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    The setting is the most indispensable element of this book. In this book; Lord of the Flies , like most books, could never have carried out the way it did if it weren’t for the time and place it was conducted. In times of war a plane full of British schoolboys is mistaken for a fighter plane and is shot down over a deserted island. The pilot is killed and all that is left are the children and they are faced with the many obstacles such as; shelter, food and basic survival on this deserted island…

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    In Lord of the Flies, the boys act out of fear and cruelty instead of showing heroism and nobility thus displaying the weakness of the human heart when faced with extreme circumstances. All the fear the boys have is from the fact that they are alone on an island without any adults, rules, society, without anything. They are just little kids and do not know how to survive alone. Along with the loneliness, there is the speculation of a terrifying beast. This leads to Jack becoming a savage and…

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    Simon Lord Of The Flies

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    Alissa Deanda Mrs Dewey English 1A Title Within novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author, using imagery places the timing of the death of one of his characters, Simon, at an important place in the story to prove his point about mankind and their natural state of mind. Nearing the end of the novel weather is used to create the feeling of drama by making the story involve gloom and imprint that idea into a reader's mind like “great bulging towers [of clouds] that sprouted away…

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    Lord Of The Flies Truism

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    In order to have a somewhat successful civilization, several items are needed. Some of these items include honesty, loyalty, respect, solid leadership, and hard work. Many of these traits are lacking within the group in the the book Lord of the Flies. Many of the boys on the island would rather live as savages and wild animals than be rescued and return to a more civilized, calm life. There are several Items wrong with this picture. The key ingredient to a successful group, team, country,…

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    If men were to be trapped on an uninhabited island with no laws, would the men try to create rules to help them find a way to live, or would they all fight over who has the most power? In William Golding’s book, Lord of The Flies, a group of adolescent boys are trapped on an island when they try to create a system in which fails to keep them together. When separated from civilization for a long period of time, the boys change from the amount of freedom they have and release their true inner self…

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    The relationship between Lord of the flies and the author, William Golding, contradicts how easily partnership between the adult and child mind rapidly does not get along. Throughout the novel, an extent of progress became a demonic presents, show as kids are easy and calm when parents are there, but until adults leave, kids turn into a helpless chaotics. Golding expresses the childlike minds and reverses growing up as the boys began to be more credulous on the island. “They began to stir…

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    The worst part about being innocent is that the guilty sometimes always win. In the story “The lord of the flies”shows how a few innocent children get hurt by the hands of other children who have lost complete hold of civilization. It is true that it is the innocent who suffer at the hands of the guilty. And the story back up the statement. First, due to their childishness, they set up a fire in the forest which ends up killing a poor innocent child who is only described in the story as the…

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    Beautiful, with fruitful trees and crystal oceans surrounding it on every side. The perfect paradise, unless you’re stranded there. In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses a religious allegory to prove that in times of crisis, most people stray away from a hope of salvation, but a select few have a strengthened relationship with God. A hope of rescue is hard to come by in Lord of the Flies, but a few characters naturally have a grasp on their goal to get home. Simon, for example, is the definition of…

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    Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel about a group of young British boys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. Within the story, William Golding explores what the results would be if he takes a group of young boys and places them on a deserted island and asks what will the result be, a utopia or a dystopia. As the boys live on the island their morals begin to change and they transform into savages. William Golding reveals how when left to its own…

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    Lord Of The Flies Conch

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, one of the central conflicts is the tension between two competing impulses: the instinct to live by the rules and to act peacefully versus the impulse to succumb to fear and to act violently. Golding illustrates this conflict through the uses of three symbols: the conch; Piggy’s spectacles; and the Lord of the Flies. The conflicts that occur on Golding’s island mirrors the conflicts we all face in society today. Golding uses the conch to show the…

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