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rocki
rocki
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High School - 9th Grade

What is "the scar" in Lord of the Flies?

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Posted by rocki on Monday December 17, 2007 at 9:50 AM and tagged with lord of the flies, plot, scar, setting, symbolism.

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  1. luannw Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    On a literal level, the "scar" is the mark left by the conveyance that brought the boys to the island.  It crash-landed in a skid, knocking down trees and brush leaving a mark or "scar".  On a figurative level, the scar represents the evil that mankind has wrought on the world in Golding's view.  Golding wanted to say to  the readers that the evil within mankind has left an ugly, permanent mark on the world.

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    Posted by luannw on Monday December 17, 2007 at 11:08 AM

  2. buggy23
    buggy23 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    The scar represents the beastie.

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    Posted by buggy23 on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 2:00 PM

  3. cookiedoe1
    cookiedoe1 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    *one of the key symbols in lord of the flies is the scar because it is a part of the island where their plan crashed,it represents man comining onto uninhabited territory and scarring it.*

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    Posted by cookiedoe1 on Monday May 4, 2009 at 5:56 PM