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    The Fall of Man The Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding illustrates the theme‚ fall of man. There are many examples from the book that run parallel to those of the Bible. Throughout the Lord of the Flies we see how the innocent boys adapt to their surroundings and find the savagery inside of them. Savagery takes over innocence when man is taken away from civilization. There are many forms of symbolism in The Lord of the Flies. The island the boys are stranded on is often compared to the

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    to do there will be punishments. “What Makes Us Moral” By Jeffrey Kluger explains how humans can be innately good at times and at other times humans can be innately evil within society. In the novel‚ Lord of The Flies‚ William Golding shows the reader that people without society or civilization become evil. Even though humans are innately evil‚ they have the potential of being good with society’s

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    Nazaneen Zadran Advanced English 2 November 12‚ 2012 Period: 4 Lord of the Flies The central concern of Lord of the Flies by William Golding is the conflict  between two competing impulses that exist within all human beings: good vs. evil.  Throughout the novel‚ Golding associates the instinct of civilization with good and the  instinct of savagery with evil. The conflict between the two instincts is the driving force  of the novel‚ explored through the end of the young English boy’s civilized‚ moral

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    How does Golding use violence in the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’? In the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ Golding uses the theme of violence surfacing throughout the text. One reason for this was‚ Golding believed that every individual has the potential for evil and that the flawed human nature is seen in ‘mankind’s essential sickness’. His belief in this arrived through his time spent in war‚ so his aim was to challenge Ballantyne’s novel ‘Coral Island’‚ and in which Golding’s book the truth would be

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    present in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. While some symbols appear in an obvious fashion (the glasses‚ the pig’s head) others like to hide from the reader (the fire‚ the conch shell). From Piggy’s introduction into the novel‚ they symbolize of his glasses seemed apparent. The glasses symbolize a voice of reason and logic within the boys‚ and once Jack took Piggy’s glasses from him and started the fire all the logic dissipated. The shell symbolizes an organized civilization within the boys. As they

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    always the case.. When first alienated from society‚ man has many negative feelings‚ but as man gets over those feelings‚ it realizes that the alienation is a new way to start afresh since there is nobody stopping him/her from doing anything. In Lord of the Flies‚ the character Ralph says “Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.” For a child‚ a way to start afresh is to become one of their childhood heroes (like superman)‚ which can be done by pretending to be them while playing. Ralph has

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    William Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ is one the most chilling and exciting novels ever written because it is an allegory that people in the world see happening. An allegory is a story‚ poem‚ or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning that is expressed through various symbols. The Lord of the Flies is one big massive allegory where almost everything concrete in the book represents an abstract idea. Only in allegories can the characters be symbols (Fitzgerald). The setting

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    Sophomore Vice President Campaign Speech I am running for your class vice president. As many of you know‚ our sophomore class as of right now does not have much funding for our 2016 senior prom. When this student council is elected‚ you want to have the correct people for the jobs that hold your future of fun. The memorable time of high school. Let me tell you why I am qualified for your class vice presidency. In middle school‚ I was chosen to be in a 12 person leadership class. There

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    What are goals? Are they just plans that you make yourself for the future? Or are they a list of what you hope to accomplish in life? Well me personally‚ I believe my goals are challenges I set for myself to hopefully overcome throughout my life so that I can become something more. There is a lot of career options out there that where recommended to me but many different people. But ever since I was a little boy there was always one thing I wanted to be… a Chef. I love to cook‚ so it’s no surprise

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    Lord of the Flies Essay In the dystopian novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding the main theme is to show how easy it is to lose connection with the civilization and become a savage. The boys gradually give up their internal civilization to a complete savagery‚ which reveals itself through the novel’s major characters. The boys turn out to be on a desert island and they need to find the way to survive there until they will be rescued. They start their way to the rescue pretty good. Ralph takes

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