...Lord of the Flies Double Entry Journal 5-8 Conch: "Exposure to the sun had bleached the yellow and pink to near-white, and transparency." (78). The conch symbolizes law and democracy, and gives power to whoever has possession of it. However, throughout Lord of the Flies, the conch gradually loses its power and hold over the boys. The boys disregard the rules set during the first meeting by speaking without the conch and interrupting those who have the conch. As the conch loses power, democracy and law on the island fade. The boys no longer listen to rules, such as taking care of business on the rocks because the tide washes it away, and feel there is no true leader (this is indicated by the boys not giving Ralph the respect he deserves and not listening to his commands). The boy’s disregard for law is a flaw. It is natural for humans to rebel against the law because it is authority; however, law is needed because it keeps the savage nature...
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...Literary Devices in Lord of the Flies Ayomide Fakuade English III - 2nd Period 4-18-13 Is every human being predisposed with the capabilities to do evil? This question has stimulated minds since the beginning of time. In the Bible, as far back as the book of Genesis, we find the ineluctable capacity of man to commit evil. Likewise, in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies we find the depiction of the proclivity of man to transgress. William Golding “presents the universe under the guise of a school adventure story on a coral island” (Forster V). Golding presents the universe and the inescapable struggle of human kind between good and evil through his prolific use of symbols and metaphors. Symbols are one of the principle literary devices used by Golding in Lord of the Flies. Golding uses many of the devices discovered by the boys to represent vital elements of structured society. Ralph makes the statement, “The fire’s the most important thing” (Golding 162). The fire symbolizes the structured society the boys want to exist on the island. The fire represents structure and organization. Without the fire, the boys will never be rescued, and without an organized, structured society, they will not survive. Just as organization and structure are essential to the perpetuation of a society, the fire is vital to the survival of the boys on the island. When describing the setting of the novel, the narrator states, “It [the island]...
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...topics that the author discusses. The characters, in “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, symbolize many political events that took place in Golding’s life. Three character’s personality in particular, Jack's savage instinct, Ralph's ability to call people to order, and Piggy's intelligence, held deeper meaning. The theme of Lord of the Flies can be described as the flaws of society are directly transversal to the flaws of human nature. Jack is described by Golding as "tall, thin, and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to...
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...Stage Two – Drama Studies By Sean Wintrell The Venue – Cardijn College-- -Lecture Theatre Ensemble – Yr 12 Drama Class The Director – Greg Hay The Play – The Lord of the Flies The lights come up on children oblivious to the world around them, as the play, read and enjoy the good things of life. They are only distracted momentarily by the sounds of planes and bombs before they go back to what they are doing, almost as if it would not affect them. Darkness returns and this time the sound is not of distant planes or bombs, it’s of a very real plane crash, within the darkness it would be easy for those of no imagination to feel detached from the happenings, but a few people would feel the horror and the dread. We then proceed to watch a small group of survivors, young boys, try to survive. The boys try to put into action the same rules that society uses, these quickly break down and the boys begin to go feral. We watch in horror as we realise even the most refined human can commit terrible atrocities. The Lord of the Flies, directed by Greg Hay, creates an atmosphere of horror as we watch the effects of war, even on those who do not take part. Hay’s interpretation of William Golding’s ‘Lord of The Flies’ presents to us the dark side of human beings, and the effects of it has if it gains control over that of reason and logic. In essence Hay’s ideas make it an extremely moving, and horrifying play. Throughout the play, the use of lighting and sound...
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...This idea comes into play often when choosing leaders to follow. If a person promiseś us one thing that we crave but while achieving that for us will do things we do not believe morally right we force ourselves to focus solely on that thing we want and overlook what we don´t. In our minds we are justifying the leaderś actions as necessary because they lead to our ¨prize¨, an example of cognitive dissonance effects.. This is especially true in ¨Lord of the Flies¨ when the boys desert Ralph to join Jack. Ralph is a natural leader and commands respect having ¨a stillness about [him]¨ that ¨marks him out¨ (Golding, 22) from the rest of the boys. He is clever in the way he handles different personalities; giving Jack control of the hunters to ease his ¨mortification¨ (Golding, 23) over not being elected chief, and thinks not just of the immediate future but of how to survive and eventually be rescued. The boys choose him as...
