... , become savages. On the other side of the island is the group of civilized dwellers. Ralph leads them and is most concerned with keeping the fire going. This fire is to wave ships and planes down. Where Jack is main objective is to hunt and kill. Golding uses the setting of the island to portray the themes of civilization verses savagery. The beach near the warm water lagoon is where the civilized nature of the story takes place ... didn't you? I"m apart of you I"m the reason why its no go? Why things the way they are?" What Simon realizes is that evil does not exist outside man's natur...

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... in turn brings the fall of the society. Simon is somewhat saintly and represents religion and spirituality. During his conversation with the "beast- Simon learns the truth of what is happening on the island. However, "Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness-, and ends up being killed by the tribe. His death symbolizes a major turning point for the tribe on the island and reinforces the theme in that the society turns ... the only things that keep man decent ("Introduction to The Lord of the Flies). The contrast between the ideal paradise of the isl...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to civilization, when he sees the naval officer, he weeps with the burden of his new knowledge about the human capacity for evil. Jack The strong-willed, egomaniacal Jack is the novel's primary representative of the instinct of savagery, violence, and the desire for power-in short, the antithesis of Ralph. From the beginning of the novel, Jack desires power above all other things. He is furious when he loses the election to Ralph and continually ... to rise and fall as the wind blows. When Sam and Eric wake up, they tend to the fire to make the flames brighter. In the flickering firelig...

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• Grade Level: High School