Throughout the novel "Lord Of the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. Golding uses allegory as a literary device to advance the story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. The story is composed of several different allegories including elements linked ...

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Fascist movements during the early 1900s exhibited common general characteristics. ... A related characteristic of fascism was its struggle with "decadence." For fascists, this meant materialism, self-indulgence, hedonism, cowardice, and physical and moral softness, as well as rationalism, skepticism, atheism, humanitarianism, and democracy. ...

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The novel illustrates the soldiers' physical and psychological effects during the war, and how they are unable to re-attach to ordinary civilian lifestyle once they return home from the front. ... Due to the savagery of war, Paul has immediately lost his humanitarian characteristics, and instead has transformed into a cold, merciless shell of the innocent boy he once was. ... The physical and psychological effects of the war have impaired Paul and his comrades in such a way that they are unable to return to their previous lives. ...

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It is apparent that the acquisition of cultural traits can only be explained historically, and one recurrent theme is the historical influence of geographical and physical adversity. ... These three characteristics are known as the code of ethics in a professional's life. ...

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Look at any one of the Turning Points covered in this topic and consider the historical circumstances that caused it to happen when it did. Was the Turning Point predictable or did it happen without warning? The Opium War of China, beginning in January 1840, was a major Turning Point in history w...

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Since then, it has exhibited some significant characteristics essential for a candidate to champion global liberalism.it has been able to possess dominance that affords a hegemon both the greatest incentive and the highest capacity to advance globalization. ... It has enhanced its foreign investment that in turn has provided physical and financial capital, technology, and management skill (Yao & Yueh, 2006). ...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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