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    William Golding uses the theme that humans are naturally bad at heart, in the book Lord of the Flies to highlight that without the order and respect we choose to live our daily lives with our human nature will ultimately take us into chaos and savagery. Morals are what we choose live by, this is what keeps us in line. Morals do not appear overnight. Overtime they are ingrained throughout our childhood. Giving us a sense of right and wrong. Humans are not born with the idea of looking out for the…

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    Communication Final Assignment Chapter Summaries Summary of Chapter 1 Keywords- Cynical, enormous, tyrannies, gallons, trotter, astray. Main idea- Animals are dissatisfied by the way of human beings. Sub-idea- Man inflict atrocities. Summary- after Mr. Jones fell asleep, all of the animals decided to gather at the desire of Old Major a 12 year old Pig. The old major started his speech by thanking everyone for coming, he awakened them to the atrocities inflicted by the human beings on the…

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    George R.R. Martin once said “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs”. A Savage reflects fierce, violent, and animal like nature. Lord of the Flies, the novel by William Golding, illustrates that blood thirst, loss of sympathy and release from civilization lead to savagery. One of the first steps to savagery is the craving to kill a creature, the enjoyment they get from spilling another’s blood. “I was going to…

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    would you do? When a group of boys was put in this position in The Lord of the Flies they ended up losing their morals and personal beliefs and ended up becoming savages. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, William Golding uses the conch to represent how the boys consciously and unconsciously, give the conch power, and bring a sense of authority and civilization. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows how when Ralph and Piggy found the conch they…

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    considered collectively; the human race. Lord of the Flies starts when a plane crashes on to an island, only leaving about 25 English boys, ranging from ages five to twelve. The boys struggle to form a civilization. The evil that is naturally in mankind stops them from forming a peaceful society, many things go wrong because of disagreements between the boys. The evil present in mankind is one of the main themes in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The first reason why the theme is the…

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    William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, reveals the events that occur among young boys stranded without any adult supervision. It also portrays the constant battle between civilization and savagery. The whole idea is a spectrum with civilization on one side and savagery on the other. Depending on situations, even human beings of civilized communities could behave primitively. Young children are seen as a symbol of innocence, purity, and are portrayed as evil in desperate…

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    The story of Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg, is about two brothers who do not get along very well. While the brothers, Walter and Danny, are fighting they find a game that transports them into outer space and causes a lot of problems for the two boys. In order to beat the game they must figure out how to fight all the obstacles the game sends their way. This book teaches boys many gender stereotypes. It does not break from the traditional norms that boys have had to follow for generations.…

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    Happiest Refugee Speech

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    English Speech; the Individual Experience in the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do Good morning/ afternoon Mr Ostrowski and fellow classmates, What if you were completely stranded without any water, food, but next to all of your closets relatives on a boat so small you could feel other people breathing? Well, this is exactly what Anh Do experienced at a very young age, however still has a vivid image of it. The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do is one of the most intriguing and adventurous auto biographies,…

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    Lord Of The Flies Summary

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    Lord of the Flies The book “Lord of the flies” by William Golding is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island after their plane was, tragically, shot down. While they are on the island, the string that connects them to the outside world, and who they really are inside, is stretched to its limits and, eventually, severed. Without an adult figure present, they decide that they need someone to take charge. The kids end up taking a vote which gave this position to Ralph. With the weight…

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    The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding showcases how society can be destroyed by one simple thing. In the novel, that one simple thing that contributes the most to the deterioration of the civilization on the island is the pig hunt. The three stages in which the civilization deteriorates are as listed: the idea of pig hunting is proposed to the boys, a small population of the boys get obsessed with hunting, and finally, almost all of the boys are dedicated to hunting, but instead of…

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