Lord Of The Flies And 5 Paragraph-Essay Unit – Flashcards
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Ralph
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elected leader to the group of boys stuck on the island, attempts to bring together the boy's efforts to build a civilization until they can be rescued
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Jack
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one of the older boys stranded on the island, becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, represents savagery within human beings
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Ralph
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protagonist of the novel
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Jack
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antagonist of the novel
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Simon
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behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of the community, only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society
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Piggy
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whiny, intellectual boy, represents the scientific, rational side of civilization
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Roger
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Jack's "lieutenant", sadistic, cruel boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him
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Sam and Eric
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pair of twins closely allied with Ralph, always together and are often treated as one, part of the group known as the "bigguns", fall victim to Jack's manipulation and coercion at the end of the novel
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The Lord of the Flies
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sow's head that Jack's gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the "beast", comes to symbolize the primordial insticts of power and cruelty that take control of Jack's tribe
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conch
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power, authority, order, civilization, repect
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specs
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clarity, itelligence, rescue, control, hope, peace
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beastie
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evil inside everyone and in the world
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painted faces
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savages, blamelessness, alter-ego
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Lord of the Flies
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devil, death, sacrifice
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scar
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first human mistake, human impact in nature
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fire
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rescue, unity
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Jack
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dictator, rebel, trader
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Ralph
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weak leader, humaneness, good person, justice
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Piggy
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voice of reason, Buddha, omnicient, all-knowing, society, follower, loyal, martyr, victim
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Simon
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Jesus Christ
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Roger
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hdnchmen, violent, follower, bully
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parachutist
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fall of human kind, leaders to normal societies
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littluns
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fearful followers, no voice, innocence, immature
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island
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perfection/purity, Garden of Eden, mirror of old society
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Castle Rock
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destruction, dictatorship, feudalism, terrorist organization, autoritatian (Hitler)
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platform
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order, democracy, civilized way of life
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Garden of Eden
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Island, Paradise lost, snake/serpant, LOTF
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Jack and Ralph
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Cain vs Abel
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Jack
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Id
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Simon
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Ego
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Piggy
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Superego
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government
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(political) negative possibility of any civilization or warning to all other leaders
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allegory
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representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
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Ralph and Piggy
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What two boys discover the conch shell on the beach at the beginning of the novel?
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Ralph
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Who declares in the beginning of the novel that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships?
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Piggy's specs
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What do the boys use to ignite the fire?
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littluns
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What is the group of boys that continuously cry themselves to sleep because of bad nightmares?
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Sam and Eric
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Which two boys discover the parachutist on the signal-fire mountain?
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Simon
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Which boy is killed by the others by their bare hands and teeth?
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Piggy's specs
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What do Jack and his hunters steal from Ralph's camp?
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Roger
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Which boy rolls the boulder down the mountain killing Piggy and the conch shell?
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naval officer
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Who appears at the end of the novel to "save" the boys?
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intro, thesis statement, main points, supporting detail, conclusion
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What are the 5 elements of a 5-paragraph essay?
