The only thing I didn't like about this book is that sometimes Golding's writing style was a little hard to understand and follow. ... It also appeals to a person with good literary understanding who can understand Golding's symbolism, there is a lot of it. ... In the time that this book was written there was a war going on and William Golding took that into account in writing the book. ... Probably the one thing that could have been improved upon was William Golding's writing style. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"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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• Grade Level: High School

This holds true when the idea of having book club meetings over the novel "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. ... They were the ones "left holding the conch"(Golding, 37) meaning they stayed the most civil since the conch represented rules and morals. ... (Golding, 26). ... "They walked along two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate" (Golding, 56) as their ego gets in the way of cooperation. ... There was a great amount of themes as well as symbols within the story and along with the language Golding utilizes made many passages memorable and significant. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Golding uses foreshadowing to hint the impact of future events. ... And so, the use of foreshadowing by Golding impacted the novel in many instances. William Golding uses foreshadowing to hint the impact of future events Jack led the boys away from civilization. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

by William Faulkner is set in the post-Civil War time period, where slavery has been set and prejudice still prevails. ... Thomas Sutpen, a poor farmer from West Virginia, comes to Jefferson in 1833, buys a hundred square miles of land from the Indians with Spanish gold, and builds a plantation, Sutpen's Hundred. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However, when one analyzes the names of the characters in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, they are bound to see that the label's for these boys were chosen with special consideration by Golding. ... Ralph, a twelve year old, is the first character Golding introduces. ... Golding describes him as handsome and strong like a boxer. ... He is described by Golding as a skinny little boy with black hair and is slightly younger than Ralph is. ... While the readers may not have noticed the direct significance of the boys' names in the novel with the themes that Golding is tryi...

• Word Count: 1386
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• Grade Level: High School

"The Lesson,"" by Toni Cade Bambara and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily,"" both illustrate how effective characterization can shape a story and evoke a response from the reader. ... This is certainly the case in "A Rose for Emily, " where Miss Emily is described as "A small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt her skeleton was small and spare she looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water " (131). ... This is evident in both Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson " and William Faulkner's "A Rose for E...

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William Golding author of Lord of the Flies believes just this. ... The leader of this group is Jack (This character is Golding's main outlet to display the Beast within). ... Golding display mankind's natural inner evil through Jacks and his connections with the environment when the group is hunting for the beast and they search castle rock. ... Golding uses this to represent society as a delusion used to hide from the beast within us. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Character Analysis of Jack In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack represents the evil that is inherent in man's heart and the struggle for self-importance. ... and the boys stopped abruptly (Golding 21). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The True Meaning Behind the Rose William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" draws a vivid picture of the south in the United States at the turn of the century. ... Another symbol comes across when the narrator mentions Emily as an "old woman" and describes a gold watch that she wears around her neck. ...

• Word Count: 1069
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• Grade Level: High School