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How Does Lord Of The Flies Stay In The Curriculum

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Overall, I thought that The Lord of the Files was the most influential and was an integral part of the 9th grade learning process, and must be kept in the curriculum next year in my opinion. I think this book should stay in the curriculum because of how action-packed it was, and never got boring. Another book we read this year was True Grit by Charles Portis, I thought this book was important in our learning process, but not as essential as Lord of the Flies was because it don't feel like you got to know Mattie, the main character, as well as you did with the boys on the island. Also, I feel like the hunting part took too long, and got boring near the end. Lastly, Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, was quite necessary for us because of the valuable life-lessons it taught, and how events aren't always going to go your way. …show more content…

Even at the beginning of the novel, you could never tell what the outcome of the next chapter would be, and something new and exciting happened each chapter, making you want to read on, and find out what happens. Another reason why it should remain in the curriculum is the life-lessons and values it demonstrates. In Lord of the Flies one of the life-lessons is how integral teamwork really is. Sometimes in life you feel like you don't need other people, and all they're doing is dragging us down. In reality, we would not be the people we are today without others. In the book, the boys need to work together to build shelters, make fire, gather food in order for them to survive. If the kids all worked on their own, they wouldn't have made it as far as they

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If the boys do not stick together they will soon fall into the hands of evil and begin to become savage. The boys need each other and rules to help them ever overcome anything as strong as evil. They need to keep order within them to be able for everything to go as best as it can on the island. If the boys fall apart and do not control themselves or the others everything will soon and easily be destroyed. Order will not be in existence if the boys are all fighting on a little island,

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Stuck on an island with kids and an unknown “beast” what is it? The story of Lord of the Flies occurs during World War 2 on a deserted island after a plane filled with children crashed and where a new beast takes over . What is the beast? The beast in Lord of the Flies is constantly changing from fear to war then to savagery. So what is the meaning of the beast in the Lord of the Flies?

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When Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle, a book about the terrible environment of the meat-packing factories in Chicago, he hoped to motivate reform in immigrant working conditions and promote socialism. Instead, what shocked readers the most was the sordid surroundings in which their future meals were prepared. Sinclair 's audience saw these conditions as a threat to themselves, and that energized reform in the meat-packing industry. What scared audiences the most was how real this threat was to their lives. As can be witnessed in the results of Sinclair 's crusade, the most effective propaganda is that which rouses the visceral survival instinct.

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Summer Reading Assignment: Lord of the Flies As the world commemorates 25 years since the end of the Second World War, people all around the world recognize and condemn the atrocious activities that occurred, and offer their support to the victims of the genocide. However, there is one particular person who was not prey to the Holocaust or the horrific activities of the Nazis under the rule of Hitler; rather he is a survivor of a unique event occurring at the same time as World War 2. General Jack Merridew, now 37, is one of many boys stranded on an uncharted island without adults after a plane crash at the dawn of World War 2.

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“Piggy is the intellectual with poor eyesight, a weight problem, and asthma” (Character). The boys decide to build a fire so they can be rescued. They start to work, and even “the small boys who had reached the top came sliding too until everyone but Piggy was busy” (Golding, 39). Piggy doesn’t do the work, but he still expects his fair share of everything. Later in the story, the boys need to build a need fire on the beach.

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The boys need fend for themselves and they all had to figure out how to survive. Eventually all of the boys soon turned into savages and went against one another by hurting the others. There are two main characters who took charge right away due to no supervision: Jack and Ralph. Jack was mainly in charge of hunting, and Ralph was in charge of shelters. Each of the boys are in competition for chief, which leads to lack of authority.

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“We saw-” “-the beast-”. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there were a group of English Schoolboys. They roamed around on a deserted island, a war was going on in the near future. There are many possible things a “beast” can be. The definition of a “beast” evolves throughout the story.

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In the debate my reason topic was Should the Lord of the Flies be taught? My thesis was the Lord of the Flies of shouldn’t be taught. My reason statement was that the Lord of the flies shouldn’t be taught because of the language complexity and grammar in the book doesn’t connect to common core. The text evidence that I have is that “Whee-oh!” “Wacco!”

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They have to make shelter, find food, take care of the rest of the littl’uns and big’uns, etc. Ralph and Piggy find a conch, realizing it could be blown to unite the boys to come together. After some discussion, everyone agrees there should be a leader, in which Ralph was selected. Jack had lost, and Piggy wasn’t ever considered an option between all of the boys. The boys start off having fun with no adults, not worrying about the fact they’re stuck on an island with no communication with the outside world.

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In Lord Of the Flies not only did the boys have to cooperate to make living conditions better, they also had to make sure that would have food and water, which is a priority for each individual. This is something the boys never had to do. Katniss and Peeta have to keep themselves and also their family fed everyday. This was nothing new for the determined teens. In The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta both are extremely poor and have to work to feed their family.

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Children Come Together To Try To Survive “The faster you can signal for rescue, the faster you get out of that situation.” In the book, Lord of the Flies, the children were getting flown out of England to keep them safe from World War II and crashed on an island is the Pacific Ocean. They noticed that there was no adult on the island so they tried to make a society on there own. They boys tried but it was extremely difficult for the boys to comply with the rules and as the days wore on they struggled to follow them.

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They all come to an agreement that they have to have jobs assign to them and to keep themselves organize. After a few weeks or months on the island some of the boys start to lose civilization and start to become savages. There are many hidden symbols behind the story, like the castle rock, the fires that they build for rescue, and even the characters are also symbols.

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Many wonder what is the root of all evil and most conclude people are innately evil or have a darkness in them waiting to reveal itself. The topic of evil and where it really comes from has caused a debate among many people who take a variety of stances. One such person, William Golding, writes a novel called Lord of the Flies to display his position on this topic. Through his character’s in Lord of the Flies, Golding conveys his opinion that humans are born with natural ill intent which will manifest from lack of society, however, evidence showing people are born with a moral compass, along with the constant appearance of heroes in society, prove people are not inherently evil.

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The boys no longer had adults in their lives, and because of this void, they had to become responsible. They attempted to create rules, shelters, and a way off the island. They attempted to provide for one another, and eventually began to act a little like adults. “…The ground was hardened by an accustomed tread and as Jack rose to his full height he heard something moving on it.

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