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...to literature, like The Lord of The Flies by William Golding. In the novel, a group of English schoolboys are stranded on an island, and after attempting to set up a government and fail, they revert to their base instincts, to savagery. When civilization is stripped off from us, our true inner self is revealed, the savagery, and socially constructed ‘evil’ we decided to label. We as a society are ruled by our base instincts, and are only wearing a coat of civilization that keeps us sane. In the documentary 13th, educated people all come together to call out the flaws in the United States government; pointing out its corruption, especially within the presidency. Presidents have been known to force mass incarceration (Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and even Bill Clinton), and there are bystanders there who allow such laws to pass. This Bystander Effect is the root of this evil. It is as natural as it can become, simply no action done to change an otherwise imperfect world. We look up to the government and always expect that it is doing the...
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...In the midst of a nuclear war, a young group of British boys find themselves lost on a tropical island without the supervision of adults. The group stumbles upon countless problems in Lord of the Flies during their duration of being stranded on the island, resulting in multiple disputes between the boys. Conflict is apparent through the novel, whether it's being man versus man, man versus himself or man versus nature. Author, William Golding, portrays conflict through two of the main characters, Ralph, leader of the civilized group, and Jack, leader of the savage group. Golding reveals the growing tension between civilization and savagery from when a signal fire is let out, Piggy’s glasses breaking, and the pig hunts by Jack. The adventure that the boys encounter in Lord of the Flies explores the dark side of humanity showing the civilized versus the savage-like nature of human beings. Golding attempts to unearth the flaws of society back to the flaws of the nature of humans. The first key moment in the rising action that shows the growing tension between civilization and savagery is when Jack and his hunters let the fire die out, causing a ship to pass by without a smoke signal showing and allowing the group of boys to miss an opportunity of being rescued. This key moment is important because it marks the first dispute between the antagonist and protagonist in the novel. Ralph’s priorities are to build shelters and keep a signal fire going in order to get rescued, however Jack’s...
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...loSociety: The Flaw of Everyone The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a more of an experiment than a novel, an experiment that will, by the end, show all of the flaws of an unjust or unfair society. In the book a large group of young boys get stranded on an island while flying home all because their plane got attacked via an act of war and crashed on an island. This stroke of bad luck is the perfect situation to show how the flaws of a modern society can get out of hand very fast if not taken control of quickly. Two of the main characters in the book are two boys named Ralph and Jack. When they are first on the island Ralph is the person with the idea to pick up a conch shell on the beach and blow into it to call everyone on the island to come meet up at the beach. When everyone arrives at the beach they are told that there are only those boys left and no adults. The boys realize that with no adults to lead them they will have to vote to see who will become their leader. Everyone comes to an agreement to vote Ralph as their leader, except for one person. Jack also wants to be a leader, so Ralph appoints him to be leader of a choir of boys that will be in charge of hunting to get food for everyone on the island. Despite the fact that Jack is put in a leadership position he is very anxious to be the leader of the island. In a civilization like ours, that is normal, everyone wants to be the person in charge. But, when you are stranded on an island where anything goes...
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...“Trust in the Lord with All Thine Heart” Proverb 3:5 : “Easter Wings” Easter is arguably the most inspirational holiday celebrated by Christians for it embraces the concept of a new beginning, a tabula rasa, a blank slate. This marks the day that Jesus Crist was resurrected from the dead, washing man of his sin and granting him eternal life. Hope was lost with no other fathomable solutions in sight, yet on the third day the righteous God returned life to his son, a victorious day for man. With temptation constantly trying at one’s will and sin seeming so easy to virtue, one can venture off the path to redemption and lose faith. One must seek the Lord’s assistance for a new beginning is often in need. In George Herbert’s poem “Easter Wings” he outlined his recovery from a corrupt life of sin to a now strong and virtuous life of faith through the use of metaphors and contrasting diction. The poem opens by listing the fortunes that God has credited man. He granted man with a surplus of “wealth and store,” supplying him with all that he should need to sustain life and more. But man “foolishly” wasted this and allowed it to “[decay] more and more.” He did not appreciate what God had given, but instead depleted the resources frivolously. He continued to abuse until he could abuse no more for he was “poor.” As Herbert uses this negative diction to describe man’s flaws and sins the lines are retracting inward, getting shorter and shorter until the line can only include a few words...
