Lord of the Flies

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   bmadnick Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   I think these events happened at the beach because the beach represents the full circle the boys come from the beginning of the book to the end. In Chapter 1, the beach shows their innocence as children, wanting to play in the water. By the end of the book, the children have gone through their savagery, and they are then rescued on the beach, where Ralph is being chased by Jack and the other boys.

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   Posted by bmadnick on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 7:19 PM
   
   

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   linca Student
   High School - 12th Grade

   thanks a lot!!!

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   Posted by linca on Thursday September 27, 2007 at 1:42 PM
   
   

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   neeps Student
   High School - 11th Grade

   I disagree, the importance of Simons death is all to do with nature. Throughout the book, Simon when feeling weak refuges to the dome created by candle-buds and thickett. As a result of the 'tribes' brutal ritual, Simon lays dead, washed up on the beach. This could signify that nature once again helped Simon escape the island, and the only way he escaped the island was death.

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   Posted by neeps on Monday May 19, 2008 at 7:58 AM
   
   

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   retta Student
   College - Junior

   Well the importance of Simons death is  to show how democaracy s truley crumbling because Simon was the "christ- figure" so when the boys murdered him, that showed the lack of innocence and the boys are becomming more like savages.

    But the question with the conch, I really don't know, sorry.

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   Posted by retta on Monday October 13, 2008 at 10:29 PM
   
   

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