Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Speech

Hello, my name is Susan Stewart. I am a member of the Wheatland High School Grad Night Committee. The committee is comprised of Volunteers who plan and facilitate the Safe and Sober Grad Night event for Wheatland High School graduates. Committee members are meeting with local community businesses and leaders like yourself, to ask if they would be interested in supporting an event aimed at keeping our local teens safe on such a celebratory night.

The piercing, cacophonous wails of an ensemble of curious infants on a mission of exploration. Their small worlds shaken and their trust betrayed by the very caregivers who were supposed to provide and care for them; they have suddenly turned on them and replaced joy with immense pain and confusion (whatever happened to the Nightingale Pledge?). A newfound sense of curiosity suddenly replaced with a fear instilled upon them at an age when exploration is commonplace and discovery is supposed to be encouraged.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, on an island, without adult supervision, a little boy was murdered. But this case isn’t about that little boy, this case is about a little boy who is still alive and breathing. The prosecution is here to tell you that this 12 year old boy belongs in prison, possibly for up to 10 years, robbing him of his remaining childhood. Ralph has been accused of voluntary manslaughter. He has been accused of, in a fit of passion and fear, speeding Simon’s departure from this world. But if we examine the facts, we know he did not play an active role in the other young man’s death. It has been verified by multiple witnesses, including the now deceased Piggy that Ralph was outside the killing circle. He saw the act but he didn’t

“Good Morning Birmingham today we will be getting a little into flappers on this cool fall day. Flappers are breaking the normal and changing the times no matter what anyone else says. For those that don't know, flappers by definition are fashionable young women whose only goal is to enjoy herself and go against what others tend to think is right. They are bringing up their hems and showing off their legs. The older generation look down upon this saying it’s not lady like and it must stop. But flappers have another idea in mind. They want freedom to do what they want, from being able to cut their hair short and going out all night. I have a flapper here with me in the studio and her name is Linda. How are you Linda?” I said.

Lord of the Flies, a shockingly vivid novel crafted by William Golding, explores the intense reality of disastrous government in a unique and understandable manner. Stranded on a deserted island after a mysterious plane crash, lacking shelter, safety, and adult supervision, a group of prepubescent boys’ survival is doomed from the start. Elected leader, Ralph is assigned to lighten the load, and provide a sense of security for the young boys, aching to go home. But as things begin straying to chaos, a community meeting is held where the most vital personalities on the island, Ralph, Jack and Piggy, each give a statement as to what they believe needs to be done in an attempt to maintain order. Ralph and Piggy, who are portrayed as protagonists

Jack just couldn't bring himself to kill another human being, not at that time, at least. After that incident he felt he needed to prove himself, that he needed to bring himself to kill to maintain his sense of superiority. The need to prove himself and hunt became all he could think about, it ate him alive until thats all he was. A cold-blooded, hunter with a need to kill and complete disregard for anything other than hunting. As a result of this, both Ralph and Jack constantly butt heads in conflict, both prioritizing completely different things. There was even scene in the book when Ralph was trying to talk to Jack about being rescued, and Jack couldn't even grasp the concept of rescue because he was so focused on proving himself and killing a pig he completely forgot how to think about anything

Due to the differences in Ralph’s and Jack’s morals, it leads to violence against them. In Lord of the Flies, Ralph thinks about the other boys more than himself wanting

To maintain civilization or perfect order, even in the best societies is difficult to mankind and will result to violence and destruction because man is his own enemy as has demonstrated in Lord of the Flies. In order to end with destruction, violence and disagreements come first which represents losing rules and order and many of those things reflect towards Ralph and Jack. For example Ralph is in competition with Jack, “I was chief, and you were going to

Jack began to point out weak links in the group that do not do what he believes is important for escaping, like hunting. The violence associated with his hunting is the violence and anger that is associated with his rebellious actions against Ralph which is incredibly scary for the others. The thought of power

As children, we want to believe our parents are superheroes. In some ways they are; protecting us from the monsters under our bed. This monster however, cannot be hidden, tucked away, or forgotten. This monster must be confronted. Despite all the wonderful things about your ancestry, the monster still lurks under our bed.

There's a new trend amongst some women, which have been labeled flappers. These, "flappers", have shortened their hair, their skirts, and their parents tempers! Along with all these cuts, these girls are wearing tighter clothes and wide brimmed, yellow hats, as bright and flamboyant as their new found attitudes. Even with all this personality flowing out, another aspect of the trend is covering who they really are, at least physically. Heavy makeup like we've seen on movie stars or ladies of the night has become rather popular with the flappers as well. Along with all this, not even their insides have been spared from change, as these women have begun to smoke and drink far more heavily as well. Will this be the future? Or will this just be

Do you want to have fun at Middle Park? Well, if you do that's great, because we are thinking about some fun things you can do while you’re here. How about a snowman building contest? This is where families can go against each other to build the biggest snowman,and whoever wins get there picture in the newspaper. Now that sounds like fun!

Jack got angry and threatened to assassinate Roger. Likewise, he had plans to murder Ralph out of hatred. Jack’s plan was to start a hostility with Ralph to finish him (Golding, P.159). Jack did not want to sure the group of boys and he wanted to be the overall only leader. Although the boys did decide to be apart of his tribe, the boys still respected Ralph and Jack did not like that. He did not like Ralph overall, because Ralph had something Jack did not for along time. With Jack’s temper came great hardship. Despite the wreckage, without Jack’s anger there would be no moral to the story, because Jack taught us with anger only comes damage. We as the readers would not learn from it in any

The topic of violence is very controversial. It is frowned upon to take part or even be associated with violence and attacks on other people.People can change over time and turn on their allies. For example in the Lord of the Flies in the beginning all the boys sided with Ralph, thinking that he was their leader and everything is going to be okay as long as they had fire and food. But Jack doesn’t even like the idea of Ralph being the leader of everyone but the hunters, so Jack leaves the group of boys and tells them that they can follow him but he wouldn't come back. Later on in the book Jack has mostly all of the boys in his “tribe” or group of hunters and the only people left are Ralph, Piggy and Samneric. Jack has influenced all of the

What do hobbits do? Before I answer that maybe I should tell you first, how does a hobbit look like .Then I can tell you how they act, or what they do. A hobbit is half a human’s height, has hair on his feet, fat in the stomach, like to wear bright colors, has brown curly hair, and wears no shoes because, they grow their own leathery soles. And that’s how a hobbit looks like in this case Bilbo Baggins .