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    frustrated by the immature actions of the boys when they refuse to help build shelters on the beach. The children would rather run about wildly and play than do anything "grownup." Despite the emphasis that Ralph places on the importance of the fire, he is the only one who cares about it. The final conflict is between the age-old antithesis order and chaos. The boys, with the exception of Ralph, have lost nearly all of their human behaviour and are running wild. They represent…

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    within them.” This relates to the environment that the boys were in. Because when the boy’s plane crashed into the deserted island they had no idea what do and became afraid. Also in the article it says that “I do not think it is too unlikely for children living without adult protection are often afraid. The boys on the island had no parental guidance. These quotes relate to the first reason because the kids became afraid and when they become afraid they become violent and will harm or kill…

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    consequences. With the absence of adults the children had no one to look to and this only caused fear. The boys had rules and order from the beginning but they could not keep this up because of their inability to stay on task as evident when Ralph instructs to Jack that “the rest of your hunters came back hours ago. They’ve been swimming”, (51). The group’s inability to stay on task on the island made it impossible for them to stay a civilized society. Jack’s group lost the ability of civility…

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    In the beginning of the book the boys try to keep the rules they have set at the first assembly, but we quickly find out that the drive for survival is greater than the rules for order. One example of lost innocence can be found on page 68 which states “his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.” This quote is trying to tell us that the once childish laughter the boy had, has now turned into wolf like snarl. We also see an example of this at the end…

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    little boys after a plane crash to relate the creation of a dystopia in result of failed leadership. A plane carrying a group of British schoolboys is shot down into a deserted island. All the adults that were present in the plane, have died. Only the children remain, where they find themselves on an uninhabited island, without adult supervision. The boys need to find a way to survive, and revert to voting for a leader. The boys originally vote Ralph, a productive and charismatic young man, as…

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    World 's one of the best scientist, Albert Einstein, once said," The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but those who watch them doing evil, and it might be right to say that Ralph and his group was trying to stand up for what was right, and get everyone rescued. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, a story centers on group of boys, who were dropped from a crushed plane on an uninhabited island struggling to survive, William Golding represents Ralph as chief, who is the commander of…

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    Lord of The Flies: Ralph and Jack Comparison There will always be someone who is better you, stronger than you. The stronger person will be of greater influence that others tend to follow. However, choosing the strongest person is not always the best choice. In Novel “Lord of The Flies” that was written by William Golding was published in 1954, the novel demonstrate of a boy Ralph, whom was not the strongest boy but show better understanding of people, which gives him better leadership…

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    The Electrifying Scorpio Races The folklore surrounding the mysterious water horse myth has always captured my fascination. Maggie Stiefvater 's The Scorpio Races takes this exceedingly ancient folktale and beguiles audience 's with her own unique retelling. There are decidedly few authors that can write in such a way that not only makes readers envision the setting, but she transports us there. Stiefvater 's opening of The Scorpio Races is both thrilling, and yet haunting with the declaration…

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    get scared very easily and so fear would make them scared and think it’s a beast. The little boys also have a lot of nightmares and if they get up out of their nightmares they think that they see something. In (document A) it says that the younger children began to people the darkness and the forest with spirits and demons which appeared in their dreams or fairy tails. It also says how there is no mother to comfort them and tell them that there is no such thing as a beast in the forest. The…

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    On "Landscape with the fall of Icarus" "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is inspired by the Bruegel painting which is based on the Greek myth of the tragedy of "Icarus." Icarus is the son of Daedalus; Icarus flew from prison with the fragile wings that his father had made for him. Icarus didn't care about his father warning to keep a middle course over the sea and avoid flying too close to the sun; the boy flew with joy too close to the burning sun, so his wings got melted and the poor…

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