"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. ... Despite the fact that Jack wanted that position for power, Ralph reassures him and leaves him in charge of the group of hunters. ... In his novel he has two characters totally different, one evil and one good, one who is civilized and the other savage. ... And the fact that the conch is broken shows that there is no more order and the boys are total savages. ... "Lord of the Flies" describes the defects of human nature, and how there is good and bad people in ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, the evil on the island originates within the boys themselves, resulting in their descent into savagery. ... When he sees that tasks are not getting done, he complains to the boys that they are not doing them right: "I [am] talking about smoke! ... All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!... The fact that he want to kill somebody exemplifies how savage he is. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding demonstrates the innate evil in the boys which is the cause of their descent into savagery. ...

• Word Count: 782
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Craving power, Jack soon becomes the antagonist and little by little defies the rules, due to the fact that no punishment is imposed when such rules are broken. ... Lord Of The Flies is more than merely an adventure story about boys on a island, its shows how man must have rules in order to c...

• Word Count: 716
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School