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    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…

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    the beginning when you realize that in the novel the boys are ordinary British boys while in the move they are American military cadets. When they have the chance to be saved not too long after and fail due to the fire being extinguished the novel says that a boat passes by but the movie shows a plane flying across. Throughout the novel Ralph seems to depend more on Piggy’s outstanding intellect but still insults him while in the film Ralph doesn’t tend to rely on Piggy very much and he…

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    The Dinner Party Analysis

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    The Dinner Party, written by Neil Simon, was portrayed by director Brian Freeman who had previously directed a couple other Neil Simon productions including Jake’s Women and Rumors. This production was held by the Broadway West Theatre Company in Fremont, CA. After some research of Neil Simon, I believe Freeman stayed true to the original intentions of Simon’s playwright while putting together a wonderful production that I could laugh about but also learn from at times. First off, what caught…

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    into an evil battle for control between the two boys. Simon is a figure in the story that shows his goodness throughout. He can be compared to Jesus Christ, as he is a figure who stays good even in times of great evilness. The tipping point of the boys’ evilness is when they kill Simon. They boys have completely turned into savages, and have a sort of mob mentality. When Simon emerges from the forest, their Id takes over, and they kill Simon. They do not think when committing this act, and…

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    inherently evil becuase they do not care about comitting murder, use violence as a form of entertainment and are selfish.Commiting murder or physically hurting another person is a very horrible thing.The boys found nothing wrong with the deaths of Simon and Piggy,who were just inoccent boys that were trying to make things right.The murder presented in this novel shows the darkness of man 's heart.Humans are inherently evil because they use violence as a choice of entertainment,the boys in the…

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    for their countries and for the people hurt during the Holocaust. Nazi hunters have been giving the Nazis justice for years after the Holocaust, and will continue to do so until they are all gone. Three major Nazi hunters were spoken of throughout: Simon Wiesenthal, Thomas Will, and Efraim Zuroff. Nazi hunters have played a major part in helping people after the Holocaust, and as the number of Nazis still alive lessens, they will eventually have completed their…

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    The above passages occur when Jesus and his disciples (who have just been become apostles) go to reside in what may be one of the homes owned by Simon and Andrew in Capernaum. They are surrounded by a multitude of people craving for attention. Outside of the crowd came Jesus’ earthly family, who thought he had lost his mind from all that has happened and seek to protect him from danger and to protect their family honor. Also outside where the teachers of the law from Jerusalem. They were trying…

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    According to Dictionary.com, literature is defined as writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography and essays. Often times, many of these literary works share common themes, plots, settings and character personalities, even if they are written in different time periods. Although plays, dramas and screenplays are not in the literary works category, they are…

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    relevant in the book when we see the effect the hidden beast has on the boys through violence, corruption, and ultimately the loss of innocence. The internal beasts consumes the boys though many instances of violence. One example is when the boys kill Simon for learning the truth about what the beast really is. Golding writes on page 143 “fancy thinking the beast was something you hunt and kill said the head, you knew didn’t…

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    do affect you and what you do. So I myself, think that peoples opinions should not affect you and what you do because why would you care what people think as long as you are happy with your choices. Though, it may not always be a bad thing , let’s say your parents won’t let you do something because it will get you hurt or in trouble they speak there opinion about it because they want to help you…

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