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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 9, Ralph and Piggy jump into a pool of water to bathe, and Ralph squirts water into Piggy's face. Piggy then tells Ralph, "Mind my specs...If I get water on the glass I got to get out...
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Lord of the Flies
Golding does not spend a great deal of time describing the actual events of the plane crash, so it is difficult to know exactly what happened prior to the boys coming out of the jungle for the...
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Lord of the Flies
On the opposite side of the island, there is no barrier reef or lagoon, and there are no mirages that disrupt the view of the horizon. In Chapter 7, while the hunters are eating fruit before...
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Lord of the Flies
William Golding (1911-1993) spent many years teaching school. In 1939, he began working as an English and philosophy teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School. He worked there until 1961, save for the...
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Lord of the Flies
The main theme throughout the novel Lord of the Flies examines the inherent evil that is present in each individual. Golding explores how humans have a natural affinity for violence and savagery...
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Lord of the Flies
William Golding was an English and philosophy teacher at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury before he joined the Royal Navy in 1940 where he would eventually fight in WWII. Both experiences...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 4, Henry is playing on the beach, and Roger begins to throw stones in his proximity. However, Roger is careful not to aim directly at Henry and hit him. Golding describes the six-yard...
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Literature
In Chapter 6, a paratrooper is shot out of the sky during an aerial battle that takes place above the island. Samneric mistake the paratrooper as the beast and quickly tell the others boys. Upon...
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Lord of the Flies
Diction refers to the vocabulary someone uses in speech or writing or it may refer to the manner in which one pronounces words. Obviously, the more educated the person is, the more complex or...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 8, Simon encounters the severed pig's head in his secluded spot in the forest. Simon is mesmerized by the pig's head and the swarming flies around it. He begins to hallucinate and hears...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 8, Jack and his hunters kill a pig and decide to sever its head as a sacrifice to the beast. Leaving the head of a pig for the beast would be considered a hunting ritual that also serves...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 1, Ralph tells Piggy that his father taught him to swim when he was five and that his father is a commander in the Navy. In Chapter 2, Ralph holds an assembly and offers the boys hope by...
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Lord of the Flies
I believe that by "children" you mean that the characters are exactly the same as before. The only difference is that there is now a single adult among the group. This is a completely open...
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Lord of the Flies
Two quotes about how the conch demonstrates civilization on the island include the boys coming when the conch is blown or listening to the person who is holding the conch. The conch is a special...
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Lord of the Flies
The book is about a group of boys who end up stranded on a deserted island in the middle of a war when their plane crashes. They have no adults, since the only adults die in the plane crash and no...
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Lord of the Flies
The irony in this passage is primarily situational. The opposite happens from what is expected. The quotation you cite occurs in Chapter 9 when Ralph and Piggy join Jack's group in the feast, the...
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Lord of the Flies
In order to identify DIDLS terms, you will need to first pay attention to the "diction" of the author - the implication of his or her word choice. For example, you must ask yourself why the author...
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Lord of the Flies
Giving Jack power was a mistake because it divided the boys from the beginning instead of uniting them, and did not give Jack any incentive to follow Ralph. Ralph was elected leader because he was...
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Lord of the Flies
Yes. Towards the end of Chapter 7, the majority of the boys are on an expedition to hunt pigs and find the beast. The boys continue to climb the mountain after missing an opportunity to kill a pig,...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 4, Jack slaps Piggy's glasses off of his face and ends up breaking one of the lenses. Ralph calls out Jack by saying, "That was a dirty trick" (Golding 102). After the boys collect wood...
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Lord of the Flies
During their first official assembly, Ralph takes the lead and begins to explain the island to the boys. He grabs the conch and sets forth several rules on the island. Initially, the boys seem to...
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Lord of the Flies
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding seeks to prove that humanity is innately evil. By using the most innocent creatures, children, he illustrates that even the most inexperienced and untouched...
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Lord of the Flies
Golding examines several themes throughout Chapter 8, including fear, leadership, manipulation, and inherent wickedness. Ralph's lack of leadership allows Jack to leave the group and start his own...
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Lord of the Flies
Golding uses simile, pathetic fallacy, symbolism, and allusion to depict fear and evil among the boys on the island. Near the beginning of the story, the boys inadvertently set fire to a large...
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Lord of the Flies
Jack, who has red hair that symbolizes his association with blood, constantly carries a knife around with him. He is responsible for hunting, and when he at first fails to kill a pig, "he snatched...
