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Lord Of The Flies Civilized Behavior
842 wordsWhen away from civilization, mans facade of civilized behavior falls away. This thought is express greatly in William Golding, Lord of the Flies. Golding's uses characters and events to prove this belief. He uses the protagonist, Ralph, as the example of how no matter how you try the instinctual savagery of humans will surface. The antagonist, Jack, is the example of the change. His metamorphosis from a civilized, optimistic British boy to a bloodthirsty savage leader is one that Golding tracks ...
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Conch Shell Moral Authority
726 wordsHumanity centers around the moral authority in which the people build a structured society. With the absence of moral authority the structured society degrades to a point where anarchy and disorder rein. When man represses his noble instincts and embraces a life of savagery, it results in the break down of moral authority. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Golding portrays a group of young boys marooned on a Utopian world and their struggle to survive; ultimately, the bestial instinct of t...
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Lust For Power Lord Of The Flies
451 wordsI am intrigued and disturbed by your view of mankind that you have portrayed in "The Lord of the Flies." However, this view, to varying degrees, is generally correct, with few exceptions. That is why I am forced to comply with your philosophy. After reading Lord of the Flies, I see the astounding parallel of various components of society to the microcosm shown in the novel. I have found that the events of wisdom and rationality being crushed, and the fact that almost every boy falls victim to hi...
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Id Ego And Superego Ego Ideal
1,500 wordsOver the years, people have wondered what goes on in a person's mind that guides them to meet their needs. Sigmund Freud developed a system of personality that boldly attempts to explain the course of personality and what was it origins. Freud theory assumes that one's personality is shaped and some powerful inner forces motivate one's behavior. According to Freud, personality differences commence from the different ways in which people deal with their underlying drives. By picturing a continuin...
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Jim To Escape
1,135 wordsThe conflict between society and the individual is a theme portrayed throughout Mark Twain's, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accord with the accepted ways of civilization. Huck faces many aspects of society, which makes him choose his own individuality over civilization. He practically raises himself, relying on instinct to guide him through life. As portrayed several times in the novel, Huck chooses to follow his innate sense of right, yet he does not realize that hi...
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Civilization Savagery Power Fear
1,333 wordsCivilization is when man meets his basic needs. Civilization begins to form when man is searching for something more; something better than just meeting his basic needs, for he has already achieved this. Civilization forms slowly and carefully, and once it is formed, it can change and be destroyed at any moment. Civilization is as fragile as an eggshell, and it has three basic forces that can destroy it: savagery, power, and fear. Savagery is when a people revert back to their lost human instinc...
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Lord Of The Flies William Golding
422 wordsEvery element of Lord of the Flies is subject to the book's search of certain philosophical conflicts. Lord of the Flies dramatizes fundamental human struggles of life while going on pure instincts. Through the use of the straightforward and simple plot of this novel, the author William Golding revels this theme. In Lord of the Flies, many key characters and symbols represent the almost civilized impulse. Some examples are Ralph, Piggy, and the conch shell the boys use to call meetings. These ar...
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Erich Maria Remarque Quiet On The Western Front
1,018 wordsA Disease or famine can be an awful thing. It can spread throughout towns and cities quickly, leaving thousands dead and the city in catastrophe. This spread of death and decay can be compared to situation Paul and the other soldiers face in All Quiet On The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque. In this book the author shows strong feelings of despair towards war. This is done using the theme of decay, showing how Paul and the men become corrupted forever by the war. It also uses the t...
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Lord Of The Flies Common Sense
982 wordsLord of the Flies, a story that tells the adventure of a group of boys that has been dropped on a tropical island, seems susceptible of various interpretations. It can be read as a moral fable, social fable and religious fable that examines personal integration and explores social regression. When viewed as a moral fable, Lord of the Flies seems capable of endorsing Freud's three part analysis of the mind. It is possible to view the boys as representatives of various instincts or elements of per...
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University Of Vienna Sigmund Freud
1,415 wordsSigmund Freud is probably the most familiar name that comes to mind when one thinks of famous psychologists. Freud was born in Freiberg, Moravia in 1856, but when he was four years old his family moved to Vienna, where Freud was to live and work until the last year of his life. The scope of Freud's interests, and of his professional training, was very broad - he always considered himself first and foremost a scientist, endeavoring to extend the compass of human knowledge, and to this end, rather...
