That is what The Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, tries to express. ... Secondly, throughout the entire novel, William Golding tried to make Jack's clothing reflect his personality. ... William Golding lets us assume that Jack blames everything on Ralph. ... So to conclude with, William Golding created the character of Jack in an attempt to make him symbolize humans and humankind as a whole. ...

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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...

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• Grade Level: High School

This statement by Anthony Burgess begins to explain and analyze what ideas William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, intended to expose. ... Golding uses many different tactics and many symbols in proving his point that there is an evil lurking inside everybody. ... Golding wanted this notion to be brought to everybody's attention. ... Golding was also making a cautionary point in writing this novel. ... Golding's message was a strong one, and one that we should pay attention to. ...

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This can be seen with Ralph and Jack, the two leaders in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. ... (Golding 53) Instead of watching over the fire himself, he trusts Jack, who does not care enough about going home to even keep the fire going. ... Since, Jack neglects his responsibility of keeping the fire going, Ralph and he verbally fight in front of the others, which makes the group doubt their abilities: "Simon looked now from Ralph to Jack, as he had looked from Ralph to the horizon, and what he saw seemed to make him afraid (Golding 68).... " Jack checked, vaguely irritated ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Golding's most popular novel The Lord of the Flies has become a must read for all students of English literature along with the likes of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and E.M. ... Golding has attempted to communicate to us is that be it children, be it teenagers, or adults, we all have a darker, uncouth side to us all. ... Golding hints that these children, their fear, is what brings the supposed beast to life, their true savage side to life; "course there isn't a beast in the forest. ... Golding also makes use of the sea, the water to make reference to the subc...

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In the book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Ralph, a twelve-year-old tall and thin English boy becomes a very important character. He is "fair-haired, and built like a boxer" (7) and has proven to the other boys, including himself that he can take charge. He is a strong and handsome boy who ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Lord of The Flies Psychological Analysis The Lord of the Flies is ...an attempt to trace the defects of society back to defects in human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual..." - William Golding, author. The problem is that ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was 48 years ago when a man named William Golding, put his pen to his paper and composed a literary masterpiece called, Lord of the Flies. The book brings together every boy's fantasy of being isolated on a deserted island and the harsh reality of human nature. With no authority, evil, hatred and...

• Word Count: 1983
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School