Lord of the Flies is a highly symbolic novel, and many of its symbols are readily interpreted. ... (pg.143) The Lord of the Flies speaks these lines to Simon in Chapter 8. ... The Lord of the Flies identifies itself as the beast and acknowledges to Simon that it exists within all human beings. ... In this way, the Lord of the Flies becomes both a physical manifestation of the beast, a symbol of the power of evil, and a kind of satanic figure who evokes the beast within each human being. ... Then later on in the novel, the powerful symbols become the beast, and the lord of the flies. ...

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In "Lord of the flies" William Golding shows just how terrifying and symbolic that this can be. ... Piggy who had the idea to "use this to call the others" first saw it. ... Jack, who, throughout the novel removes the forces opposing him, is scornfully afraid of Piggy and eventually kills him to eliminate his moral influence on the group.Many often over look clothing as a symbol in the "Lord of the flies". ... He associates being clean and properly dressed with being orderly.There were many more symbols in "The lord of the flies". That range from the fire to the lord of the flies it self. ...

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Lord of the Flies*(Underline title of Book~!*) Lord of the Flies,is a story about several young boys who left England during an atomic war at an unspecified time in the future. ... Piggy's body* then flies over the ledge* crashing onto the rock below. ...

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Golding's Lord of The Flies revolves around this message. ... Simon and Piggy, who are both very innocent recognize the evil being created and although they try to put a stop to it, they are killed. ...

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One of the symbolic items in Lord of the Flies is the fire. ... The most symbolic of all things in the book is the Lord of the Flies himself. The Lord of the Flies is also connected to Simon because it is Simon who discovers the Lord of the Flies for what he really is, pure evil. ... However in the movie, Brook doesn't include the Lord of the Flies" conversation. ... If Brook had included the conversation in the movie, the viewer who hadn't read the book wouldn't have to wonder or assume what the Lord of the Flies was. ...

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The boys in "The Lord of the Flies" have in a sense taken the evolution of man in a backwards manner. ... As soon as the boys hear the conch shell call from Ralph, they come to see who it is. ... Their citizens usually elect the candidate who exemplifies the most protection. ...

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Lord Of The Flies Chapter 1 In the beginning of the book a boy named Ralph goes down some rocks toward a lagoon on a beach and he meets a chubby boy who introduces himself as Piggy. ... Ralph also decides that the conch shell with determine who has the right to speak, who ever holds it can talk. ... So a group of hunters are put in charge to keep it lit and they end up lighting a bunch of trees on fire. in the craziness of the trees catching fire Piggy tells them that the boy who was talking about the snake is missing, and they just go one as if nothing is wrong. ......

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It lead to the death of Simon, one who knew that the beast never existed, and that the beast was just a symbol of everybody's fear on the island. ... The boy who holds the shell is given the right to speak. ...

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In the midst of a war, a transport plane carrying a group of English boys is shot down over the ocean. It crashes in a thick jungle on a deserted island. Scattered by the wreck, the surviving boys lose each other. The pilot is nowhere to be found. Wondering where everyone is, Ralph, one of the older...

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