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    LORD OF THE FLIES SYMBOLISM THE SIGNAL FIRE The signal fire burns on the mountain‚ and later on the beach‚ to attract the notice of passing ships that might be able to rescue the boys. The fire becomes a sign of the boys’ connection with civilization. In the beginning of the novel‚ the boys maintain and keep the fire alive. This means that they want to be rescued and return to civilization and society. When the fire burns out or comes close to dying‚ it means that the boys have lost sight of

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    Significance of Violence Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel which narrates the struggles of young boys marooned on a solitary and uninhibited tropical island. In this castaway fiction‚ Golding used calamitous scenes of violence to expose the evil that manifests when the morals of civilization are taken away. Also‚ as their time on the island amplified Golding used the young boys to validate the moral decay which takes place without the decrees of civilization. In the beginning

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    Innocence to Savagery The initial existence of innocence is vital to the story development in the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ because they are not concerned about danger where concern is due‚ they have a lack of knowledge‚ and they eventually become savages. The characters in this novel are young. Right off the bat‚ the children aren’t concerned about what has just happened to them. We begin the book from the perspective of two young boys and all the other boys are yet to be seen. They are all just

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    Simon has the power of "seeing" and understanding what the other boys cannot. When the boys worry about the beastie‚ it is Simon who suggests that the beast might be within them‚ and it is he who has the encounter with the "lord of the flies‚" which is so powerful that it makes him faint. He is killed as the other boys celebrate after a hunt. Because his name is associated with Christianity (Simon Peter‚ Christ’s chief disciple)‚ we can understand his death as a sacrifice resulting from the pagan

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    A Savage Masquerade Masks are prevalent throughout Lord of the Flies. The hunters utilize face paint‚ the most recognizable and physical form of the mask in the story. The paint is first mentioned when Jack smears red and white clay onto his face‚ along with charcoal. Although the clay masks are originally used as camouflage in order to hunt a pig‚ the paint soon becomes a way for the hunters to distance themselves from the atrocities they commit. Jack immediately changes after applying the face

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     “What idea(s) does the author suggest about the beast that lives within us all?     Has there ever been a moment in your life where you’ve felt a rush of so much adrenaline and  pure ecstasy where you feel you could conquer anything? William Golding‚ the author of the  novel Lord of the Flies‚ calls this “The Beast”. In the book‚ young boys who have crashed onto  an island are all living in a parent and rule free environment. This “Beastie” that is mentioned‚  starts in the minds of the younger kids. The growing fear infiltrates their minds and then this 

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    The Lord of The Flies : Returning Home. Our story begins with a group of kids‚ left on an island in the middle of the Atlantic‚ with no adults‚ no guidance‚ just them and the island. A couple months go by and they have lost all senses of humanity. Friendships are broken‚ they were truly lost. A navy Commander sees that this island is on fire and goes to see if he can help. What he sees is nothing like what he has seen before. The boys get on a life boat with the commander. They are dirty‚ smelly

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    The negative forces that practically drown out the boys’ good intentions and extract the boys from living in a fulfilling life as a child in society within Lord of the Flies by the author William Golding seems to always be discussed first rather than talk about what little but meaningful the good forces are that remain on the island. For example‚ Jack Merridew and his tribe’s savagery is regardless of where you find source from‚ rather it be your teacher or a website like Sparknotes is usually saying

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    Study Guide Pre-AP English I Lord of the Flies Unit Test * The test will be comprised of forty multiple choice or character match questions worth two points each. In addition‚ there will be two paragraph prompts that will be worth 15 points each. * The character match portion is 15 questions which asks you to match a quote with the character who spoke it in the novel. The quotes might come from any of the major characters. The only way to prepare for these quotes is to have read

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    Lord of the Flies Essay- Analyse how an idea was created in the text: idea is CIVILISATION VS SAVAGERY Idea: jack develops into becoming savage and loses contact with civilisation‚ while Ralph stays civilised throughout the novel‚ becoming savagery in Jack vs Civilisation in Ralph‚ this theme is shown within the conflict of the two characters. Topic sentence: in the beginning of the novel jack and Ralph show small signs of a conflict rising‚ through jacks signs of savagery First paragraph- Ralph

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