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    The Lord of the Flies Essay In The Lord of the Flies‚ the three main character all have different characteristics and temperaments. Ralph shows the Guardian temperament‚ Jack has the characteristics of the Artisan temperament‚ and Piggy has the Realist temperament. This is important to the novel because it plays reason why everything ended up breaking apart on the island. Ralph is the nearest to being the Guardian in the story. Throughout the book‚ Ralph wants to be the one is charge and

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    to chaos. The biggest fears in the book were fears of dying and the fear of the unknown. Every body in the book had their own way of expressing their fear and what they had a fear of‚ but it was in everyone. In William Golding’s book The Lord of the Flies‚ fear is what eventually causes them to turn against each other until they are so paranoid about the beast that they kill one of the boys on the island thinking it is the beast. The first boy Jack feared the beast and thought that

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    Lord of the Flies William Golding uses symbolism in his book Lord of the Flies to explain how a civilized society requires order‚ intelligence and morals to survive or we as humans would be no better than savages or even worse Nazis. William grew up and served during World War II. It was during the war that Golding realized that even the allies thought of as heroes‚ were becoming scoundrels by killing innocent lives in savage ways. After witnessing all the horrors and savagery that went on during

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    Lord of the Flies Essay Arthur Golden wrote “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn‚ so that we see ourselves as we really are.” Adversities are unavoidable‚ and when they arise; people may not know how to handle the difficulties they are faced with. While in the middle of misfortunate situations‚ certain individuals reveal their true character and qualities they have that would not be present in normal circumstances

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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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    Lord of the flies - appearance vs reality could be when the boys think they see a monster‚ when it is a trapped parachute. Also them generally imagining ’the beast’ from nothing ‚ out of fear their minds run riot and create unreal dangers. fate vs free will‚‚ i suppose could be ralph not giving in to his ’inherent nature’ that the novel suggests everyone has‚ he does not become savage‚ but resists until the end‚ even though things get pretty scary. Good vs evil is difficult‚ are children evil?

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    being morally wrong or bad‚ immoral and/or causing suffering for others. Evil in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding was an inborn trait of mankind. In this book‚ evil was seen as a main theme throughout the whole story. Golding saw no hope for mankind and believed that evil is always in mankind and sooner or later it will be expressed and no longer be subdued by civilization. The Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of children (some very young)‚ who become stranded on an uninhabited

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    In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ conflict between two instincts of civilization and savagery is the driving force of the novel‚ explored through the dissolution of the young English boys’ civilized moral behavior as they accustom themselves to a brutal barbaric life in the jungle.  As conflict rises between the groups of boys‚ a theme of polar opposites such as good vs. evil‚ order vs. chaos can be seen through the young men’s transparent demeanor. The central concern of Lord of the Flies

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    Lord of the Flies Essay DIRECTIONS: Write on one of the following essay prompts. The essay must be a formal literary multi-paragraph essay (just like you learned last year) with a hook‚ précis‚ a clear thesis with reasons‚ topic sentences‚ CD’s‚ CM’s‚ conclusion‚ third person‚ present tense‚ proper MLA heading‚ citations. The number of paragraphs often depends on your organization of ideas. It always must be a fully fleshed out‚ insightful interpretation of this novel with specific information

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    the island was wanted by both parties‚ they had a conflict of main goals which was for Jack was surviving and eventually escaping the island by the help of his father a marine. An Individual’s responses to change differ‚ some may remain logical while other may rely on their primal instincts. Jack response to the challenge at hand which was being stranded on an island

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