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    Andy Dow Wednesday September 3rd‚ 2014 Style and Thematic Purpose in the Lord of Flies by William Golding The conflict between the instinct of civilization and savagery in human beings is the central concern of the Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Through Golding’s clear and unflinching style‚ the readers can better understand these natural instincts as the events of the novel progress. He uses allegory to convey these in several ways‚ including symbolic objects and characters. The first

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    A human instinct The first thing we do when we meet someone new is‚ judge them. Judging others is almost an instinct to humans‚ we just can‘t help it. Observation is what “helps” us pass judgment on a person. Our observations play a big roll in the way we react to others. When we react to others we observe the way they interact‚ their physical appearance‚ and the way they dress. An introvert is a shy person‚ one who is concerned with his/her own thoughts and feelings. I am an introvert and I am

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    Rats‚ Monkeys‚ Kittens 3. Compare and contrast instinct and learning. Instint ● Genetics ● Can’t control it ● Can’t change it Learned ● Must be taught ● Can be controlled ● Can change Section 4 1. What are innate behaviors? Give an example. Innate behaviors are determined by your genes. → Cat using litter box‚ babies nursing 2. What would happen to an individual who poorly performs innate behaviors? May not survive 3. What is an instinct? An instinct is the ability of an animal to perform a behavior

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    iAll humans are born with instincts; it is during the most desperate times in life when these instincts take control of an individual. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the protagonist‚ Pi‚ goes through a situation that evoked his instincts to take control of himself. Pi spent 227 days as a castaway on a boat drifting in the Pacific Ocean. During this time he dealt with intense hunger and thirst and was very desperate. In the second story that Pi tells‚ each of the animals from the first story

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    also those who inhabit it. Inside us all there is a beast put down to slumber by the mere idea of civilization. We all have the logic in us to do whatever we have to‚ in order to survive. We know the importance of survival; it is our most primal instinct. But to live in‚ and build a community where civilization is intact there has to be equality‚ or else it will come to a devastating end. When building a shelter people have to keep in mind all of these tactics in order to have a successful team.

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    all human beings: the instinct to live by rules‚ act peacefully‚ follow moral commands‚ and value the good of the group against the instinct to gratify one’s immediate desires‚ act violently to obtain supremacy over others‚ and enforce one’s will. This conflict might be expressed in a number of ways: civilization vs. savagery‚ order vs. chaos‚ reason vs. impulse‚ law vs. anarchy‚ or the broader heading of good vs. evil. Throughout the novel‚ Golding associates the instinct of civilization with good

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    breaking things. Steinbeck emphasizes this as he brings up incidents of Lennie having killed mice and other small‚ fragile animals‚ while petting them. Lennie is also described to have an animal’s mental state‚ leaning towards animal instincts rather than human instincts. Steinbeck states he’d “drink out of a gutter if [he] was thirsty”‚ displaying Lennie’s rash behaviour. His urge to satisfy his immediate desire would overpower the need to be cautious and aware of his surroundings. Many people think

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    of the ignorance of humans’ instinct in comparison to the animal who understands the ferocity of nature. The man was overconfident and underestimated strength and ability of his environment‚ while the dog recognized this‚ and the danger of it. Allowing the environment to kill the man indicates that his instincts were inferior to that of the dog’s‚ as the animal survived the same harsh surroundings of the brutal Yukon. “The brute had its instinct” (7) and “its instinct told it a truer tale than was

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    -Your name- Taking Risks are very difficult for some people. The mind and takes a big part in this “disease”. The id’s basic needs do a lot to overcome these fears. Fear and lack of confidence are what stop many from doing the possible. Fear plays a major roll in many anti-risk taking situations. “Decidophobia is the fear of making decisions “ (Ronald 118). These people have the fear of taking risks because they fear losing control. These people don’t want to become addicted to something like

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    Camille Eastburn Professor Small Humanity and Nature in Literature 16 September 2014 The Instincts of Man An Analysis of “The Blue Hotel” Man has always thought of himself as a civilized and societal creature‚ that upholds wisdom‚ rationality‚ and virtuosity‚ and nothing like beastly nature. He has continuously thought of himself as not giving in to beastly “sins” and as advertising control over nature‚ and/or himself. In Steven Crane’s 1898 short story “The Blue Hotel”‚ man’s instinctual

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