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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding has a plethora of literary techniques and strengths integrated within itself that separates it from other novels and work in tandem with the plot to form an enjoyable novel. A significant technique used in Lord of the flies is its multitude of motifs. Two of these many motifs include power and savagery and are brought up many times in the novel. The use of these literary techniques are to emphasize the insanity the boys on the island go through. In our pastiche

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    Thinking as a hobby Response: “Thinking is a Hobby” In the essay “Thinking as a hobby‚” the author William Golding writes about his past experiences. Which caused him to see the three grades of thinking. Thinkers are represented by three statues. The first being the crouching Leopard ‚the crouching position refers to natural thinking ‚ aggressiveness and most likely are ready to pounce at any moment. This coincides with the lady milo of Venus grade two thinking‚ which represents those who don’t

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    Frustration on a deserted island William Golding wrote a book Lord of the Flies that has his thoughts about human nature and his central idea of the theme civilization versus savagery. The book starts with kids that are stranded after a plane crashes and fight for survival. Two characters show their differences in the book known as Ralph and Jack. Golding uses these characters as a foil that will lead to the overall theme‚ shows how violent people get when there are no rules that control them

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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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    the Flies Literary Analysis Throughout the course of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ the characters of the boys changes drastically. In the beginning‚ the boys are very disorganized and overwhelmed. Overtime‚ that disorder is changed into the organization of two separate groups of boys that have completely different ideas of how to run the island. This causes tension and hatred between the boys. In the scene of Simon’s death‚ Golding uses leery imagery‚ distinctive and violent diction‚ and

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    Authors often use their pieces of work and different literary elements to explain their philosophy on certain “ways of life” that humans possess. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows his view on human nature with his intense plotline of young boys getting stranded on a deserted island‚ trying to survive by themselves with limited resources‚ and then over time losing their sense of civilization. In the beginning the boys combine themselves under one‚ but as the story progresses‚ the boys create

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    Kristyn Grety Honors English 12 Period-8 2-18-13 Symbolism behind the Lord of the Flies William Golding is very known to use so much symbolism in Lord of the Flies that many critics agree that it is an allegory. Golding’s Lord of the Flies is “a named applied to the biblical demon Beelzebub” thus symbolizing evil (Rosenfield‚ p.174). Golding also uses symbolism of the four main characters Jack‚ Ralph‚ Piggy‚ and Simon in the story that “shows the characters work out their archetypal pattern

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    Lord of the Flies In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a group of young British school boys have found themselves stranded on a deserted island after their plane has been shot down. Scatted throughout the island confused and without any adult supervision‚ the boys are put in the ultimate predicament. The conch shell found by two boys soon turns into a symbol of order and civilization that will effect how the boys try to survive on the island. Throughout the book‚ Golding gives the reader many

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    since the time of the Bible. However‚ it seems like it is no longer an important part of the human society today. For modern humans‚ fire is mostly used for recreational activities‚ such as camping. However‚ in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ fire is a representation of the downward spiral of the young boys as they try to survive on the island. The destruction that occurs on the island can be better understood by examining the symbol of the fire through the loss of life‚ innocence

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    as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider‚ not only by accent‚ which did not matter‚ but by fat‚ and ass-mar‚ and specs‚ and a certain disinclination for manual labour." (Golding 68) The character Piggy in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies serves as the intellectual balance to the emotional leaders of a group of shipwrecked British boys. Ironically‚ their new society values physical qualities over intellectual attributes whereas it

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