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Pyeongchang, Korea. I was inspired by watching people like Mikaela Shiffrin, Red Gerard, Sean White, and the United States Women’s Hockey Team represent our country and lead us to victory. I find it no small coincidence that we’ve been asked to examine Simon Kuper’s essay, where he asks the provocative question: “Why do we still watch the Olympics?” This article was published in the sports column of the Financial Times, and it was created for anyone who has ever watched the Olympics. Throughout…

“He [Simon] saw how pitilessly the layers of rubber and canvas held together the poor body that should be rotting away” (146). The boys would never find out that the beast that had caused so much anguish, was only a dead body. IX. GENRE The prime genre of…

children are also taught how to make good decisions. Jack invited everyone over for a feast and afterwards they had a dance. However, during this dance, they ended up killing Simon. Due to peer pressure, “Piggy and Ralph… found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society” which lead to them killing Simon (Golding, 152). Piggy and Ralph knew that what they were doing was wrong, but they chose to do it anyways. Today programs like D.A.R.E. teach children how to…

words, and no movements, but the tearing of teeth and claws” (Golding 152-153). Fear crept into the boys’ minds and forced them into savage and sadistic acts. The boys mistake Simon for a beastie and murder him, allowing fear to bring out the ugly side of everyone on the island. Their instinct was to kill and tear Simon apart, and they allowed fear to control them into doing just that. Given these points, it is safe to conclude that as a result of fear, human nature displays itself. The…

concealing paint brought”(155). He has also replaced killing animals with being a hunter that kills people that results in the death of almost three people Simon, Piggy, and almost Ralph. It starts with Simon who is mistaken for the beast in a frenzy to satisfy the tribe’s bloodlust and fear of the unknown. They chant themselves into killing Simon, saying, “‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!”(136) Then later, when Ralph and Piggy try to make means with Jack, by…

The symbolic beast in this case is telling Simon that all the boys on the island deep down have desire that in society they would keep hidden but here on the island alone they have the freedom to shed their civilization and be free of all restrictions, and as they shed their ties to humanity the…

1950s. Nowadays, people willingly aid others when tragedy strikes. In “Lord of the Flies” a plane crashes and the boys aboard are forced to survive on a deserted island. Ralph, the original leader, needs to build shelter but he ends up, “working with Simon” and “No one else” while the rest of the boys are “bathing, or eating, or playing” (Golding, 50). Golding suggests that during the 1950s, people were not likely to help each other. As Golding is a religious man, he would not appreciate that…

As Ralph, Jack, and Simon go to explore the island, Jack finds a pig and kills it. The boys are astonished at his knowledge and experience because they know that they don’t have these valuable skills. Jack is able to adapt more easily because he (like Katniss) has to survive…

CHAPTER 04 DATA ANAYSIS 4.1INTRODUCTION After the study of the chapters from ‘The Lord of the Flies’ it’s very clear that the human nature has a wicked side that reveals evil is inherent in human beings and it isn’t an external force. As Jack is the symbol of savagery who has extreme lust of power. In the beginning Jack accepts the rules and want to work together but gradually his innate evil urges him to make new tribe against Ralph where he sets his rules and protects his followers from…

methods that humans use to fight off evil, and whether the methods used are effective. Golding uses characters from Lord of the Flies such as Simon, Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and of course The Lord of the Flies to explain different ideas of evil throughout the story. For example, the idea of a “beast” which is portrayed in the story, is a metaphor of evil. He says that evil is an instinct to humans, which means that it is a part of them. Golding is right about his opinion. Evil is a human evaluation…