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In both Lord of the Flies and I’m the King of the Castle, the plots explore the challenges faced by individuals and the resulting consequences. Both novels prominently feature the behavior and actions of the so-called ‘upper class’, as indicated by their titles of ‘Lord’ and ‘King’. Through their works, both authors critique the discriminatory…

The novel’s author, Sir Golding, has numerous motives in connecting society to savage acts of murder, particularly in reference to World Wars one and two. Through various elements such as Simon’s character, the fire, and Piggy’s glasses, Golding depicts societal practices and other related aspects of life. In one instance, he describes how Simon retrieves…

Rivalry can lead to many serious problems or even injury. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding explores the theme or rivalry describing fighting, jealousy and taking sides. The author, William Golding, explains many themes with a lot of detail. He also uses symbols in the novels to represent things in real life,…

They were aware of the reason why he didn’t do it: due to the immense size of the knife descending and penetrating into living flesh; because of the unbearable amount of blood (31). The analysis reveals that Jack is afraid of slaughtering the pig in chapter 1, a fear he conquers as he relinquishes civilization…

The bins give him food but refuse to join him. They tell him that Jack plans to send the entire tribe after him the next day. Ralph hides in a thicket and falls asleep. In the morning, he hears Jack talking and torturing one of the twins to find out where Ralph is hiding. Several…

Humans are renowned for their brutality and cruelty. This is evident from childhood, when individuals derive pleasure from smashing and killing insects in their own backyard, to adulthood, when they enlist in the military at 18 to undergo training in killing. While these occurrences are commonplace, they are seldom depicted in writing to accurately portray…

An example of his would be found on page 1 9, after Ralph is nominated chief and the author states that even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack’s face, disappeared under the blush of mortification, (Gilding 1954). This also shows us that it is merely natural and human nature to display or conceal…

He is uncomfortable he similar to when he couldn’t kill the pig and bring the knife down, showing he isn’t completely comfortable in the role of a hunter, animal. He is still partly governed by society and civilization. Moving way from being human like. A go is a domestic animal he is still linked back…

As Jack determines to kill a pig so eagerly that he is willing to examine the trail of the pigs’ droppings, Gilding describes it with efferent imagines. For instance, Gilding described that “The droppings were warm. They lay piled among turned earth. They were olive green, smooth, and they steamed a little. ” (49) From…

Rules are what separate a person from ongoing whatever they want and being a bad person with doing good. From a more easily transitioned to showing evil we see on page 40 “His voice rose to a shriek of terror as jack snatched his glasses off his face. ” Jack has no rules therefore he…