... playing and going off on hunts for long periods of time are useless and do not help in getting off the island. Conversely, while Jack does agree that maintaining a fire will aid their cause in being rescued, he contradicts this point of view by setting off in the jungle to hunt and the idea of killing a pig consumes him. "Rescue? Yes, of course! All ... the same I"d like to catch a pig first."( ) This becomes the start of Jack's formation into hunter and savage. The roles of Jack and Ralph as leaders also conflict as Jack becomes more savage and ... savagery. Jack's group then kills Pi...

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... . In chapter 12 Jack decides to find Ralph and murder him. In this process ironically he starts the jungle on fire and creates a huge smoke signal. "Now the fire was nearer; those volleying shots were great limbs, trunks even, bursting. The fools! The fire must be almost at the fruit trees -- what would they eat tomorrow."" (Golding pg.220) Ralph and a couple other boys are rescued ... tribe became barbaric, and a lot of lives where lost because of this lack of civilization. The third reason is that in the end when Jack tries to murder Ralph he actually creates a large smoke signal. Jack...

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... seen and call "the beast". He eventually leaves the group and most of the boys follow him, except for Ralph, Piggy, a boy named Simon, and twins named Sam and Eric. Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe, and organizes the violent slaughtering of a pig to celebrate. They behead the pig and place its head on a sharpened stake in the jungle as an offering to the beast. Soon after ... encountering the bloody, fly-covered head, Simon has a vision, during which it seems to him that ... party - even Ralph and Piggy have joined Jack's feast. When they see Simon's figure emerge from...

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... island, where they are alone without adult supervision. Ralph and Piggy make their way to the beach where they find a large conch shell. Using the shell as a horn, Ralph summons any other children that may be on the island. They begin to come from the jungle (including the littl'uns, which are the youngest kids at about 6 or 7 years old), among these boys is Jack Merridew, head ... own fire. Meanwhile, Simon finds the pig's head that the hunters had left and he calls it the Lord of the Flies because of the insects that swarm around it. Simon realizes what the beast is and he rushes down...

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... around," 'Simon. He helps.' He pointed at the shelter.'" (54). This statement shows that Simon is the only one beside the leader, Ralph, understands how those shelters can make the group safe and secured, and he is willing to keep the sake of the whole group. For another example, while walking in the jungle Simon sees the littluns trying to reach some fruits and immediately he ... comes and helps them, "Simon found for them the fruit they could not ... reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them down to the endless, out stretched hands." (56) Even ... ...

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... this book could have mad a great movie with all the visualization that takes place. My favorite character in the book would have to be Simon. Simon is odd boy in that he likes to be alone and take long walks into the jungle while most of the other boys play. I often feel like that too, you ... know just time to reflect. He also discovers the beast that every one on the island fears. In the end, he discovers the true source of evil, the Lord of the Flies, and is later betrayed by his ... there was a war going on and William Golding took that into account in writing the book. The thing I ...

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... , a microcosm, its population a group of, which have to learn to live with each other. The boys first see the island as a great opportunity to have fun until they were rescued, but they find very little pleasure in what the island has to offer. The fruit is unripe and the creepers of the jungle scratch them, tear their clothes and leave them dirty. They can not organise themselves ... enough to build decent huts to live in and at night they have difficulty sleeping. Their doubt and fear start to take emerge. "They scream the "littluns". As if--- as if ... this wasn't a good island". The...

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... shelter, food, and a signal fire. The chores are divided up among the boys, in a way that reminds the reader of everyday specialization in society. Slowly, the system begins to break down as the boys realize that here in their "Eden" they have no one to answer to but themselves. The Littleuns, lured by the beauty of the jungle, traipse away to play, while Jack ... Merridew's choirboys abandon their fire and take to the hunting trails. The emergence of this concealed, basic wildness is the theme of the book; the struggle between Ralph, the representative of civilization with his parliamen...

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... like Ralph's power over the boys. An especially powerful symbol is the Beast. Every boy on the island, with the exception of Piggy, finds himself fearing the beast at some point. Even Jack admits he fears the Beast as he says, ""But you can feel as if you're not hunting, but--being hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle""(53). The Beast is a symbol ... of every human's fear of himself and his ability to do evil. Simon realizes what the Beast actually is when he says, ""Maybe there is a beast . . . maybe it's only us"" (89), yet Simon is only ... made fun of for...

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... attempts to be the pure, Christ-like figure of the group, he tragically fails due to the darkness that exists within mankind. Simon is depicted as a compassionate, wise, mature, visionary, prophetic character with a will of goodness to help the other boys. His character represents Jesus as he portrays natural goodness and purity through his actions. In the jungle, the virtuous boy helps the littluns find food ... , which he "found for them the fruit they could not ... reach, pulled [it] off the choicest from up in the foliage [and] passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands...

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... This is in Anglebury .The story starts of on Mr Lodges farm and finishes on the farm. Gertrude lodge lives in a mud built cottage. The lord of the flies is set on a fictitious remote island in the 20th century. The story starts of in the jungle. They later move onto the beaches. They then move to other locations on the island such as the fort and the mountain. Differences and similarities ... between settings Both of the settings are isolated. Lord of ... the Flies, is on an island so they ... ...

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... ", Simon has a fit and "talks" to the skull. The skull says, " Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and Kill! You knew didn't you? I"m apart of you I"m the reason why its no go? Why things the way they are?" What Simon realizes is that evil does not exist outside man's nature. There is no beast in the jungle but that evil comes from a mans heart ... . Simon (Hebrew for "Listener") is the scapegoat. Simon knowing that the beast is only inside of us, showing his courage ... , goes up to the mountain to confront the "beast". Simon is the only one brave enough to do this and ...

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... them that they will be rescued even though everyone else doubts the idea. Simon only goes around with the other boys when he is helping with work or building shelter and fires. The rest of the time he stays in his own little tranquil spot away in the middle of the jungle. When the other boys kill the pig, they cut off its head and place it on a stick ... , which is staked in the ground. The pig's head gets known as the Lord of the Flies. Simon goes looking for the "beast" in the cave but meets the Lord of the Flies and realizes that there is no beast and ... runs down to the camp where ...

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... with the huts when nobody else will, this is shown when Ralph says, "All day I've been working with Simon, and no one else." The rest of the boys are drawn too much towards the island's fantastic beauty, but Simon has a better work ethic, he can resist running of to romp around in the jungle, so ... he does what he's supposed to do and helps to build the shelters, even though no one else is ... helping. He is willing to sacrifice everything else he could do, just to be a beneficial help to the civilization that is crumbling down around him ... had turned a group of civilized English ...

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