... fish, similar to Simon, who helps the littluns by giving them the fruit they needed from the high branches of the tree-all done without a word of complaint. Similarly, after Jack and the hunters displayed the head of the sow on a spear in the forest, Simon sees it and, " his gaze [is] held by the inescapable recognition", and the Lord of the Flies says, "Aren't you afraid of me? you know perfectly well you'll ... better than I do?" Simply the implication of the Lord of the Flies speaking to Simon as an evil figure clearly represents the biblical story of when Jesus meets the devil in th...

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... the novel the Lord of the Flies. The children have just been introduced to the island, they are confused and do not know what to think. The idea of danger within them only starts to emerge, mainly by Simon who is the Christ figure of the group. The fear of the unknown is generated best through the beast. Another example of Golding's theory would be the killing of Simon, and inevitably the concept of Christ as well. The hunting down of ... would weave in and out through the woods, swerving out of the way of the falling spears. This fueled the hunters as they felt Ralph was much more of a c...

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... thanks Jesus for making everything including her the way she is. "Oh thank you Jesus, Jesus, thank you!" she cries aloud, believing her life could have been so different without Jesus. Mary Grace, seeing Ruby for who she really is, and after hearing this, gets infuriated. Suddenly, a blue book flies across the room-hitting Ruby in the head. Mary Grace jumps up and tackles ... Ruby to the ground. Unhappy with whom she had become, and hearing about how Jesus could have been the reason, made Mary Grace take her anger out on Ruby. On the other hand in the black dentists office, the main con...

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... to anyone, her last attachment to the world is consigned to flies. Also, a fly's association with Beelzebub is equally disturbing. As the Bible reveals, the Lord Jesus Christ identifies Beelzebub as Satan (Mark 3:23). Therefore, it is not the King of glory that comes, but rather "the prince of devils," or "the lord of the flies," that comes for the speaker at the time of death. The poem is an apology that the body is nothing more than food ... for maggots with the conscious-self being trapped in an endless reflection ... ...

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... , fight off an offender. He defeats the agents and flies into the sky as the credits begin to roll. While ''The Matrix'' has received most of its attention for its never before-seen effects, many do not realize the parallels between Neo and Christ. The Bible states this about Christ's birth: "And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took her as his ... existed before me'. And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God (John 1:29, 30, & 34)." Neo's coming, just like Christ, was predicted by a higher power. In the matrix, it ...

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... Another Choirboy? In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, many characters symbolize different aspects of the novel. All of the characters have major flaws in their personalities that allow them to succumb to savagery. Simon however, does not. Simon does not allow himself to get sucked out of civilization and into savagery. Simon is a Jesus-like figure. Simon is like Jesus by the way he tries to help people ... down around him and submitting to barbaric predilections. Simon and Jesus were both willing to work for something for the good of others, and the spread of goodwill and kin...

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