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    balance between them. William Golding tie this psychoanalytical idea into his novel, Lord of the Flies, where a group of young boys stranded on an island soon became conflicted with following either their savage human instincts or the rules of civilization. Within the novel, the concepts of the id, ego, and superego are developed and represented by the characters Jack, Ralph, and Piggy.…

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    environment and what is and what is not present in it. In the Lord of the Flies the lack of adults and the addition of a dose of fear as well as prey changes how the group of boys behave throughout the story, instead of behaving like humans in civilization they start to become more like their harsh new environment and are affected by what its lacking. They even go as far as becoming full savages before finally being reunited with someone from civilisation and who happens to be an adult. Now let…

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    represents civilization, who knew it would end up representing savagery because of a group of boys imagination. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story about a group of english boys who get stranded on a deserted island and chaos falls upon them. Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric were the only ones who handled the situation with maturity, while the other let violence get to their heads. In the Lord of the Flies, Golding demonstrates how at first the conch symbolizes…

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    The Natural Order Introduction The natural order, as I see it, represents the set of laws that govern the natural world around us. These laws are sometimes at odds with the laws that we in civilized society have set forth. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, he gives us a glimpse of how certain individuals would act if civilized society were to collapse around them. In this story there is no societal standards, only the laws that govern the natural…

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    hunt and resents anyone who stands in his way, in this case Ralph, of his savage pursuits. Ralph symbolizes democracy and is a foil to Jack who symbolizes dictatorship.A theme developed in the text is as democracy diminishes, there is a loss of civilization and the outbreak of savagery. Throughout the passage Golding uses shared diction pertaining to savagery, Ralph…

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    Freudian psychology in Lord of The Flies In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the freudian mind layout of the id, ego, and superego can be applied to Jack, Ralph, and Piggy respectively. According to Freud, the brain operates on the principles of the id, ego, and superego almost fully unconsciously and only a small bit can be observed. The id, which represents our unconscious desires, operates on the pleasure principle, which causes us to eat, drink, have sex, destroy, and fight.…

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    The River Valley civilizations are Ancient Egypt, China, Sumer, and the Indus River Valley. They are alike, but there are differences. I will be comparing the government, writing and social structure of the four civilizations. The structures of civilizations reflect the government’s choices; if the women had power then they would be able to take a high ranked position or even lead. The four governments had some similar ideas and some different ideas. In all four civilizations the rule was only…

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    Many say man is inherently either evil or good. It is to be said society is what keeps man from being evil. It is also to be said that man is born with a neutrality and it is society that influences man’s behavior. It seems to make more sense that man is influenced by society rather than inherit traits that could be recognized as good or evil because in the novel Lord of the Flies By William Golding the reader is introduced to a group of boys that are stranded on an island with no adults and no…

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    This civilization existed around 5000-3500 BCE. The first city-states gradually develop in southern Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia lies between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. Some of the major Mesopotamian civilizations include the Sumerian, Assyrian, Akkadian, and Babylonian civilizations. The Sumerians were the first people to migrate to Mesopotamia, they created a good civilization. They invented writing and government. They were organized in city-states where each city had…

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    As quoted from Abraham Lincoln, “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells about a group of English boys who land on an inhabited island after a plane crash. After realizing there are no adults around, the boys attempt to create their own society while waiting for rescue. Although the boys are rescued in the end, their lives were destroyed throughout the course of the book. This novel clearly shows…

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