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laladuece
laladuece
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High School - 10th Grade

In "Lord of the Flies", Simon and the flies both find a life-like figure. Describe Or Explain.

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Posted by laladuece on Sunday December 7, 2008 at 10:41 AM and tagged with characters, flies, lifelike figure, lord of the flies, simon.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Simon and the flies both find the pig's head. In a hallucinatory state, Simon actually has a conversation with the pig's head. The head tells Simon that the reason he can't get rid of the evil that is occurring in the boys is because it is part of him. This is a major theme of the novel. The flies find the pig's head for obvious reasons. However, this gives another dimension to the head of the pig; it is now known as "The Lord of the Flies". This is another major point of the novel. "Lord of the Flies" is a Biblical term for devil or evil. Thus the pig's head, which is dedicated to the beast represents evil and is thus intimately associated with the beast. Since the beast is human (the dead parachutist), Golding brings the beast, the devil and the evil inside man together in this image.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Sunday December 7, 2008 at 11:28 AM

  2. mattlilly88
    mattlilly88 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    he also has seizures, too.

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    Posted by mattlilly88 on Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 9:31 PM