Thursday, 21 April 2016

Lord of the Flies - Essay Questions

Answer 1 of the following Essay Questions:

1. Can a person be born “good” or “evil”, or does a person learn to be good or evil? Explain your answer in an essay by analyzing three of the major characters (Ralph, Jack, Piggy, or Simon) in terms of their distinctive character traits and the human quality they might symbolize.

2. Lord of the Flies  is an allegorical novel. It uses the conch and the beast as symbols of power, civilization and savagery. Compare and contrast the function of the two symbols in the novel. How are the two symbols used by Ralph and Jack to enhance order and barbaric beaviour?

3. How does the Stanford Prison Experiment and the Milgam Experiment possibly relate to Lord of the Flies? Explain your answer in an essay by analyzing three of the major characters (Ralph, Jack, Piggy, or Simon) in terms of their distinctive character traits and the human quality they might symbolize.

4. Of all the characters in the novel, who is the most useful? Why do you think this is the case? How does Golding use this character to advance the novel’s themes?


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