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    ¨lord of the flies¨ written by William Golding illustrates the cencerio pretty well. This book is filled with symbols and other themes. But the three greater symbols in the book are The lord of the flies, fire, The Beast, and fire. This were some of the greater symbols in the book ¨lord of the flies¨. The book is filled with themes and a great deal of insight into human nature, psychology, and society. One of the greater symboles was the lord of the flies. The lord of the flies is the…

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    Lord of the Flies: Jack vs Ralph Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a 1954 classic known for its allegory of human nature. A group of schoolboys are left stranded on an island, trying to survive after a plane crash. In order for the boys to survive, leadership was needed, so there was an election between two boys: Jack and Ralph. In Lord of the Flies, Jack is a better leader than Ralph for many reasons throughout the book. To begin with, Jack is a better leader because he had…

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    A story about a young man named Darwin Hastings and his unique and thought-provoking journey of what it is like to grow up without parents and being thrown into an unfamiliar environment. Guardian of Deceit by William H. Coles is an original story that is filled with complex relationships and vivid characters that make for a captivating read. This story was also a finalist in both 2011 and 2012 for the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. In this world of the excessively…

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    Chapter 6 of the Lord of the Flies begins portentously and ends ominously. The power that Ralph once had over the boys begins to decrease as the fear of the beast starts to take over. The attempt that Ralph made to try to reason with the boys in chapter 5 is proven unsuccessful in chapter 6. Jack becomes a more powerful and minacious presence to the boys as Ralph remains the responsible leader. The main subject in this chapter is fear and how it affects the boys. The chapter starts with…

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    his novel the Lord of the Flies. Goldings novel Lord of the Flies being the devil that came up for the first time out of the pig’s head that Jack left for the ‘beast’ suggests that the evil is inside us such as the Lord of the Flies was inside the pig. Simon was the only one who said he didn’t believe that the ‘beast’ was real so the Lord of the Flies showed himself to Simon, because of his lack of belief the Lord of the Flies had him killed. Although the Lord of the Flies didn’t actually exist…

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    What is the thing that is holding us back from becoming savages, is it possibly just civilization and maturity? The “Lord of the Flies” is a great book about a group of schoolboys who struggle on an island to survive and deal with their situation, quickly resulting to foolish violence and savagery. First, I will give some of my interpretations and thoughts of the symbolism in the book, examples are how the fire, piggy, conch and so on affect the meaning behind the story. I will then talk about…

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies shows how democracy is doomed. A group of boys from a prep school find themselves on a deserted tropical island after their plane has been attacked and crashes on the ground. The boys enjoy freedom and control. They start organizing assemblies or government meetings. The conch is a symbol of order or the democratic process. Throughout the novel the boys split into a democracy or a dictatorship. Therefore dictatorship works better than the other, as democracy…

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    In this folktale, The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton it explains the human rights are valued, and that it shouldn’t be taken away. They all had the wings to be free before they were captured by the masters. The birds that were used in this text explain freedom, and how they were free to do whatever. The intended audience of this folktale would be a more mature audience because of the violence. The author could have made this story for mature people to read, because as you read you get…

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    LOTF Essay Civilization can cover the deeper darker instincts of humanity. Lord of The Flies is an allegorical work, using symbolism to convey a deeper meaning to the readers of the literary work. Lord of The Flies was written by William Golding, who wrote about boys stranded on an island to show a key theme of the evil within and the savagery of man through the personality of Jack, Roger, and the Lord of The Flies. Jack is a symbol used throughout the novel of the savagery within because…

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    Think of the difference between kids raised in a stable home with a loving family and kids raised alone in the streets, clearly a big difference. The Lord of the Flies is an intense book about a group of boys being forced to grow up and survive on a deserted island without any parents to guide them. Throughout the book, every character was eventually changed, out of all, Jack changed the most dramatically. Within the time Jack spent on the island he went from a seemingly sweet and innocent…

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