us or not. To be independent or do everything on your own? Well in cast away and in Lord of the Flies, Chuck and the boys had to become as independent as one can be. These characters from both entertainment pieces develope their own sense of independence; it…

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