... Heathcliff true feelings towards her, her love turns into hate. Also in the second generation we find love between Cathy and Linton; and then between Hareton and Cathy. But the love story between the two protagonists eclipses the other. The love of Catherine and Heathcliff begins as a ... Grange, the love for Heathcliff vs. the love for Edgar Linton. Catherine decides to marry Edgar; their spiritual love is frustrated by social status. Catherine marries Edgar Linton for superficial reasons: "I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked ... ...

• Word Count: 2324
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... as pigs are very common in the novel and killed by the boys in the same way they end up killing Piggy. Like Simon, Piggy is smarter than the other boys and because he too is often on the receiving end of cruelty and criticism, has a chance to think about things by himself. Unlike Simon ... has a progression in the novel that shows that evil can get worse. At first, Jack cannot even kill the pig that they hunt for meat to eat. Then, Jack begins to start killing just for the means of killing. He becomes obsessive with the hunt and in the end leads the ultimate hunt for Ralph, destroying .....

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... cognition and manner of reaction under unique circumstances is also explored alongside literal, physical, psychological, darkness, savagery, significance of civilization, and individual welfare vs. common good. The Lord of the Flies tells a tale of schoolboys, stranded on an island during the time of war. The youngest of them ... is truly the one who is intellectual. He is observant, he notices elements others don't. He comes to terms with their situation a lot better than the others, he accepts his fears, and he faces them. He isn't the "bookish" kind of intelligent; that would be Piggy...

• Word Count: 2332
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... develops mentally, physically, and emotionally throughout the novel. To start out with, Jack developed, more than declined, mentally (strategically, socially, & adaptively) throughout the whole book. From Jack's introduction to the island to the final showdown between his tribe vs. Ralph, Jack goes from a very petty and childish little boy, ""I ought to be chief ... frill" (pg. 18). These made him seem rather important and classy, which, outside of the island, he was. Then he got shabby, painted and most of the times wearing nothing more than a loin cloth. In one point of the book Ralph ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School