... shows that his family didn't give him enough support, for example his lip was bleeding and no one bothered to tell him that he was getting BLOOD all over his food. Lyman was a clever guy though. When the rest of his family gave up on Henry, Lyman came up with a good idea to change his focus by trashing the car. Henry ... them. "I know it. I can't help it," he says. "I know it. I can't help it. It's no use."" I think that Henry also committed suicide. He knew that the river would be running fast for this time of year. And before he jumped in the river he was happy and normal, that is whe...

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... shows that his family didn't give him enough support, for example his lip was bleeding and no one bothered to tell him that he was getting BLOOD all over his food. Lyman was a clever guy though. When the rest of his family gave up on Henry, Lyman came up with a good idea to change his focus by trashing the car. Henry ... them. "I know it. I can't help it," he says. "I know it. I can't help it. It's no use."" I think that Henry also committed suicide. He knew that the river would be running fast for this time of year. And before he jumped in the river he was happy and normal, that is whe...

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... him to a tree for a whole day. With this fear of Jack everyone did as he said and became a dictator with his own throne and even had the boys bring him food. Jack's government was a communist type of government like the government of Germany during World War ll. Hitler and Jack are very similar: Both give powerful speeches; Both had unthinking masses ... into an actual thing. One character showed this the most, Piggy. Piggy was the smartest boy on the island and with his knowledge they might have got off twice as fast and with a lot less conflict. His only problem was himself. He became...

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... fish. We were successful and caught two catfish. Dylan said to me, "lets take these two back to the campsite for dinner" I looked over and said " Dylan, we have enough food back there to feed an army!" He knew I was right; he just laughed and released the fish back into the slow flowing river. We returned back to the site and ... see when I arrived at the accident. When I got there, I saw the bike smashed into a tree. Dylan was laying motionless about 15 feet from the bike. I screamed "Dylan!" as I ran as fast as I could to Dylan's side. He was silent and not moving. I immediately diale...

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