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ajames-89
ajames-89
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Why does Roger shove his way past Jack, only just managing not to edge him aside?

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Posted by ajames-89 on Tuesday November 13, 2007 at 10:05 AM and tagged with chapter 11, lord of the flies.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
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    Roger, always eager for violence, is edging past Jack in order to "show him" how to attack SamnEric.  Roger is the symbol of animal brutality, but it is a brutality barely contained by authority.  Jack is the authority.  Roger is shoving Jack, almost but not quite pushing him aside, in a symbolic action to discard human morals and turn fully to animal desire.

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    Posted by sullymonster on Tuesday November 13, 2007 at 11:42 AM