Brutality versus Cruelty The book, Lord of the Flies, is a perfect example of what happens when a group of kids are placed into adult situations. The boys on the island were students used to rules and regulations. The plane crash that caused the boys to be on this island is the reason that the boys will now have to fend for themselves. Boys like Piggy and Ralph believe that rules are necessary in order to ... nothing ever happened. Roger and Jack would even be mean to the littluns. William Golding explains this by saying "Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, bury...

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... interpretation on how the most important characters in William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies' could represents different historical figures through time, especially the history around Hitler and the 1st and 2nd World War. My evidence is the characters' behaviour and how they progress through the story. It may be that I cannot show that all the characters represent somebody but I will still try and explain the kind of people they could ... who have tried and support society but was simply rejected. Like the philosopher Socrates who, because of his ideas, where sentenced to drink hemlock. P...

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Innocence to Savagery One of the major themes in the novel, Lord of the Flies is the idea that man is a fallen creature. William Golding insists that evil is inherent in man; it is a terrifying force which mankind must recognize and control. So called "Civilized British" boys land on a deserted island but soon transform into nothing less than savages. The children enjoy the freedom away from the restrictions of adults, but the freedom soon turns into ... represents and reflects the disorder and terror of the larger world. Golding emphasizes that nature wins in the battle of nature vs. nurture...

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Society will become unbalanced and corrupt when there isn't an even amount of intellect, emotion, soul and evil in every person. This can be seen in the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This is shown in many ways. Piggy had a lot of intellect, Simon showed lots of soul, Jack had strong emotion and Roger represented evil. Ralph tried to combine all four ways and be a balanced person to make ... society work on the island. In an isolated society, such as the one the boys were in, if there is ... a lack of balance of intellect, emotion, soul and evil then ... ...

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