THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT V. S. Pritchett (IGCSE Literature English 2013) Important Points to Remember Journey – Father: leaving the factory‚ money‚ the business man. The Irony at the end: that he cannot get rid of this‚ of the “dark side”. - “Tow faces”: father cannot let go of his vice / “dark side”. The cynical end of the story shows this dark revelation to the son. - Theme: Man’s struggle for survival. It is a unique and personal journey‚ not all struggles are the same and have
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The evil within The boys said with fear filled voices “you don’t know Roger‚ he’s a terror” (Golding’s 189). This is said towards the end of the lord of the flies by the characters SamnEric. This quote states that they fear roger more than the morality of their old life. In Williams Golding’s the lord of the flies‚ Roger represents the unstable balance of one’s morality and the primitive impulse to destroy and proves that humans are easily tempted towards evil. Within the novel‚ Roger is used
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Major themes War and human nature At the beginning of the novel‚ the boys are being evacuated from England by plane‚ presumably to keep them safe from the Cold War‚ which is in the future. The term "Reds" is mentioned (possibly giving the notion that the war was against the Soviets). However‚ there was quite a large amount of tension between the Soviet Union and the UK‚ or more particularly‚ Stalin and Churchill‚ during World War II‚ so "Reds" could simply show the British boys’ scorn for the Soviets
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Fly By Night Fly By Night International was founded by Douglas C. Mather in the mid 1970’s. He started the company as a pilot training school. Then he branched out into government contracting. He used his “rent-an-enemy” fleet to the Navy and Air Force for use in fighter-pilot training. The company experienced great success during the first five years of its operations and the stock price almost doubled. However‚ in year 14 the company started a rapid descent. The company did not have enough
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significance of the Beast and the Conch in ‘Lord of the flies’ Golding uses many symbols to get across his ideas in ‘Lord of the Flies’ but primarily uses the Beast and the Conch as one of the two main symbols that are essential in the development of the novel itself. The Conch and the Beast represent order vs. chaos that this novel is about so they are very significant and important things in the ways Golding gets his ideas to the reader of Lord of the Flies. The Conch is one of the most powerful and important
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Symbolic importance in Lord of the Flies In “Lord of the Flies” written by William Golding‚ there are several symbols throughout the novel that are significantly important due to their meaning. In my opinion‚ the three main symbols are the signal fire‚ the conch and Lord of the Flies. A symbol represents something else; Golding did a good job helping the reader understand the true significance of the object or thing. Firstly‚ the signal fire represents the boy’s last connection with civilization
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In Life‚ we are always faced with hard decisions. We are sometimes forced to choose between decisions that support you or your family. Lyddie is faced with just that. In 1991 Katherine Paterson wrote the novel “Lyddie.” The main character Lyddie lived with her family but then is separated from them when a bear invades her house and is mistaken for the end of the world. Lyddie’s father sells the farm so she has to work at a mill in Lowell that pays little and the working conditions are very poor.She
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The Fly in the Ointment Author vV.S. Pritchett (16 December 1900 – 20 March 1997) was a British writer. He was very well known for his short stories that were collected in number of volumes Tone & Mood Tone: Realistic‚ pessimistic Mood: Sad‚ desolate Background The background is about a son who wants to help his dad that has just gone bankrupt. vEverything from the factory was taken away by the creditors‚ however there is a sign outside the factory which is freshly painted
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The setting in The Lord of the Flies is rather ironic isn’t it? I mean‚ usually a deserted tropical island seems rather tranquil and attractive to people today. However‚ the abandonment of these children presented a reflection of the current day trouble of 1940s England. Due to World War II‚ children were being uprooted and put into new places often having the responsibility of learning to live with new circumstances entirely on their own. I think the tropical island suggests the nature of this very
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Lord of The Flies Oscar Wilde once said‚ “We are each our own devil‚ and we make this world our hell”. This statement could not be more fitting to any other book then Lord of the Flies. In this novel by William Golding‚ the raw nature of human beings is exposed through the portrayal of the circumstances of young boys who crash land on a deserted island on their way to escape a war which ravages their homeland. As more time passes on the island without the presence of society‚ their moral compass
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