Lord Of The Flies

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“This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”
After killing the pig, the boys leave its bloodied head, which they stuck on a sharpened stick, as an offering to the beast, a creature they think is out in the forest somewhere, something they can appease with an offering. However, the savagery with whic
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They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood—and his gaze was held by that ancient,
Simon looks at the swarm of flies surrounding the pig’s head that the hunters have stuck on a stick. The pig’s head is located in a clearing to which Simon likes to retreat. This is the first time the pig’s head is referred to as the Lord of the Flies, wh
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“What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me? . . . There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.”
During an epileptic fit, Simon imagines that the pig’s head on the stick is talking to him. Here, Golding makes clear that the pig’s head, which is also referred to as Lord of the Flies, another name for the Devil, is a symbol of the beast, which represen
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“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m
Lord of the Flies continues to talk to Simon, who is actually just having an epileptic fit next to the pig’s head in the clearing. While the Lord of the Flies has already made it clear that the beast is actually inside the boys and all humankind, here he
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"The teeth grinned, the empty sockets seemed to hold his gaze masterfully and without effort. What was it?"
While running from Jack’s tribe who are looking to find and kill him, Ralph comes across the pig’s head that has been referred to as Lord of the Flies, which is an allusion to Beelzebub or the Devil. As if he suddenly understands the reality of the situat
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"He lifted the shell on his knees and looked round the sunslashed faces."
At the beginning of the novel, Ralph uses the conch to call all the boys together for a meeting with the goal of bringing order to their situation. He immediately takes charge and sets down rules that resemble those back in the world of adults. Ralph’s be
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"He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness."
After painting his face for camouflage while hunting, Jack becomes lost in the rush of feeling released from civilized behavior and the rule of law. This release, which seems almost intoxicating in its power, allows Jack to develop into a dictator who rul
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“Look, I’m goin’ to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t got asthma. You can see, I’m goin’ to say, and with both eyes. But I don’t ask for my glasses back, not as a favor. I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but
Piggy makes an appeal to Jack to return his stolen glasses. While Piggy lacks physical strength, he demonstrates intellectual strength and symbolizes logic and reason. Here, Piggy uses his intellect to make a logical appeal to try to get back his glasses
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"Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it."
Piggy and Ralph have decided to join the feast after the killing of the first pig. At first, no one is willing to give them some of the roast pig. Simon, however, is willing to share his food with the outcasts. Such an act illustrates Simon’s goodness and
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"Roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder. The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror. Roger advanced upon them as one wielding nameless authority."
At the end of chapter eleven, Roger has established himself as a murderer, having already killed Piggy by deliberately dropping a large rock on him, which resulted in Piggy falling forty feet to the rocks below. Roger is now seen as Jack’s brutal enforcer
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"All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat."
This quote, from the novel’s opening paragraph, introduces the island as a hauntingly beautiful but inhospitable place that has been disturbed by the boys’ arrival. The plane crash has left a “scar” in the jungle.
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"He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another."
The image of Ralph “clambering heavily” through the heat, creepers (ivy), and downed trees shows that the island is full of obstacles that will make life difficult for the boys. The bird Ralph inadvertently startles suggests that the island is full of mys
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"[Piggy’s] lips quivered and the spectacles were dimmed with mist.

“We may stay here till we die.”

With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence."
The island is characterized as an actively menacing force that threatens the survival of the stranded boys. Although the island in some ways resembles a tropical paradise, the very qualities that make it pleasant become threatening when the boys realize t
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They had guessed before that this was an island:

Ralph turned to the others.

“This belongs to us.”
When Ralph, Jack, and Simon climb the mountain and confirm they are on an uninhabited island, Ralph immediately declares that the island “belongs to us.” This episode bears a striking resemblance to the biblical story of the temptation of Christ, in which
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They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal heights of air, they had known by some instinct that the sea lay on every side. But there seemed something more fitting in leavi
The biblical parallel helps establish the island as an allegorical representation of the world and the boys as a symbol of all humankind. Unlike Jesus, who rejects the devil’s offer, Ralph and the others behold the beauty of the island and immediately lay
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Simon looks at the swarm of flies surrounding the pig’s head that the hunters have stuck on a stick. The pig’s head is located in a clearing to which Simon likes to retreat. This is the first time the pig’s head is referred to as the Lord of the Flies, wh

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They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood—and his gaze was held by that ancient,

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During an epileptic fit, Simon imagines that the pig’s head on the stick is talking to him. Here, Golding makes clear that the pig’s head, which is also referred to as Lord of the Flies, another name for the Devil, is a symbol of the beast, which represen

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Lord of the Flies continues to talk to Simon, who is actually just having an epileptic fit next to the pig’s head in the clearing. While the Lord of the Flies has already made it clear that the beast is actually inside the boys and all humankind, here he

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While running from Jack’s tribe who are looking to find and kill him, Ralph comes across the pig’s head that has been referred to as Lord of the Flies, which is an allusion to Beelzebub or the Devil. As if he suddenly understands the reality of the situat

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