... War is the story of Jerry's growth and development within himself. It is a search of meaningful existence within society. After all that Jerry has done, not to become like his father living a routine life, he still has to pay a high price. He gets brutally beaten for wanting to be different. "They tell you to do ... friends, threatened by The Vigils, and eventually beaten up by Janza again in front of the whole school. It was then that he realized how evil the school was, and how much of a mistake he made. "You see, Carter, people are two things: greedy and cruel. So we have a perfect se...

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... or higher authority around to tell them otherwise. In the book "Lord of the Flies" when all authority is taken out of the picture the kids are free to do whatever they feel, this is when their true evilness is exposed. This is why I think that it is easy to see that the true nature of man is ... have rebelled and made his own tribe both kids would still be alive. The kids in this story show a perfect example of what happens when there is not authority figure to keep people in line. Another contributing factor to man being evil is his environment. "Two Palestinian gunmen dressed as seminar...

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... the second brawl, with Grendel's mother, shows how the prince of Geats alone can kill the beast with the grace of God. The sword that Unferth let Beowulf use could not behead Grendel's mother, because it was a sword of evil that was used to kill Unferth's brother. So he throws it to the ground and continues to wage war. "Then he saw a blade that boded ... he have taken the cursed sword and other difficult situations he had to face. Also the story shows how some one from a different nationality is a crucial necessity if your society has been corrupted. First Beowulf helped the Danes and ...

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