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Essay Outline. Essay Topics. Analyze how a theme in LOTF is developed through Golding’s use of symbols or Analyze how allegory in LOTF is developed through Golding’s use of characters. Thesis Statement for Allegory.
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Essay Topics • Analyze how a theme in LOTF is developed through Golding’s use of symbolsor • Analyze how allegory in LOTF is developed through Golding’s use of characters
Thesis Statement for Allegory • Thesis Statement: Allegory in the Lord of the Flies demonstrates Golding’s novel setting of boys trapped on a deserted island as a symbolic microcosm of man’s human barbarity and savagery by means of murder and corruption. • Directional Statement: That is, Golding’s use of the characters Piggy, Simon and Jack reveal the symbolic barbarity of human society as an allegorical lesson for his audience.
Thesis for Theme • Thesis Statement: William Golding’s use of fear as a major theme in the Lord of the Flies illustrates a symbolic decent of the boys from when they first arrive on the island becoming blind to what is unknown and ignorant to their violent capabilities • Direction Statement: Likewise, fear as a catalyst for the boys is symbolically represented through masking oneself, Lord of the Flies and “beastie.”
Introduction Paragraph • Intro Sentence (topic/novel/author): must indicate the title of the text (underlined) and the author’s full name • Thesis: must be a statement and not a one word statement of topic • Directional Statement: contains the subtopics to be discussed in the body of the essay – they are to be in order in which they are used in the essay (i.e. the 3 points that you are going to prove)
Thesis for Theme • Thesis Statement: William Golding’s use of fear as a major theme in the Lord of the Flies illustrates a symbolic decent of the boys from when they first arrive on the island becoming blind to what is unknown and ignorant to their violent capabilities • Direction Statement: Likewise, fear as a catalyst for the boys is symbolically represented through masking oneself, Lord of the Flies and “beastie.”
Body Paragraph 1 • Topic Sentence: Outline the role of fear and the use of Masks (3 points to prove)
Body Paragraph 2 • Topic Sentence: Outline the role of fear and Lord of the Flies (3 points to prove)
Body Paragraph 3 • Topic Sentence: Outline the role of fear and Beastie (3 points to prove)