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    Have you ever been terrified by a beast that might be yourself? In the book Lord of the Flies there are a group of boys that are on an island and they had to evacuate from their school because there was a war going on. Their plane ended up crashing at this island and now they are stuck there. The boys started to hear things at night and see things at night and they thought that there was a beast around. The boys all thought different things about the beast; they thought there was a snake thing,…

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    “Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.” - Matthew Lesko. In the novel Lord of the flies by William Golding, it tells us a story of a group of school boys getting their plane shot down in world war || and invading a tropical island. Without any adults or rules, most of the young boys slipped into the scary abyss of savagery. They had to figure out the ways of a good government. That’s when they discovered the conch shell. The conch shell…

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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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    “Through the Tunnel” In Doris Lessing’s short story, “Through the Tunnel”, the author teaches the reader about setting goals and achieving them. “Through the Tunnel” tells the story of a young English boy named Jerry who’s mother lets him go and allows him to explore the bay. While on the bay, he meets a group of boys who he ends up swimming with. While swimming with the boys, Jerry discovers that the boys are swimming through a tunnel underwater. Eventually, the boys go off somewhere else…

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel in which the inherent desire for ultimate power is highlighted by the clashing personas of the main characters. The fact that the boys are stranded on an island with no adults, thus leading to anarchy and disorder, exacerbates primitive desires present within the boys. An analysis of the protagonist Ralph, Piggy, and the antagonist Jack will ultimately prove Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, thus shedding light upon the notion…

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    Good versus Evil how will it turn out in the end? In the story in the “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, there are boys that are stranded on an island. The boys try to stay as a whole group so the boys set some rules and chose a leader. The boys chose Ralph to be the leader and he tries his best, but then another kid named Jack started his own group. Then everyone went to his group except Ralph and a few others. Then it ended as just Ralph against Jack and his group. Based of Good and Evil…

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    In Doris Lessing’s short story, “Through the Tunnel”, the Lessing teaches the reader about setting and achieving them. “Through the Tunnel” tells the story of a young English boy named Jerry whose mother allows him to go explore the bay. He meets a group of local boys and ends up swimming them. While swimming with the boys, Jerry discovers that the boys are swimming through an underwater tunnel. Eventually, the boys go off somewhere else and leave Jerry alone. Upset and lonely, Jerry swims…

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    from spilling another’s blood. “I was going to, I was choosing a place. Next time- !” (Golding, 29). Jack is referring to killing a piglet that they found as they were walking through the jungle. He tells Ralph and Simon that he is going to kill the pig the next time. In order to keep his fearless demeanor. This gave Jack the determination to kill, which pointed Jack to the direction of savagery. Nonetheless, towards the end of the book, Jack murders Simon along with his tribe. “At once the…

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    Have you ever imagined if you crashed on an island and you had no way of leaving, what would you do? When a group of boys was put in this position in The Lord of the Flies they ended up losing their morals and personal beliefs and ended up becoming savages. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, William Golding uses the conch to represent how the boys consciously and unconsciously, give the conch power, and bring a sense of authority and civilization. In the novel The…

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    William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, reveals the events that occur among young boys stranded without any adult supervision. It also portrays the constant battle between civilization and savagery. The whole idea is a spectrum with civilization on one side and savagery on the other. Depending on situations, even human beings of civilized communities could behave primitively. Young children are seen as a symbol of innocence, purity, and are portrayed as evil in desperate…

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