Indus Valley Civilization

Honors Essay Prompts form The Lord of the Flies 1. Explain the symbolism of Conch shell and how it relates to Piggy’s death In The Lord of the Flies, the conch shell plays an important role on how the kids organize themselves and how they decide their rules. Piggy thought of the idea of blowing the conch to unite everyone on the island, and told Ralph to do it. The noise of the conch was so powerful that all of the kids on the island started to respect the conch and the one who blew the conch…

Overview Throughout human history, people have sought areas where fresh water is found. Water meant drinking, bathing, cooking, and farming- it meant life. This explains why Egypt was referred to as ‘The Gift of the Nile’ where all its richness and prosperity is owed to the Nile that turned a portion of the desert country into arable land. Also, this is why most of the Egyptian population cluster up in 4% of the vast Egyptian land (UN, 2005). Add to that the availability of services and hence…

occasions, McCarthy limns the man and the boy in a rather subhuman light with elucidations such as, “he trudged out through the drifts leaving the boy to sleep under the tree like some hibernating animal” (98). Eternally removed from the affluence of civilization, the man and the boy dwell in a barren wasteland that was once populated by beautiful…

Mesopotamia was a place between two rivers. Mesopotamia is often called the land between two rivers. The rivers that Mesopotamia are called the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. It is in the middle of modern Iraq. mesopotamia is known for its rich soil, which is formed by the rivers. They created the first written language and the first official religion. Three different groups of people lived here. These groups were the Sumerians, the akkadians, and the Babylonians. Sumerians were the…

without any considerations about the reality and discipline. The evil parts of human nature develops without the limitation of laws. People need law to protect them to get away from sin and evil. The lack of restrictions also results in the end of civilization. People will lose themselves when there is no law to remind and supervise them. Law is the weapon to maintain public order and people’s behavior. The world will turn into disorganized and anarchic without laws and…

Q: What different kinds of societies emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution? A: Some of the societies that emerged out of the Agricultural Revolution were Pastoral societies. These societies used and depended on their animals more extensively and were more mobile because they moved seasonally as they followed the changing patterns of vegetation that was necessary for their animals. Another society that emerged were ones that were agricultural villages, they were one of the first documented…

Lord of The Flies by William Golding is an allegory of civilization and how human nature can easily corrupt what may seem like a perfect society. The protagonist of the novel, Ralph, immediately takes charge of a group of boys whose plane crashes onto an island. His innocence to the dynamics of a community symbolizes the belief that human nature is to be civilized. This completes the theme of the novel which is that civilization is compromised by the savagery of human nature. Ralph’s symbolic…

decided to try to make their own civilization in order to sort things out as they wait to be rescued. Nevertheless, as days pass by, their society have started to spiral out of control. Due to the fact that this party is occupied by a group of preteens, and there is no adult to be seen to be their mentor on the deserted island. In the end, the English boys we’re saved from saved from danger and…

Have you ever thought what society means or what a good society needs? Many people are affected by society every day and so they want the best society that they can find. Not every society is the same. Society is what makes civilizations evolve, and there are many things can affect society in a positive or or negative way. Books or knowledge are one of the few things a society has to have in order to work properly. Our society thinks that it is important to have knowledge. This is because it…

Super Ego vs. ID Lord of the Flies is a psychological allegory where Piggy’s personality represents the Super Ego and Jack’s personality represents the ID, because Piggy always refers to how society should act, while Jack is very aggressive and only cares about hunting and killing. In the story, Piggy is a smart, nerdy, and chubby boy, who knows there are no adults on the island to care for the children. Piggy believes that in order to be rescued and to survive on the island, they need to build…