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Dbq Essay Questions For Lord Of The Flies

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Although The Lord of the Flies and LOST are many years apart, they both ask the same questions… Are people civilized? In both texts, characters die. Because of this, it brings up other questions. Do people only care about themselves and their survival? Are people evil at heart? In The Lord of the Flies, Simon and Piggy face traumatic deaths. In LOST, Marshal dies. The true question is if these people are murdered or not… Information found (document A) provides reasoning to believe that the death of the Marshal is second-degree murder. The definition of second-degree murder is “murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation”. It is second-degree, because they did not plan to kill the Marshal, it was mainly just a spur of the moment decision. Marshal Edwards Mars was impaled with a piece of shrapnel. This was an irreversible injury that would cause a long drawn out death, so the logical decision was to put him out of his misery. …show more content…

It was second-degree murder, because the story never mentions that Roger was planning to kill Piggy, but that it appears to be a random act. Roger begins by throwing pebbles in the twin’s direction, intentionally missing them. As he continues this, his anger grows stronger and it begins to take control of him… Roger was near a lever, and if he were to lean his weight on said lever, a giant rock would roll down. For whatever reason, Roger leaned on this lever causing the rock to come, as well as panic. The rock struck little Piggy causing the conch he was holding to shatter, but also sent him flying through the air. He fell forty feet and landed on a rock in the sea. The water was bloodstained, and it was clear what had happened. Piggy was dead. This occurrence fits the definition of murder, because Roger purposely leaned on the lever, causing Piggy to be killed. Although his intention may not have been to kill Piggy, it still happened because of Roger’s

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