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Lord of the Flies
Ralph holds several assembly meetings throughout the novel. In Chapter 2, Ralph holds the first official assembly meeting where he tells the boys that they are on an uninhabited island with plenty...
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Lord of the Flies
In literature, a paradox is when two contradictory concepts or beliefs are juxtaposed to reveal a significant, underlying truth. In the novel Lord of the Flies, there is a paradox attached to the...
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Lord of the Flies
In the novel, a number of young boys are trying to survive on a deserted island, but suspect there is a 'beast' on the island that is dangerous and poses a threat. Each of the primary characters is...
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Lord of the Flies
Jack is described as "tall, thin, and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap" (page 20). Red hair is a symbol of his later quest for blood. He is also described as having blue eyes that...
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Lord of the Flies
Consistent with his theme that humankind is innately depraved, Golding has evil triumph over good in Lord of the Flies. Even though he doesn't write the book so that all the boys die, or even so...
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Lord of the Flies
Throughout the novel, William Golding suggests that human beings, void of societal restrictions and regulations, will descend into savagery and succumb to their primitive instincts. The boys are...
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Lord of the Flies
In Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, the boys quickly lose their innocence during their time on the island. Golding shows the downward spiral from relative innocence to depravity in numerous ways,...
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of British boys who become stranded on an uninhabited island and attempt to govern themselves, with chaotic results. Crash is a film about the problems...
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Lord of the Flies
There are several occasions where the fire burns low or burns out in Lord of the Flies. The first fire the boys make in chapter 2 is a huge bonfire that reaches twenty feet high, but it "diminished...
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Lord of the Flies
The two, in both the novel and the play, thematically represent the destructive forces within man. In Macbeth, the three witches are the personification of evil and in Lord of the Flies, the beast...
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Lord of the Flies
Although Ralph is just an ordinary boy, he has "greatness thrust upon him" when the boys vote for him to be chief. He rises to the occasion and shows outstanding courage on several occasions. The...
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Piggy is an interesting character--one that is open to multiple interpretations. Piggy displays characteristics that should make him an important leader among the boys; however, Piggy is almost...
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Although the fire on the mountain that kills the boy with the birthmark at the end of chapter 2 could be seen as the beginning of the boys' loss of innocence in Lord of the Flies, Golding uses...
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Lord of the Flies
1. The boys are free from the rules and regulations of civil society. They enjoy the freedom to paint themselves like savages and engage in barbaric behaviors without being punished. 2. The island...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 5, on page 89 of the Perigee Book Edition, Simon attempts to explain the true nature of the beast during an assembly. After Percival Wemys Madison claims that the beast comes out of the...
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Romeo and Juliet
In both Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and William Golding's Lord of the Flies, due to the character trait of hotheadedness, characters regress to acting on instincts rather than on rational...
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Lord of the Flies
This is a question that can be answered in many ways. In Golding's Lord of the Flies, Jack is portrayed as having the most dramatic change. He begins the novel as the leader of a choir, who can...
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Lord of the Flies
Some examples of the loss of innocence at this point are Jack’s insistence on killing a pig and Ralph's inability to get anything accomplished. Jack wants to kill the pig, and it is more...
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Reference
At the start of the novel, Ralph has two outstanding traits that change during his experiences on the island. The first thing we notice is that he is a little conceited toward Piggy. Ralph seems...
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Lord of the Flies
In Chapter 8, Simon is in the presence of the Lord of the Flies. He tries not to look at the disgusting image of the severed pig's head on top of a stick, but cannot help himself. When Simon looks...
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Lord of the Flies
Roger is obviously evil. He is a bully; from the beginning he takes pleasure in bothering Henry by throwing rocks at him without hitting him. When he turns his aggression on the sow, he seems to...
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Lord of the Flies
William Golding portrays absolute power as being corrupt, dangerous, and harmful. Throughout Jack's tyrannical rule, he uses violence, intimidation, and psychological manipulation to control his...
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Lord of the Flies
Throughout the novel, Golding suggests that absolute power is corrupting and dangerous by depicting Jack's tyrannical leadership over his group of savages. After Jack usurps power from Ralph, he...
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Lord of the Flies
At the end of the novel, as Ralph is running for his life from Jack and his tribe of savages, he surprisingly encounters a British naval officer who is standing on the beach. When the band of...
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Lord of the Flies
In Golding's novel, the island the boys land on is "a good island," even a Paradise, but the presence of the boys there contaminates it, making it a Hell. In chapter 1 the island is described as a...
