Ring of Gyges

While reading “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, I paid most of my attention to Simon. Simon is viewed as a much more confusing kid in the beginning. Simon starts getting more involved and not really known as the weird gay kid anymore. He had hung around with Ralph and Piggy helping out them while the others didn’t care. The author made Simon a much more like Christ-figure within the story; during Chapter 7 he tells Ralph that he will get back home.His visions become worse; he starts…

In the excerpt from The Hobbit, a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, he provides an array of rhetorical devices to allow the reader to further visualize the interaction between Bilbo and Smaug. Bilbo, known as The Hobbit, is presented to be inside of Smaug’s tunnel, seeking revenge due to the number of deaths the dragon has caused. As he walked in, a metaphor is placed, to show how Bilbo thought Smaug was asleep because there was “scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam” coming from Smaug. As…

J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien was a Writer, a very famous one. Wrote numerous books of Different Genres. He liked Fantasy The most. He lived 81 years 1892-1973. You may know because he wrote the book, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Childhood Born on January 3 in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He Believed his last names Origin was german along with his family. His mother Mabel Suffield, and his dad Arthur Reuel Tolkien Married in 1880 in. On the 15th of February 1886 when Tolkien…

In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses conch shell to symbolize authority and the rules that keep civilization together. When the conch shell finally shatters it signifies the loss of order and civility in humanity. The conch shell represents civilizing forces coming together like when Ralph blows the conch after finding it and other boys coming to where Ralph was and feeling some type of security with him. There are a lot of different active themes in this story and some of that go…

In the novel Lord of the Flies William Golding presents the two main characters Jack and Ralph. Ralph the protagonist and Jack, the antagonist have different beliefs that make them completely different and at other times similar in some ways. There are many noticeable changes between Jack and Ralph from beginning to end. Ralph and Jack's similarities and differences shape the different forms of government they are going to form which is civilized civilization for Ralph and savagery for Jack.…

Simon stumbles into the circle of chanting boys. He now has proof that the beast does not exist, but a more pressing danger approaches him. He tries to explain the man in the tree, but they do not listen. The boys have a blank stare in their eyes that let him know that they do not see Simon, but their next victim. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies expands on symbols involving human nature and civility, which shape the actions of the characters in their internal battle for survival. As the fire…

The Lord of the Flies is an inspirational novel written by William Golding that now is considered a classic. The book demonstrates different themes that captivate the audience. Golding builds his characters well and gives detailed descriptions of the harsh conditions they are exposed to. Golding does a decent job of keeping the reader’s interest high. Granted there are some plot holes but they make the story unique to every person who reads it. By incorporating elements such as motifs and…

The Savage In Humanity Similarly, In The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys crash land on an island in the middle of the sea. Initially, they are quite orderly, but by the end, there are two bitter groups: civilization and savagery. The only reason why people do not become corrupted and savage is because the morals and laws of society hold them back. Jack began as a civilized boy who said that they would stay well-mannered young men because they were British and the British…

Echoes of Old The point that William Golding endeavors to prove with Lord of the Flies is that the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of human nature. The evil in the world is often present because of one’s inability to combat the selfish motivation to survive. Furthermore, it can be said that a government’s purpose is to confine these instincts into something that can coexist with a functional society. The regression of characters and authority in Lord of the Flies reveals…

Bilbo Baggins is a comfort and peace-loving hobbit who rarely goes out of his comfort zone. When he was suddenly recruited as the burglar of the dwarves’ expedition to reclaim their treasure, he was greeted with prejudice from Gloin, an existing member. Bilbo reacts by defending his honor. From Gloin and Bilbo’s interaction, one can clearly see how determined and prideful Bilbo is. Upon meeting Bilbo, Gloin immediately deduced he was meek and cowardly. In paragraph 3, he says,” It is all very…