The Lord of the Flies, authored by William Golding, is a testament to the overwhelmingly destructive nature of mankind. ... Ralph agrees and the first meeting is held. ... Ralph is leading them beautifully, but this can't last. ... Golding refers to their hunting instrument as "A stick sharpened at both ends," to illustrate that by hurting Ralph they are in effect hurting themselves, destroying their last connection to civilization. ... That's what Golding is saying about our world. 806 words ...

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This is the start of a creature created by the fear and the inner feelings of the boys in William Golding's The Lord of the Flies. ... The beast first enters Golding's story when a "little"un"" is pushed forward by his peers. ... The boy tells Ralph about his encounter with the creature he dubs the "beastie." ... It makes Ralph go through an inner war in which he is fighting a deep fear of the beast and his need to be an upstanding leader. These two processes are a wedge in a crack between the two powers on the island: Jack and Ralph. ...

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His thoughts come to life through Ralph's image to make an ultimate leader. ... However, Jack uses Piggy's specs to "smoke [Ralph] out and set the island on fire"(217). ... Jack's tribe wants fire to cook, Ralph's tribe want the specs to keep the signal fire going. Ralph's tribe was willing to share the glasses, "[Jack], You could have had fire whenever you wanted. ... Golding's description of the slaughtered animal's head on a spear is very graphic and even frightening. ...

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In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the reality of how merciless the world really is can be revealed symbolically through Golding's use of object symbolism. ... When the boys finally do build a fire Ralph comes up with the idea to use the fire as a signal so the boats can see that there is life on the island. ... The naval guard is another one of Golding's use of symbolism in his novel. ... Jack proves his quest for leadership when he replaces Ralph as the leader, and says that he will fight the alleged beast. ... Simon is very confident about their rescue and he tells Ralph...

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Golding has attempted to communicate to us is that be it children, be it teenagers, or adults, we all have a darker, uncouth side to us all. ... Piggy, Ralph, Jack, Roger, Simon, Bill, Robert and Maurice are the older ones. ... Ralph is the chosen leader, the one who feels the urge to return to civilization the most. ... Jack is the rival of Ralph, Jack and Ralph struggle through to the end to see who is fit to actually lead them all. ... Golding also makes use of the sea, the water to make reference to the subconscious. ...

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William Golding gives many signs in the book of Simon being a type of prophet or saviour. ... Simon is hated by Jack for his constant faints, and is only truly accepted by Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric . ... His only ever act of boyishness is when he playfully pushes and fights Ralph at the beginning when they are exploring the island. ... Golding uses Simon to convey his ideas of a human culture more. Simon is the person who tries to help every one just like Ralph leads things and Piggy is intelligent. ...

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Mankind's loss of innocence According to Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, the actions of mankind are unpredictable when placed in a society without structure. ... Ralph is the individual who establishes this rule with the conch when he says: - ' I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. ... All his rules and orders go completely against law and order such as tying Wilfred up and trying to hunt and kill Ralph. ... For example, when Ralph and Simon are building shelters, Jack offers no help and hunts instead since he believes that hunting is more importa...

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One of Golding's main techniques for presenting his dramatic conflict involves the use of symbols. ... (p.204) William Golding tries to prove his point by making each of the symbols represent something that is actively changing on the island. ... Ralph clutches it desperately when he talks about his role in murdering Simon. ... Thus, when Jack's hunters raid Ralph's camp and steal the glasses, the savages have taken the power to make fire, and Ralph's civilization is left helpless. ... At first Golding shows that the conch and the fire are powerful symbols of order ...

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Apparently shorter than Ralph, Simon is described by Golding: --He was a small, skinny boy, his chin pointed, and his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked. ... The evil inside us all If Ralph stands at one end of a line, representing civilization, and Jack stands at the other end of the line, representing savagery, where does Simon stand? ...

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