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    Ralph makes friends with Piggy during the start of the story. Like Ralph‚ Piggy is very mature for he’s age however Piggy is seen as weak because of he’s glasses and obesity. Ralph and Piggy join forces and try to get rescued. Meanwhile‚ Jack does not care about being rescued and soon the other boys agree by making Jack leader instead of Ralph. Jack takes all

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    instinct. Piggy is the clever one with poor eyesight‚ a weight problem‚ and asthma. Piggy represents the rational world. Piggy can’t be a leader himself‚ because he lacks leadership. He believes that holding the conch gives him the right to be heard. As the brainy one‚ Piggy claims that “Life is scientific.” Majority of the ideas that were focused on‚ on the island were ideas that came from Piggy. He was not like the other boys but he was better in many ways other than athletic. Piggy was smarter

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    Flies” and the show “Lost” have a lot in common‚ such as the setting of the stories and what the characters did for survival. In both of the stories the characters got into a plane crash and landed on a deserted island. In LOTF there’s a fat guy named “Piggy‚” and in Lost there’s a fat guy named “Hurley.” And a big similarity about both of the stories is that there is deaths on the islands. In Lost‚ there’s a character named Marshal Edward Mars‚ who gets severely injured during the crash and has to use

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    more than one occasion in the book Piggy has been the one to come up with a rational understanding of what is going on and his opinions were just pushed to the side. Piggy says‚ “‘That little ‘un- him with the mark on his face‚ I don’t see him. Where is he now?”’ “The crowd was as silent as death.” (Golding 46). Piggy is the only one who notices that the little ‘un is missing‚ making Ralph and the others feel awful for their irresponsibility with the fire. Piggy also is discriminated against by Jack

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    Lord of the Flies‚ the children had many disagreements. There were several arguments‚ and the boys even had a war against the original leader‚ Ralph. Seemingly‚ Jack and Ralph are friends in the beginning‚ but end up being enemies in the end. Piggy and Ralph were not friends in the beginning‚ but a friendship eventually developed later in the novel. Roger and Jack were also friends because they were both savages and wanted to kill. Jack and Ralph were quick to be friends in the beginning.

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    remember‚ glasses represent scientific and knowledge. Science could have positive attribute. In the book‚ Jack and Ralf used piggy’s glasses to kindle fire. In addition‚ it could be represented ability to “see”. When Jack broken piggy’s glasses‚ Piggy told them “I got to have them spaces. Now I only got one eye”.

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    In this instance it’s a good character communing with an evil one; his own head. The book often deals with issues of sanity‚ madness‚ and fire. A few of the main incidents include conflicts between an antagonist‚ Roger‚ and an important character‚ Piggy. The force of good is heavily tested in the Lord of the Flies because the kids are stranded on an island and have to face the unknown that lurks within the forests of the massive island. Sanity is what keeps things in

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    Simon faints‚ Jack says “He’s always throwing a faint.” This is suggesting that Jack thinks Simon is a weak character‚ and he himself is strong. When Piggy‚ Ralph and Jack are talking about names‚ Jack offends Piggy with foul language. This implies that he is also a rude character‚ as he says ”Shut up‚ Fatty” in response to Piggy. The way that he calls Piggy “Fatty” shows that he is not scared to talk and thinks that he is intimidating‚ which is also suggesting cockiness. When the subject of having a

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    Britain who were on a plane that got shot down and crashed on an island with boys ages ranging from 5-13. Shortly after they arrived‚ they voted for a leader out of the three main characters‚ Piggy‚ Ralph and Jack. Jack the oldest‚ being the most commanding and authoritative is chosen to be the leader‚ although Piggy is ten times more intelligent that Jack is‚ and Ralph has better leadership skill. In Lord of The Flies there are a lot of major symbols. The beast is an important symbol because it symbolizes

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    Two aspects of the Freudian Theory are the id—the state of mind that acts on instinct—and the superego—the state of mind that acts as one’s conscience. In Lord of the Flies‚ Roger can clearly represent the id‚ whereas Simon acts as the superego of the group. Acting on one’s superego can easily be associated with innocence and good‚ which is illustrated in the novel. In chapter one of Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph and Jack climb up the mountain with Simon. As they reach the top‚ the boys get a clear‚ beautiful

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