First published September 17, 1954, the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding has been read almost everywhere. ... The novel Lord of the Flies is a religious allegory because Jack represents the devil; Simon conveys the figure of Christ, and Ralph mirrors everyman. ... The same thing happened here in Lord of the Flies. ... Finally, in the allegorical view of Lord of the Flies, Ralph represents mankind. ... The fact that, allegorically, Ralph helping kill Simon signifies mankind's crucifixion of Christ is very significant in the biblical understanding of the novel. ...

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"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, is a novel about a group of English children who land on an island due to a plane crash. ... Despite the fact that Jack wanted that position for power, Ralph reassures him and leaves him in charge of the group of hunters. ... In his novel he has two characters totally different, one evil and one good, one who is civilized and the other savage. ... And the fact that the conch is broken shows that there is no more order and the boys are total savages. ... "Lord of the Flies" describes the defects of human nature, and how there is good and bad people in ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Noah's last name, Noyes, is a contradiction within itself and exemplifies the war of yes and no, the war of good and evil that escalates throughout the novel until it reaches the final breaking point. ... Hannah, " 'going about her business,' just as she [has] been told [is] the only treasure in the trove" (pg 15) of Noah. ... On the ark, Hannah is "the only passenger who thinks about survival clinically: who reasons through the whole long process of staying alive at any cost: whose perseverance is calculated from moment to moment." ... (pg 116) For Noah there is no trut...

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• Grade Level: High School