Lord of the Flies Group

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successkid
successkid
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High School - 9th Grade

In "Lord of the Flies", why do the children seem less eager to build the fire as time passes?

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Posted by successkid on Thursday September 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM and tagged with characters, fire, lord of the flies.

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  1. michael336 Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    As time passed and no rescue came into sight, the boys became aclimated to their surroundings and their new reality.  In fact, they began to embrace their independence.  They were feeling personal power for the first time, power over themselves without grown-ups, but also (for some of them) power of others.  As the saying goes, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

    With rescue (since the fire was designed to be a beacon to any passing ships or planes), the boys would have to give up a lot.  They were not sure what was going on in the outside world (they had escaped England at the beginning of a nuclear war).  The security of the island was one of knowledge, rather than trying to escape into the unknown.

     

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    Posted by michael336 on Thursday September 4, 2008 at 10:10 AM