... cast back into the "shadows" by fear of the outside world. The "child-like" characters try to escape their past and the society which they feel has abandoned them, but their escape only leads into their own inner "darkness" of despair and shame. Deprived of "sunlight", they need a catalyst of warmth and love to help them back into the daylight of humanity. The imagery of Alice's garden hints to the condition of the characters" psyches. The white roses ... which "had blight and mildew at their hearts", just as the characters do. Phoebe contrasts these images. When she enters the house, s...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... he is able to control the rest of the group. Indeed, apart from Ralph, Simon, and Piggy, the group largely follows Jack in casting off moral restraint and embracing violence and savagery. Jack's love of authority and violence are intimately connected, as both enable him to feel powerful and exalted. By the end of the novel, Jack has learned to use the boys' fear of the beast to control their behavior-a reminder ... to Christian symbolism in "Lord of the Flies"; instead, these biblical parallels function as a kind of subtle motif in the novel, adding thematic resonance to the main ideas...

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• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

... children but not herself. Sethe kills her baby because, in Sethe's mind, her children are the only good and pure part of who she is and must be protected from the cruelty and the "dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in her refusal to accept personal responsibility for her baby's death. Sethe ... down for anybody who had to ask. If they didn't get it right off-- she could never explain. Because the truth was simple, not a long-drawn-out record of flowered shifts, tree cages, selfishness, ankle...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . Such as, the fable The Ugly Duckling, by Christian Anderson. The movie Beauty and the Beast, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. The book, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The song, "Unpretty" by TLC. The articles, "The eye of the beholder" by Trent and "The eye of the Beholder" by Bethany Patchin. The poems, "The Beauty of a Woman" by Maya Angelou, "Secrets of Real Beauty" by Sam Levinson, and "Beauty is in the heart of the beholder" author unknown ... might hear their wonderful songs. One man may see a hard rain that is not fit to drive in, another may see a blessing ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School