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    in his version‚ with a failed attempt at modernisation to try to cater to a new audience. Despite the adequate technology available for the film‚ the most important parts which could have benefitted were shafted ‚ for example‚ Simon’s vision of the Pig speaking to him (a pivotal point in the book which could not easily be shown in the 1960’s due to lack of technology) is reduced to mere seconds where he locks eyes with the dead swine. The moral Golding was trying to convey is rooted deeply in the

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    island from the original leader named Ralph. When Ralph goes to visit Jack before a storm‚ thunder strikes. Jack decides to have his group do a special “dance” - a person pretends to be a wild pig in the center of a human circle‚ well the human circle holds spears and other weapons and mimes killing the “pig”. As Ralph and his friend Piggy join the circle‚ even though they have never hunted or wanted to‚ they “were eager to take a place in [a] demented but partly secure society” (Golding 1). Ralph

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    after all it was you and me." Tells us that the person that murdered the American president john F. Kennedy was influenced by him as is anyone who does not right and which leads to death. In "The Lord of the Flies" the devil appears in one form. The pig head that Jacks’s group stack on a stick and placed on the island. Simon is the one that seeks contact and faces him‚ but he can not answer because his tongue is frozen from the shock. He listens to the devil that is the Lord of the Flies and falls

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    contributed by Simpson Au‚ http://www.simpau.cjb.net Symbolism in Lord of the Flies The story‚ Lord of the Flies‚ has many interesting symbols relating adult society to kids surviving on an island. Many of the characters and items in this novel such as Jack or the conch can be interpreted on a macroscopic scale but the most important being this; a microcosm of children on an island makes a great symbolic message about human nature‚ society and how grown-ups live and govern - and how they cannot

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    Quality- sadistic c. Support- throws stones at Henry; shows his power over Henry‚ and he enjoys hurting Henry. d. Support- “a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin” (62) e. Character Quality- impulsively evil f. Support- spears the pig II. Civilized Characters (innately good) – Lord of the Flies A. Ralph a. Character Description- protagonist‚ the first boy on the island‚ gets elected as the leader‚ attempts to coordinate civilization b. Character Quality- attempts to recreate an organized

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    Summary of Lord of the Flies It all starts with Ralph finding himself on what seems like a desolated island. After walking around for some time‚ he meets the boy‚ whose name we don’t hear‚ but Ralph will refer to his nickname‚ Piggy‚ future on. Ralph and Piggy decide it would be best to group up‚ although Ralph seems to be rather annoyed with Piggy’s presence. After they have wandered around on the island‚ they spot something rather interesting lying in a small pool of water. It turns out to be

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    learned from the beginning just how violent Jack was‚ he slashed the green candle buds for no particular reason. 5. Jack hesitates because it’s not natural for him as a British school boy to just go around killing pigs for the needs of survival. Jack learns that you need to kill the pig for the means of food not just to be cruel. He promises that "next time there would be no mercy." 6. The boys from Jack’s choir become the hunters; their job is to catch food for all of the boys. 7. One of the

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    Beast could be inside of them and later we figure out that this is true . “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” page (143). The pig head on a spear says this to Simon in Simon’s clearing. This shows that all the boys have an inner darkness inside of all of them. The pig head says that he is a part of Simon. The pig head is the Lord of the Flies. The Beast represents the inner darkness inside of all of the boys. The boys went through many bad things that released there

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    ones who tend to the shelters are Ralph and Simon. Upon returning from his almost-kill‚ Jack gets into a squabble with Ralph over his apparent obsession with killing a pig. Ralph wants to be rescued‚ and argues that it is the best thing the boys can do. Jack replies with‚ “Rescue? Yes‚ of course! All the same‚ I’d like to catch a pig first (pg. 53). Ralph tries to remind him of the importance of the fire‚ but it virtually blown off by Jack‚ whose priority is the thrill of the kill. He makes the excuse

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    wouldn’t have been able to plan a murder in such a short time. There was no reason for him to want to kill Simon‚ he seldom spoke and never really defied jack‚ and he wasn’t a threat like Ralph.  He didn’t mention harming anyone‚ his tribe just gotten a pig and they were celebrating. It was an innocent party‚ it was night and they could not see when Simon ran out of the forest. They killed him because they thought he was the beast‚ they were confused; it could not have been a pre-planned murder. When

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