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    “Which is better-- to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?” (Golding 180). In survival situations, when the concept of civilization vanishes and common rules are abandoned, chaos and evil arise. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of British schoolboys spanning from ages six to twelve must fly to safety from the war consuming their country. When their plane is shot down, the schoolboys find themselves stranded on a tropical island in the Pacific with no surviving adults

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    The importance of laws is heavily implemented in the film 'Lord of the Flies' directed by Harry Hook. Without laws, the savagery inside of people's natures causes anarchy in society. We can comprehend that as laws were enforced, disrespected and eventually broken, the resulting consequences emphasise the importance of laws in society. This is further reinforced through the conch shell representing freedom, Piggy's glasses symbolising protection and the character development of Ralph establishing

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    Laws In Lord Of The Flies

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    In social life, the rule of law plays a very important role. It ensures the proper development of a society, particularly human morality. Some laws are very strict and do not satisfy everyone but enforcing and abiding by them is a very effective tool in managing groups of individuals as a whole. Without laws, people would have complete freedom but at the same time, the disorder will ensure leading to the breaking down and deterioration of civilization. Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of

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    The Importance of Law And Order Law and Order; a term that is so much more than just a television show. Law and order is essential to the runnings of our society, but in The Lord Of the Flies, it is also a major theme. In The Lord of The Flies, a group of English boys are stranded on an island after a plane crash. A political organization is quickly established through the oldest boy, Ralph, and another mature-looking boy named Jack, but after several arguments and events, Jack turns savage and

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    what meets the eye. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies Piggy’s glasses serve not only as a way for him to see, but also it represents the voice of reason. In the real world the laws are the government’s way of not only telling us what we can and cannot do, but they also provide the logic necessary to maintain peace. Therefore, both Piggy’s glasses, and the United States of America’s laws represents common sense. In Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, he hides inner meanings throughout

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    In the majority of countries in the world, it is obvious that they have some sort of law and order in each and every one of their civilizations. Such law and order may include some sort of democracy or monarchy that governs the country, and ensures that there is some sort of order that makes sure that there aren’t any problems that occur. But in the story “Lord of the Flies,” by William Golding, we are able to experience that lack of any sort of democracy or any other government, but there is a definite

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    The Canadian law system, allows the country to be treated as one. The failure of law can encounter chaos and confusion; bringing humanity into existence. In the movie “Lord of the Flies,” demonstrates the failure of the law. The young immature boys were stranded on an island without any basic necessities. These boys attempted to be a team of one but failed to bring a community together. Due to the lack of authority; concludes through age/maturity and gender. Although with age comes maturity

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    Laws and punishments exist to preserve social order and also to stop people from acting towards their own self-interests as this causes them to commit crimes. One philosopher in the Enlightenment era whose name was Cesare Beccaria was best known for his publication “On Crimes and Punishments.” His idea of an ideal government included making sure that they made fair laws and punishments. In William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, a group of boys survive a plane crash and land on a mysterious island

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    important thing in the world is law and order. If society has no order then, it will hit rock bottom. The story takes place in the midst of a war when a plane gets shot down on a stranded island. The inhabitants that survived from the crash turn from are a group of proper British boys and the story is about how they turn into hardened savages and murderers. In the novel, Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, the author writes about how the fear of the unknown and the absence of law and order can change someone

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    In both the novel, “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding and the article “Lynch Law in America” by Ida B. Wells, some sort of creature or beast was mentioned several times and turned into a major theme in both texts. In the book by William Golding, a group of boys is trapped on a deserted island and later on, there is talk of a “beast”. This beast created lots of tension in the group and brought lots of fear to all of the boys. Due to their anxiousness surrounding this creature, the boys turned

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