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    Lord of the Flies If you were in plane crash and landed on an inland with a bunch of kids do you think your natural rights could be violated? If you are wondering what natural rights are any rights that exists by the virtue of natural law. Locke strongly believed in the natural rights of man. His basic thesis maintained that in a state of nature‚ men have a “perfect freedom to order their actions‚ and dispose of their possessions and persons as they see fit‚ within the bounds of law and nature‚

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    William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a compelling story of survival about a group of young English school boys who get stranded on a tropical island. Throughout the book the boys make an effort to keep a civilized life with order and rules‚ but they fail miserably‚ and succumb to savage ways. The theme humans are inherently evil is being shown through the boy’s ascending savagery the longer they stay on the island. One way the theme is shown is through the boy’s somewhat childish fascination

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    William Goldberg’s Lord of the Flies addresses many themes such as good vs evil‚ technological advancement vs a state of primal being‚ and man’s desire to have power at any cost. Set on a stranded island‚ perhaps being a parallelism to the Garden of Eden‚ and loss of innocence which occurs on the island due to corruption and folly. The story is about a group of English boys trapped on an island that seems like all fun and games at first. Then the power starts to get to some of the boys and everything

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    Lord of The Flies week 3 Chapter 7 Vocab 1. Taunted- to tease someone- Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks 2. Loiter- to hang around aimlessly- Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose 3. Antagonism- hatred- Active hostility or opposition. 4. Impervious- untainted- Not allowing something to pass through; not penetrable. 5. Bravado- persona- A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. Questions 1. The chant symbolizes

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    Important quotes‚ events Ralph 1) “boy with fair hair” 2) “mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclamined no devil” 3) “a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size‚ and attractive appearance; and most obscurely‚ yet most powerfully‚ there was the conch” 4) “all day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else.” 5) “the best thing we can do is to get ourselves rescued” -> PRIORITY 6) Ralph was a “specialist in thought” – “I cant think. Not like Piggy” 7) “The

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    Chapter 1 Use these Lord of the Flies important quotes from chapter 1 to enhance your understanding of the novel. Quote: Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along...Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand‚ and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing (19). Analysis: The arrival of Jack Merridew and his militant choir is described as the arrival of a beast or creature‚ foreshadowing Jack’s transformation from despotic

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    William Golding‚ in his novel lord of the flies‚ implies that without the constraints of social order‚ people would descend into anarchy and chaos. Three examples in the text that demonstrate this idea are the conch‚ the character of jack‚ and the deaths of piggy and Simon. The conch is symbolic of the descent of social order between the boys. The conch is a shell that is capable of making a loud‚ attention grabbing noise‚ Piggy describes this noise by saying it “moo-ed like a cow”. It symbolizes

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    Lord of the Flies Chapter Analysis Answer Sheet Kayla Plauger Chapter 1 1. William Golding paid such close attention to each minuscule detail so you‚ as the reader‚ can better understand how the island feels and looks to the boys. 2. In the overall effect of the book the character descriptions assist you to better understand the boys’ personalities‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses. 3. To the boys the island initially looks roughly boat shaped and an island ready for exploration

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    In William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies ‚ he questions the nature of man and origins of evil within human beings. The plot involves a plane full of British boys‚ between the ages of six to twelve‚ crashing on an empty island. There‚ they are stranded without any adults and as time progresses‚ the upbringing of the boys regarding societal rules and morals are tested as they revert into a life of savagery. Golding proposes a shocking revelation that human nature is naturally evil. This is

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    tyrants that manipulate the power of fear so that their subjects are forced to succumb to their rule and authority; and finally the intellects with their sheer brain power and keen thinking to convey ideas of how society ought to be governed. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the characters of Ralph‚ Jack‚ and Piggy are attached to symbols to convey their authority‚ which can represent different types of leadership and power in modern civilization. Ralph is one who rules based on order. In the

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