... wants to go after it while Ralph wants to focus on the fire. Jack's belief in the beast tears him and Ralph even further apart, eventually ruining their friendship. In fact Simon is the only one who realizes the beast is not real, but he is too soft spoken to tell anyone and, after Ralph and Jack see the parachute man and decide not to go back up to the mountain Piggy ... says, "We got no fire on the mountain. But ... what's wrong with a fire down here?" The nonexistent beast forces the group to move the fire to a much less visible area threatening their already slim hopes of rescue. S...

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... the Lord of the Flies speaking to Simon as an evil figure clearly represents the biblical story of when Jesus meets the devil in the desert, and the devil tries to tempt Him. Simon is mainly interpreted as a Christ figure because of his ability to see through misconception, unlike the rest of the boys. For example, while everyone believed the beast was on top of the mountain, and everyone as afraid to go ... up there, it was Simon who discovered it was only a dead paratrooper. This knowledge ultimately caused his death, as seen in when he goes down to the rest of the boys to tell them...

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... Ralph is elected chief, when he notices Jack's "blush of mortification". However, Jack begins to erode the unity of the group by rejecting Piggy when the latter wanted to join Ralph, Simon and Jack up the mountain. Another crack in the society of the boys appears when Jack ignores and disregards the conch on top on the mountain. But when Jack begins to give in to his "madness" of needing to kill ... want to really kill the person who takes on the position of the pig. One of the first signs of the boys turning against each other occurs when Jack and his hunters decide to go hunting inste...

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... , in love and hate. All the warm salt water of the bathing pool and the shouting and splashing and laughing were only just sufficient enough to bring them together again". The true problem, however, is the "beast." A small child sees a "beastie" on the mountain and the entire group begins to talk about the subject with fear and intent of killing it, whatever it may be. After the fire is rekindled by Ralph's orders ... , Sam and Eric, two young twins, are on duty watching and they spot a lumpy figure huddled on the forest floor several yards away. They run to the camp and tell the others ....

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... plane parachutes down from the sky. The man is already dead and the body and parachute float up to the island; the wind continually grabs the parachute, lifting the body up and down, which is seen by the fire tenders, terrified, they run to tell about this. Jack suggests they go hunt it and after returning, Jack calls an assembly by blowing the conch. He tells the group that the Beast is real; they ... have seen it. He invites others to ... on a stick, which is driven into the ground as a gift for the Beast. Jack and his gang raid Ralph's encampment that night and they steal a burning ...

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... they can't make a fire, Jack gets irritated that he can't always be the one to speak. "The counch doesn't count on top of the mountain so you shut up! (42)." Jack won't allow Piggy to talk, even if he has the counch, because he's upset. He changes the rules just so he can have it his way. Piggy questions why he doesn't get any meat to eat, so ... a fire. ""My! You've made a great heap, haven't you?" Jack pointed suddenly. "His specs - use them as burning glasses!" Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. "Here - let me go!" His voice rose to a shriek of terror as Jack snatched hi...

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... used to determine which boy has the right to speak. Whoever holds the conch shell will speak, and the others will listen silently until they receive the shell in their turn. The boys then set a signal fire in the central mountain of the island so passing boats will see. In setting the fire they set a group of trees on fire and in the blaze loose the youngest boy. Ralph and Simon attempt ... Ralph rekindle their freindship in a search for a beast they think lives on the island. The next day they find pig droppings and go on a hunt for the pig. It takes them on a wild chase and Ralph went...

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... group. Ralph and Jack had to calm everyone down and tell the group the beast was from the boys dreams. Ralph comes up with and idea of building a large signal fire on the top of the mountain, so they all run to the top and build a fire. they use the lens from piggys glasses to light it. the fire only lasted for a few seconds and went out. 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 ...

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... one lens of Piggy's glasses, and the hunters chant "Kill the pig". When Ralph attempts to assert the rules of order, Jack asks who cares about the rules. The boys believe there is a beast on the island and so there are afraid of the unknown. While the hunters have been searching for the beast, they find a pig, which Jack attacks. The hunters go into their "Kill the pig" chant once again. Ralph realize ... young boy. When he sees a dead pilot that the boys think to be the beast and realize what it actually is, Simon rushes down the mountain to alert the other boys what he has found. The ...

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... evil idea, which was to tear down poor Mr. Thomas's house. Blackie did not want the power, but he was the one who had it. T. on the other hand, was out to get it for himself. ""He"ll tell you," Blackie said. It was the end of his leadership. He went away to the back of the car-park and began to kick a stone, dribbling in this way and that" (Greene ... for power lead to savagery. When Jack's want for power to be leader got great enough, he proclaimed that anyone who wanted to join him could on the other side of the mountain and that Ralph had nothing to offer them because he could not pr...

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... . Simon went to the top of the mountain and saw that there was no beast. He came back down to inform the boys of this and tried to tell them that the beast was among them. The other boys do not listen to him because they think he is the beast. He was murdered due to the boys' fear of the beast. This fear of the beast causes the boys to react ... when Jack makes his choir boys, who are suppose to look after the rescue fire, go help him hunt. While hunting, a boat passes near the island but does not recognize that the boys are on the island since the rescue fire is out. Therefore, the boys...

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