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Study Of Human Nature
1,237 wordsStudy of Human Nature The study of human nature perhaps is one of the most exciting studies that were ever done by man. What is human nature and what makes people act the way they do is what many scientists, psychologists and sociologists had attempted discover throughout the centuries. Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle outlined many of the problems in psychology in the 5 th century BC. Darwin's theory of evolution also had an impact on psychology. In 1879 Wilhelm Wundt op...
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Commit A Crime Ability To Choose
1,252 wordsBrain frees Humans The topic I wish to discuss deals with the freewill of humans. For example, say a guy has an enemy, which he hates. One day this guy makes a conscious decision to kill his enemy. Should blame fall on this man for killing his enemy? Currently, all places in the world, which I can think of, are built around some moral basis that holds a person responsible for their actions. Although, a hard determinist would have to disagree and say that people are not free. Human acts are cause...
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Put To Death John Proctor
459 wordsCharacter Analysis of John Proctor The consequences of shirking accountability for ones actions are depicted through the tribulations John Proctor faced, in Arthur Miller s, The Crucible. Although John reluctantly became involved in the Salem witch trials, his initial silence proved to be the downfall of not only himself, but of his fellow townspeople as well. John Proctor remained silent for one reason, and that was to protect himself. As a result of his self-serving desires to avoid the conseq...
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Heart Of Darkness Kurtz Intended
1,482 wordsAs our narrator, Marlow, anticipates his departure for the Belgian Congo, he relates to his audience his conception of women as trivial and idle in their interaction with reality: Its queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own [] (27). One may be so inclined as to concur with Marlow's dismissive statement, to discard any notion of feminine importance within Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, to focus instead upon issues of greater importance within the novella...
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Violent Conflict North America
1,068 wordsThe Eternal Struggle Aggression. Bloodshed. Pain. Death. These are just some of the unfortunate side affects which accompany the phenomenon of life. These factors are also intertwined with the methodical process of evolution, which, although often cruel and merciless, is nonetheless beneficial to any species of animal, including, and perhaps especially, humans. Without violent conflict causing the death of the weak and survival of the strong, it is highly unlikely that we, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, ...
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Conrad Heart Of Darkness Kurtz Intended
1,482 wordsBenjamin Williams October 8, 1998 Harbingers of Truth: the Female Role in Conrad's Heart of Darkness As our narrator, Charlie Marlow, stoically anticipates his departure for the Belgian Congo, he relates to his audience his conception of women as trivial and idle in their interaction with reality: Its queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own... (27). One may be so inclined as to concur with Marlow's dismissive statement, to discard any notion of feminine imp...
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Great Britain Private Life
1,054 wordsWatership Down Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is a tale of adventure and sorrow through the eyes of rabbits as they seek their own place in the animal world. The Sandleford warren rabbits used their natural instinct and fled the intrusion of man and destruction. This decision takes them through the remainder of the book, which enriched by Adams s vivid imagination, tells of their dangerous travels over the green fields and meadows of early England. The group barely survives vicious predators ...
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Choices And Decisions Roads Diverged
851 wordsExplication of a Poem When reading The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost, I found that it was personal, especially to the author. The fact that it was written in first person form helped me to conclude that it was probably about the author. I think the reasoning behind his writing of this poem was because in life, you have many obstacles to overcome and many choices and decisions to make, which opens a path that leads the way to your future. Since those things relate to Frost, I think it motivated...
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Stanley Blanche
1,787 wordsLoud mouthed, opinionated, sexist, aggressive and anomalistic- all overriding characteristics of Stanly Kowalski the man who in no small part is responsible for the dramatic collapse of Blanche. On first impression there is very little reason for the audience to feel sympathetic towards Stanley, but in my opinion it is unfair to hate Stanley for actions and characteristics that he has little or no control over. Stanley's actions are largely motivated by his wish to protect his wife and unborn ba...
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World War Ii Concentration Camps
1,204 wordsThe book Night is about the holocaust as experienced by Elie Weisel from inside the concentration camps. During World War II millions of innocent Jews were taken from their homes to concentration camps, resulting in the deaths of 6 million people. There were many methods of survival for the prisoners of the holocaust during World War II. In the book Night, there were three main modes of survival, faith, family, and food. From the examples in the book Night, faith proved to be the most successful...
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