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    In the ‘Lord of flies’ by William Golding, the theme of civilization vs. Savagery is explored. When a bunch of children are stranded on an island, the conflict between savagery and the rules of civilization begins to split the boys into two groups. Throughout the novel, the conflict is exaggerated by the two main characters, Ralph and Jack. While Ralph uses his abilities to control the kids and be civilized on the island. Jack lets his impulses get to him and creates a group of which act like savages

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    Does every human have an inbred evil quality within their soulful selves? Nobel-Prize winning author, William Golding accurately exemplifies the fact that evil is an inborn characteristic in “Lord of the Flies” one of his finest books explaining to his readers the acrimonious truth about human nature. Golding started establishing his pessimistic view about human nature throughout his times at World War Two where he came to realize that everyone has some sort of cruelty within them and it is a natural

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    In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are many characters that are great examples of good and bad leaders. Most readers perceive Ralph as a good leader, while Jack is a bad leader. Other characters, such as Simon and Piggy, are seen as somewhere in the middle. There are many qualities, good and bad, in all of these characters throughout the book. Looking at the events that happened on the island can help a reader see which character is the best leader. There are multiple qualities of a good

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    Hannah Klepper 11/20/14 Mr.Schaeffer Lord of the Flies Essay Thy Followers Shall Bow There are always people who, in a group, come out with better qualities than others. The strongest however, become the greater influences, which others tend to follow. However, the strongest character may not be the best choice. Throughout “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, there are many instances that show that the more seemingly stronger character

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    Taming Savages When William Golding introduced Ralph in his book "The Lord of the Flies" I immediately identified with him. He was somewhat intelligent, yet deferred to logic and truly spent the time to think out a solution to the current crisis, instead of being a demanding dictator, and how to solve them. Golding excellently exhibits Ralph 's abilities near the end of the book when he is trying to figure out how to get out of the burning brush. I have been in dozens situations that demanded immediate

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    ‘strong’ you need to make sure the protagonist is weaker than the antagonist. Even though good sometimes wins in the end, evil is difficult to completely overcome. Evil is easily confused with good. In the book, The Crucible, evil takes over Abigail Williams. Abigail serves as the spark of hate in the play. She

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    out. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the conflict between Ralph and Jack to show that when savagery and order conflict with each other, savagery will usually win out over order in the long run. Savagery usually is proportionally larger than order by sheer size and will usually overpower order and civility. Even though order may start off as overpowering savagery more, people will end up turning to savagery once they realize that order has failed and is restrictive. As seen in Lord of the

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    Have you ever gone out into the wild camping with some friends or even your family? If you have chances are you felt like you and your companions were founding a new city or civilization of some sort. It probably was exciting and fun to go through and think about how you could survive for much longer than you had to in those elements. It probably also was really cool to just live in the wild and feel as if you were away from everyone else, as if you were surviving on your own. More than likely if

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    have never met in your life, would you be able to cooperate just fine with them? Or would there be a lot of difficulties and obstacles that you would have to face and go through in order to make peace with each other? The novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, shows exactly what can happen when not everyone is willing to work side by side with one another. This novel was very powerful and complex, which not only showed us what can happen if we get pulled too far over or close to the edge

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    Lord of the Flies is a book written by William Golding. This story takes place on a deserted island where a group of young boys ' plane crashed. The boys have to work together to survive in the island wilderness but the true challenge turned out to be surviving each other. During the struggles on the island the children try their best to stay civilized but their attempt to construct a form of civilization is shattered and the boys are plunged down a wild and savage path. The boys split into two groups

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