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…Lord of the Flies is a modern classic by William Golding set during WWII. The book is about a group of 12-year-old boys who have been evacuated onto an island as their aeroplane is shot down near Spain. Nobody knows where they are, and their only hope…

…1. Title of Work: Lord of the Flies 2. Author and date written: William Golding; written in early 1950's, first published 1954 3. Country of author: England 4. Characters (label as major or minor) with brief descriptions of each; include…

…William Golding's novel 'The Lord of The flies' presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island, left to try and retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery…

…. Chesnutt himself was very light skinned and could have easily "passed" as being white. It should be noted that although he could have, he never did. Mr. Ryders favorite poet is Lord Alfred Tennyson. Tennyson was an english author who wrote during…

…Book Review LORD OF THE FLIES – by William Golding This novel took place in the early 1900's, on a deserted island. A group of boys were stranded on this island by the result of a plane crash. With no adults on the island, they had to survive…

…Jack and Roger          Jack and Roger are two allegorical characters in the story: 'Lord of the Flies' by William Golding. They are both characterized as killers but they are very different from one another. The two young boys start off…

…with Kurtz, who represents the absolute evil, we can see the two products of an inner evil which has emerged. Marlow, who defeats his evil, and gains self-knowledge, and Kurtz, who is defeated by his darkness and falls prey to its wrath. In William Golding's Lord…

…this. There are at least three specific times in Lord of the Flies by William Golding that this can be observed. The illusions that become reality are: Jack the Choir Boy who becomes Jack the Hunter, Simon who becomes a horrible beast to the eys of the rebel tribe…

…        In the story Lord of the Flies Ralph, the democratic character, and Jack, the dictator are the most important main characters. Ralph is the voice of hope on the island, and without that, the boys would have turned to savagery much…

…Lord of the Flies as an Allegory The Lord of the Flies if read at face value can be interpreted as short book about the struggle to survive on a deserted island and its physical and psychological impacts on its inhabitants. But when the reader looks…