Summary: Lord Of The Flies

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made him likeable and
gave him an inner-strength of self-confidence. His interaction with Piggy
showed that he was not ill-natured. Although he laughed at Piggy's name,
it was not with real malice for he had ridiculed his external appearance.
Piggy's rather unique attributes had made him an outcast of the mainstream
of boys at his age, and his lack of self-esteem reflected that. He too
seemed good-natured as he behaved in a polite fashion. The fact that Piggy
was knowledgable and well-educated was made apparent by his air of
responsibility.

The conch was presented as a symbol of authority and order. It
summoned all the boys from the island to the assembly, and it gave its
holder the right to speak. It also set Ralph apart from the bigger boys
and helped him to be leader.

The clothing worn by the boys made them seem more civilized, and the
inappropriateness of such garments made them very much out of place. The
uniformed Jack and his choir were seen as a ...

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They interpretation of their
surroundings were truthful and simple. Their first encounter of the pig
ended with Jack hesitating to stab the pig. This demonstrated Jack's
inexperience as a killer, as compared to what he would become later in the
book.

Chapter 2

Already, the smaller boys could be seen segregated from the bigger
ones. In some instances (in meetings for example), the older boys were
like the more powerful and decisive adults while the smaller boys were
depicted as the more playful and less responsible children. The little
boy's story of the "snake-thing" was not taken too seriously by the older
boys. As the story progresses on, it dealt less and less with the ...

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