The Lord of the Flies William Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of boys who are left stranded on a tropical island when their plane is shot down. ... They behead the pig and place its head on a sharpened stake in the jungle as an offering to the beast. ... When they see Simon's figure emerge from the jungle, they mistake him for the beast and beat him to death. ... The theme of this story is very thought provoking. ... The ending also showed parts of this theme because yes, they were saved but by who? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. ... William Golding's own experiences with a devastated world led in part to the dark picture of humanity painted in his novel. ... He describes the conditions in the jungle as "Thick- and "Sluggish-. ... This determinism is exhibited as Marlow sits in the jungle, helpless, as he waits for rivets to come to repair his ship. ... The impressionist movement greatly inspired Conrad and led to the vivid language used to create the deeply disturbed tone of the novel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They also wrote novels dramatizing situations and demanded reform. ... The government passed these laws after it became clear that the dangerous conditions exposed by Sinclair's novel The Jungle were based on fact. ... In conclusion, no matter where we look in history or on how broad of a theme we look at, there will always be certain factors that make us lean either right or left or maybe make us fall over, but we will stand up again because of continuity and change....

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Golding himself tells us that the horrors of the Second World War were crucial in producing the moral landscape of the novel. ... To realize his purpose Golding patterned his book after a nineteenth century work on a related theme, R. ... He goes into the jungle to pray, to build a church. ...

• Word Count: 1250
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to www.barnesandnoble.com, it was the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. ... In 1977, he left the Tribune and started writing novels. ... In my perspective the major theme of this book was the effect of war upon man. ...

• Word Count: 2306
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School