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"Lord Of the Flies" Notes.
Title: "Lord Of the Flies" Notes.
Category: History / North American History
Details: Words: 13828 | Pages: 58.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Lord Of the Flies" Notes.
In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, …showed first 75 words of 13828 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 13828 total…MOTIFS * Biblical parallels; natural beauty; the bullying of the weak by the strong; the outward trappings of savagery (face paint, spears, totems, chants)
SYMBOLS * The conch shell; Piggy's glasses; the signal fire; the beast; the Lord of the Flies; Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, and Roger
FORESHADOWING * The rolling of the boulders off the Castle Rock in Chapter 6 foreshadows Piggy's death; the Lord of the Flies's promise to have some "fun" with Simon foreshadows Simon's death
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