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    Some people wonder what the most important characteristic of survival is. But with a little thought, it should appear obvious: courage. Yes, courage is the most important trait of survival. While knowledge and strength are also important components of survival, without enough courage, you cannot even use strength or knowledge when trying to survive. Two pieces of writing, The Hunger Games and The Man in the Water, show how courage is the most important trait of survival. Whether helping yourself

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    he decides whether evil prevails over good or otherwise. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding writes about a group of British military boys who are marooned in a strange island and they decide on how to get rescue. Ralph, one of the main characters in the novel portrays Civilization and race for emancipation, While Jack chooses to continually long for power and immortalises the passion for hunting. Civilization brings people together, creates an organised community suitable for freedom of expression

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    rescued. The most prominent items were the conch, for showing order and the fire, for showing rescue. Piggy was the one who found the conch and the one with the ability to create fire. The boys would have not been rescued or the ability to cook the pig they caught and abundance more of fighting for resources and power. With these, symbols, how would you describe

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    In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes of the beast as a symbol that represents the savage-like urges that lie within all souls of humans. The civilization among the community of boys continues to stifle the beast. Savagery emerges when the suppressing of the beast comes to a halt, and the beast is set free. The savages worship the beast. As Jack’s clan convert to such a creature, they live for the beast and leave sacrifices for it to assure their safety. The Lord of the Flies, contains

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    The Glasses In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there are multiple symbols that are used and put there by the author to add depth and meaning to the story. The reader as he goes on finds the symbolism of the pig, the ‘lord of the flies, and the conch used as a talking stick. The author also presents Piggy’s glasses as a symbol. Glasses, as we all know, are used to improve one’s sight, but can also be used for something so important as survival in the wilderness as the readers

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    killing when they start to brutally kill pigs and enjoy it. When the hunters successfully kill their first pig, they start to celebrate in a not so sane way. They start chanting “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood”(69). By the hunters chanting this, it shows that they enjoyed killing the pig. Killing the pig was a necessary task for obtaining food but it was turned into a form of bloody enjoyment. Later when Jack and his group stumble across another pig, they kill it in a not so quick and efficient

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    Savagery Vs Civilization

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    Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, the predominant theme of civilization vs. savagery is displayed throughout the course of the book. When a plane crashes on a deserted island and tween-age boys are left to fend for themselves, the boys will ultimately realize that being civilized without structure doesn’t work. The author William Golding formulates situations that throw out faint hints to tell the reader how the boys are becoming more and more savage and drift further away from civilization

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    Master Cat Summary

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    Trickster Tales “Even Bear and Mountain Lion trembled when they heard thunders rumbling voice, Coyote was not afraid of thunder”. Coyote said that quote in “coyote steals fire and it was said in the intro of the story because everyone was scared of “thunder” (The Person in power of the story). But everybody needed the fire that Thunder had, So that they could use the fire to cook there food light their houses and provide heat to the villages. Coyote attempted to steal the fire from Thunder, Succeeded

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    The excerpt from Chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, in which the boys brutally kill Simon, serves to show the transition into savagery that the boys make, as well as symbolically show how, in that moment, the boys “kill off” their goodness. First, the author draws in the reader by repetitively using the chant, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”. The scene keeps getting interrupted by it, as if to make sure the reader is paying attention. William Golding invokes a chaotic tone for the

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    Some people in the act of a beast, whether in a fit of rage, mercy, or fear, soon find that the real monster is what they have become (unknown). In William Golding's Novel The Lord of the flies A dominant theme is the monster within all mankind. This Essay will be discussing the symbolism that Golding’s used to show the constant battle between good and evil within all humans. In The Lord of the flies a group of British boys are stranded on an island, and at first all seems well on the outside, but

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