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    Everyone has a savage side to them and it only takes one occurrence for it to show. In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding conveys the message that we are all born savages, but we go through events in our life to decide if we stay a savage or become civilized. Basically, Golding is trying to teach us that becoming civilized is harder than staying a savage. In The Lord of the Flies, one of the main characters, Ralph, represents civilization because throughout the novel he is faced with events that

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    In William Golding's novel The Lord of the Flies , objects, places, and people are frequently representing more than themselves such as the sow's head, the jungle, and the signal fire. So like if you have a cross necklace, it could show that you’re very religious. It shows more than just “oh..wow nice bling homie”. One of the objects in the novel that also represent more than itself is the conch shell. As little boys on an island you wouldn’t assume that they have a system of how things get done

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    Nicholas Banas Ms.Tantlinger Honors English 10 2 January 2018 William Golding's bias towards society due to World War II influences the novel Lord of the Flies to show the state of man to be barbaric and uncivil. Without societies influence on man's natural state of nature, man can turn to savagery. Jack uses his dominance over the boys to gain on his personal obsession of killing while Ralph uses his lesser dominance for the greater good, thus, causing a competition between Ralph and Jack in a

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    candidate, was elected president which some thrived on as if America was in need of a more aggressive, powerful face. Lord of the Flies by William Golding examines the issue of leadership and brains vs. brawn in Ralph, the elected chief, and Jack, leader of a choir. Ralph thought ahead and wanted to get rescued, while Jack just wanted meat and to survive for the moment. Ultimately, in Lord of the Flies, William Golding examines brains vs. brawn in the influence of power as a theme. Golding expresses this

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    in every human. The novel, Lord of the Flies, written in 1954, deals with the dark underlying themes of human evil, violence, and the loss of innocence. The grim ending of the novel calls upon its readers to understand the recurring theme of the inert evil that lies within all humanity when societal rules are forgotten. William Golding uses the three primary characters to symbolize the negative aspects of human nature through Ralph, Jack, and piggy's experiences in Lord of the Flies. In William Golding's

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    The Hobbit is a great fantasy novel. It has many great aspects. Such as, a vast amount of supernatural beings, including trolls, that are only found within fantasy novels. In addition, the plot of the novel has the classic struggle between a kind and courageous protagonist and an evil and sinister antagonist. Lastly, The Hobbit contains one element that all can agree is only found within the realm of fantasy. Magic. The unique characteristics found in The Hobbit make it a prime example of the fantasy

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    because they view society as the one who is in charge and supposes that society advises people what to do and how to do it. People assemble the choices of what is justifiable in society, therefore controlling how society is perceived., In Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, a society is controlled by a select few: allowing the boys to develop their own society through their rules and decisions, and entitling their society to transform into savagery Golding intends to reveal that society is controlled

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    only author that does this, but there are many other authors that use violence scenes throughout their book to help get their theme across the books. One of Golding’s book Lord of the Flies has many violence scenes throughout the book in order to show the importance of having rules of civilization within a society. Lord of the Flies takes placed on a island in the pacific within this island a group of british schoolboys are stranded in the deserted island. Without any adults there to control

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    re are many similarities between the film Shrek and the novela Of Mice and Men. Three categories that I have examples for are, mismatched friendships, antagonists, and the role of women. The first category is mismatched friendships. In Shrek, Donkey tags around with Shrek like Lennie tags around with George in Of Mice and Men. Also they both have their bad moments in each story. In Shrek, Donkey and Shrek are fighting and arguing all the time, but they still have good, friendly moments, such as

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    started a society that needs rules to be followed in order to get anything done. With the creation of rules people can get more things done with structure of rules. Without these rules everyone will act more savage than the normal person acts today. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the conflict to show that Ralph is civilized, and that Jack is showing signs of savagery. Ralph being civilized could help him be more alarmed about what goes around him and make better decisions faster. When Ralph

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