"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, is a novel about a group of English children who land on an island due to a plane crash. ... Soon clashes arise between two boys, Ralph and Jack, and one of them decides to form his own group. ... The main character, Ralph, is elected by all of the boys to be the leader of the group. ... Ralph seems to be a great leader, but Jack wants to be in power. ... Golding expresses the idea between good and evil. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Golding's Lord of the flies there is a political theme in which he creates a certain conflict between barbarism and order. ... Golding uses two boys' Ralph and Jack, who portray these political figures. Ralph represents democracy, order, law, and rules while Jack represents dictatorship, barbarism, savagery and primitive culture. ... Ralph did not possess the possessive, aggressive leadership role as Jack did which caused him to lack control and order over the group of boys. ... " (Golding 158). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Golding 22). ... (Golding 149). ... Jack and his tribe never know it was Simon but Ralph and his followers know it was. ... (Golding 152). Ralph and Piggy, though good, want to take part in the evils of the other "tribe". ...

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It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack, the boys and the Beast, good and evil. ... The story concludes with the hunters hunting Ralph (the head and last of the fire-watchers). After lighting half of the island on fire in an attempt to smoke Ralph from his hiding place, they chase him on to the beach only to find a ships captain and crew waiting there to rescue them, because he saw the smoke. ... Golding also communicates his message quite well. ... This is usually the key thing that makes a Golding novel a Golding novel. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

First published September 17, 1954, the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding has been read almost everywhere. ... Jack even mentions that "Ralph oughtn't to be chief.... [That he's] going off by [himself and] anyone who wants to hunt could come" (Golding 127). ... In addition, Ralph notably took part in Simon's murder. ... William Golding brilliantly theorizes through the religious allegory of the characters, that without civilization, religion dies....

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Lord of the Flies A Brief Theological Interpretatio William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies can be interpreted theologically by regarding characters and events as religious symbols or ideas. ... Simon is also a prophet because he knows that Ralph will come back to civilization alive, however, he says nothing about himself nor Piggy. ... Ralph is the median between the two extremes of good and evil. ... Ralph is, like all of us, a sinful human being, despite his yearning to achieve what he sees as noble; what he thinks needs to be completed. ... Whether William Golding ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Ralph begins as the leader of the group. ... Golding describes the conflict that Ralph is feeling in the following passage; "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. ... This conveys the idea that Ralph is beginning to lose some of his innocence. ... Golding uses his characters as the main symbols to create a deeper meaning, but he uses a number of objects that represent good versus evil too. ... In this novel, Golding accurately depicts a loss of control and an evil that emerges within the boys. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, he constantly describes symbolically the falling apart of a civilized society. ... Ralph as well as Piggy believes that man is essentially decent and that evil happens when something is not right with people. ... The good and evil of man has always been a very controversial issue with numerous sides and opinions which is exposed very well by William Golding in The Lord of the Flies. ...

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