"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, is a novel about a group of English children who land on an island due to a plane crash. ... Golding shows how people like to be respected and be in power, even if it ends up not being a civilized idea. ... Golding expresses the idea between good and evil. ... "Lord of the Flies" describes the defects of human nature, and how there is good and bad people in the world. Golding uses a fiction story but there is a deep thought and meaning behind everything and all the characters. ...

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The belief that savagery finds someone is clear as crystal in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies after being in World War 2; perhaps this is the anecdote or the explanation of how someone can become a savage. Golding's book illustrates the remarkable realities that face someone stranded on an island. ... William Golding incorporates civilization vs. savagery, through Jack, to prove that when boys are left alone on an island to survive, they're killer instincts will subdue them in order to survive. ... Williams Golding illustrates that w...

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"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, is a novel about a group of young British boys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. ... One of the ways that Golding portrays conflict is through two of the main characters, Ralph, leader of the civilized group, and Jack, leader of the savage group. ... Golding writes, "he took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach" (100, 14). ... Golding writes, "Unwillingly Ralph felt his lips twitch; he was angry with himself for giving way" (101,12), which conveys his attempts to...

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William Golding brings out this theme in the novel Lord Of The Flies. A reader might think Lord Of The Flies is merely a simple adventure story of boys on a deserted island, but a deeper (look) will prove that this book is also an attempt to brace the deflects of civilization to the deflects of man. Golding's purpose is to prove that man must have rules in order to control his savage side. ... Goldings also shows that morals come directly from our surroundings, and if there is no civilization around us, we will lose there values. Lord Of The Flies is more than merely an adventure story ...

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In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys are stranded on a deserted island, and here the aftermath of a world deprived of society and organization is brought to light. ... In addition, a theme widely affiliated with Lord of the Flies, the inner darkness and evil within all men, can also be categorized as a major factor in the decline of civilization on the island. ... As the story unfolds, Golding reveals Jack to be selfish, violent and corrupt as he was driven to violence. ... In Lord of the Flies, Ralph's nativity, along with the acceptance of savagery and the ...

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In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, many different aspects of symbolism are presented well into the novel. ... The character Jack as well as the use of face paint are the two main methods used by Golding to illustrate the roots of man when taken away from civilization and society, savagery. ... Golding also uses the face paint used by Jack and his hunters as another symbol of savagery. ... At the end of the novel, Golding puts all the pieces together and gives us a terrifying scene of the theme of savagery through Jack and his hunt of Ralph, while wearing the mask of paint, t...

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The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding presents a unique theory of mankind. William Golding believed that the base of man was evil and would express itself when there were no authority present to suppress the innate malevolence. ... (126) Golding did not do this by accident. With this particular incident in the novel, Golding proved that religion and superstition could be used as instruments of power. ... Golding seems to have depicted Simon, unlike the other boys, as neither a follower of Ralph nor Jack. ...

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