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- 13761: Oliver Twist
- ... other people makes them withdrawn and passive, like Oliver, who is terrified of being abandoned: "…my dear child …you need not be afraid of me unless you give me cause." (89). Sikes' aggression, Nancy's depression, and Monks' vindictiveness are all results of alienation. Therefore, whatever its cause or effect, alienation is destructive. And so, the title is significant in that it reveals not only Oliver's name, but also his ...
- 13762: Lord Of The Flies - Symbols
- ... keep it going? " There's another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they might not notice us. We must make a fire(#38)." Jack has a great idea to use Piggy's glasses to light the fire." Jack pointed suddenly. "His specs-use them as burning glasses (#40)!" Jack has a obsession of hunting and it turns to the choir as well ...
- 13763: Lord Of The Flies - Summary And Background Information
- ... Simon's hallucination the head becomes the Lord of the Flies and says, "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?" A great storm builds over the island, and Simon starts back to where the other boys are. As he stumbles through the jungle, he discovers the beast that the twins thought they saw. It was a dead ...
- 13764: Lord Of The Flies - Setting
- ... the unfamiliar surrounding possessed by the island. The vines that hung from the trees caused the "littluns" to have nightmares because they reminded them of snakes, or "beasties". What was unknown to the boys caused great fear. This fear of the unknown caused differences amongst the boys which lead to their destruction. Since Simon knew that there was no such things as "beasties" He tried to dispel the mysteries of the ...
- 13765: Lord Of The Flies - Discovery
- ... brave , because he dares to find the truth about the beast. In the end of the story, Simon sacrifices himself to tell the rest of the boys about the beast. 5Ralph, Simon and Samneric learns great and bitter lesson about self-discovery. Ralph and Simon finally realizes the evil residing within everyone. They feel sick and uneasy about it, but they face the truth. This is why Ralph knocks over pig ...
- 13766: Lord Of The Flies - Civilized Vs. Savage
- ... as a result they drown in a sea of chaos. The fire is let to burn out as a ship passed by the island. A young boy is not looked after and disappears after a great fire. All things in this novel eventually develop into the opposite of what it once was. The boys order steadily declined as savagery took over and with that came chaos. The island itself becomes a ...
- 13767: Lord Of The Flies - Character Analysis
- ... He was made an outcast by his undesirable physique and his superior intelligence. This isolation and wisdom also helped Piggy to retain his civilized behaviour. As well, he was made painfully more aware of the great amount of injustice in the world. From these three characters, it could be seen that under the same circumstances, different individuals can develop in different ways depending on the factors within themselves and how they ...
- 13768: Lord Of The Flies
- ... the plot, theme, and setting. A remote jungle seems to be a very effective setting to establish the main theme about savages. It focusses on simple things, and would be much more effective than a great city-scape. Golding uses the jungle so he can focus on such fundamental themes as the conflict of good vs. evil. Golding also uses suspense in this story, with the beast as a shady character ...
- 13769: Odysseus And Aeneas
- ... send Aeneas a sign telling him not to kill himself. Aeneas was going to do this because he found his father almost dead and decided to take his own life. Both of them are really great fighters, but they have differences in how they do things. Odysseus plans things out before he attacks and has a good plan as well. Aeneas however does not plan things out and just jumps right ...
- 13770: Lord Of The Flies
- ... He was made an outcast by his undesirable physique and his superior intelligence. This isolation and wisdom also helped Piggy to retain his civilized behaviour. As well, he was made painfully more aware of the great amount of injustice in the world. From these three characters, it could be seen that under the same circumstances, different individuals can develop in different ways depending on the factors within themselves and how they ...
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