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    Highlighting the absurdity in the belief that socialization, particularly British socialization, is an indicator an individual’s (un)likely descent into barbarism, William Golding explores a narrative in which a plane crash has left a group of adolescent boys stranded on an island, in his novel “Lord of the Flies”. Through the mild jingoism and naivete of his characters, Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, Golding demonstrates that believing a British upbringing is inherently moralizing is not only a flawed

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    Just over the pond a young boy named Tristan lived with his cruel father and mother. Of course, they were no ordinary family, they were the Worthingtons. When asked about the Worthington family, any british citizen would’ve respond with a boorish comment or a look of distress, but when Tristan Worthington was mentioned, everyone’s eyes would light up and their hearts were at awe. Sir Chester Worthington was the King of Britain, a man who looked put together on television across the country, but behind

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    Lord of The Flies Imagine being stuck on an island with no adults, no shelter, and no rules. Living on an island with only kids yours age and younger. All of the boys stick together in order to protect one another. In the book Lord of the Flies, the boys get stuck on an island and set forward the idea of having rules. Although the rules work for only a couple of days, the rules were the cause of their civilization to fall apart and turn against each other.

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    Essay Lord of the flies by William Golding encapsulates one very possible outcome of what would occur if a group of young and impressionable boys, mostly pre-teen and younger were stranded on a deserted island. At first, the boys attempt to be civilized by determining roles for certain people such as a group of hunters and a primary leader. Jack is determined the leader of the hunters and Ralph is appointed to the position as the primary leader. As the story progresses, the leader of the hunting

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    William Golding’s Lord of The Flies follows a group of young boys who are stranded on an island after their plane crashes, and leaves them with no adults to look after them. When the children are brought together, after Ralph blows conch shell that he and Piggy found together, another group of boys shows up last. They seem to be described in a rather ominous fashion. “Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to the clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing

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    What would you turn into if you were stranded on an island? The evil which lies within us destroys both people as individuals and society. Some reasons are, the bad that lies within the world, when one person has too much power, and when even good people show the bad in them. All three of these reasons affect either individuals or society. The book, Lord Of The Flies written by William Golding is about a group of private schoolboys who get trapped on a island and over time reveal their true evil

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    Imagine you are trapped on a deserted island with no adults. In William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies this group of boys had recently been in a plane crash and no adults survived. They crashed into a random island with no resources, parents, or even shelter. They had to learn to get along with one another and create a decent civilization where they had a leader. The way they were able to accomplish this was by having a shell that they would blow into to call everybody for a meeting. In Lord

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    Rules are meant to sustain a society in shape and order, but what happens when rules aren’t enforced anymore? In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island without any grownups to look after them. The mysterious island test the boys with ups and downs that reveal the different tones from beginning to end. The challenges the characters face throughout the book give many shifts in tones to the novel, but the more dominant tone is morose; a gloomy, sullen

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    Can a group of young cadets manage to live on their own on an island in the middle of nowhere? In the movie ‘Lord of the Flies’, the system of law failed on the island because rules weren’t put in place, there were no consequences for misbehaviour and the two leaders, Ralph and Jack, lacked leadership qualities. The first reason the system of law failed on the island was because a set of rules wasn’t established. Any system of law requires rules and laws to be able to function properly. For instance

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    The novel The Wind in the Willows portrayed numerous aspects of the author Kenneth Grahame’s life within its contents. Some of these aspects included social, psychological, and other components of the author's life. Within his book parts of his life included were the people from his life. These people were Kenneth Grahame’s father, his son Alastair, and his friend Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. One of the people from his life who was transformed into a memorable character was his son Alastair. The Wind

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