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...Though a mask may only be a piece of paper, paint on a face or only a carved piece of wood, they all possess an innate symbolic meaning. Masks have many purposes ranging from a religious purposes in Africa to symbolize connections with their ancestors spirits to being used to symbolize emotions when used on stages in theaters. IN William Golding's, Lord of the Flies Ralph and the boys go through many change when they put on their mask ranging from a self detachment to a release of their primeval emotions. On my mask I've arranged all of my symbols on to two sides. On my the left side of my mask I've symbols that represent what makes me happy and calm while on my right side I have symbols that represent what stresses me out or makes me angry. On the direct right side of my mask I have many symbols that illustrate what stresses me out or what makes me angry. All around the inside of the right side of...
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...It is hard to remain sane when one is stranded on an island, has little food, and no chance of survival. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys struggle to tackle the feeling of savagery. Set on a deserted island, young men such as Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon are stranded with no adults. The boys vote Ralph, the main protagonist, as the leader and attempt to create an organized society. However, Jack, the main antagonist, strives to be in charge. Eventually, Jack becomes the ruler of his own tribe. All the boys fear the “beast” which is the evil within them rather than the creature they imagine. The boys slowly start turning savage and end up killing two boys, Simon and Piggy. In the end, they do get rescued; however,...
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...Lords of the Flies and Anthem both were meant to symbolize social control throughout the book. Although they are meant to portray the same thing and have some similarities, there are still some differences. The characters, Piggy and Equality 7-2521, are great examples that display this. A similarity is that they both are seen as outsiders because they are “different”, a difference is their status within others, and lastly, how they act within the society. The main similarity between Piggy and Equality 7-2521 is how they are the outcasts of a group that is portrayed to be the “normal” society. In the Lord of the Flies, it says, “A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. For the moment, the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy...
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...Horatian and Juvenalian Satire Satire has many definitions, but according to Merriam Webster satire can be defined as “A literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn” (Webster). This definition is likely used by many authors who exercise the application of satire. Satire has been in literature since ancient times; it is derived from the Latin satura, meaning "dish of mixed fruits," (Weisgerber). Many satirists have shared a common aim: to expose foolishness in all its guises — vanity, hypocrisy, formalism, reverence, and the intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself (Moyers). As previously mentioned, the term satire was originally derived from satura, defined by Quintilian, a roman rhetorician (Clarke). It was later discovered that two Roman poets, Juvenal and Horace, were responsible for further defining satirical works by their literary tone (Moyers). Thus, creating a systematic way to categorize satire into two different types, Horatian satire which approaches satirical observations, literature and performance in a humorous and lighthearted manner, and Juvenalian satire, which focuses on specific verbal or literary attacks on corrupt ideals or individuals (Weisgerber). I view Horatian satire as clever and humorous and find that it generally mocks others. Horatian is not negative; it aims to make fun of human behavior in a comic way. In a work using Horatian satire, readers often laugh at the characters in the story who are...
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...A group of young boys and an island have one thing in common: they have their own set of rules. When those rules fail to integrate into society’s own rules, the result is often unfavorable. What sets apart the children’s rules from the island’s rules is a general familiarity with what is acceptable in society, via behavior modeled by adults. So, to isolate those boys on the untamed land of an island, and force their rules to mix, it should not surprise anyone that it could end poorly. This concept is something William Golding pens down in Lord of the Flies. The novel takes a group of boys and leaves them on an island, unattended by adults, to fend for themselves. Cut off from society, Golding details the boys’ attempt to imitate the rules...
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...In the story, Lord of the flies, twelve boys are in a tragic plane that crashes into the ocean. This leads them to a deserted island, where they're forced to create a democracy. This democracy is represented by a conch shell that the boys find in the ocean. The idea is that whoever has the shell has the right to speak; as well as, whatever happens to the conch shell happens to them. However, as the movie continues you start to see the failure of their democracy from the three things: Tragedy of the Commons, Prisoners Dilemma, and Free Riders. Tragedy of the Commons is when you see their first flaw. The ‘leader’ Ralph suggests that they create a fire. This fire will be used as their signal, source of warmth, and how they’ll cook their food....
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