When Jack and Ralph report their discovery of the beast he sees that the only option is to climb the mountain and do something about the beast. ... When he does try to tell the group things he knows and they cannot see, he cannot seem to express his thoughts and is often jeered at by the other boys. ... He is brave enough, because he feels it must be found out, to go up the mountain on his own and find out what the "best" really is, and finds out the truth. When he staggers down the mountain in a rush, feeling that he must tell the group immediately, he is greeted by the group of over-excit...

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Ralph wants to build shelter, and keep a large fire burning on the mountain to alert ships of their predicament. ... A voice tells him that he will never escape because he exists within all men. Simon faints and when he wakes up, he goes to the mountain, where he sees "the beast" which is actually a dead parachutist and his parachute. Realizing that the monster never existed, Simon heads to the beach to tell the others what he has seen. ... A boy named Roger rolls a boulder down the mountain, which knocks Piggy off a cliff. ...

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They were not careful, however, and soon the fire is engulfing half the forest near the mountain. ... He tells the group that the Beast is real; they have seen it. ... Simon realizes what the beast is and he rushes down the mountain to alert the other boys that the beast is a man. ... I"m not going to play any longer. ... I'm the reason why it's no go? ...

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Ralph also tells everybody about his plan to create fire to attract nearby people to the island. ... So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. ... As the story goes on, Jack becomes more and more fixated on killing pigs. ... Ralph calls an assembly and suggests that the boys should die before they let the fire go out. ... After Ralph tells everyone else that they should die before the fire goes out, he has trouble remembering it. ...

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So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. ... He understands what is going on, but lacks the linguistic prowess to state it. ... I'm the reason why it's no go? ... It was true part of him did know, and he felt that he had to tell the others about his realization. He was killed while trying to tell them. ...

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We"ll make sure when we go hunting" (p 37). ... The rest of the boys don't go for that, and because of this, Jack informs the group, "I"m not going to be a part of Ralph's lot - I"m going off by myself. ... The Lord of the Flies tells him "I"m the Beast. ... When he awakens, he stumbles up the mountain and discovers the dead parachutist. ... Just as he is trying to speak, Roger shoves a massive rock down the mountain slope, and it crushes Piggy. ...

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They tell him that Jack plans to send the entire tribe after him the next day. ... The officer tells the boy that his ship has come to the island after seeing the blazing fire in the jungle. ... Ironically, though, this "civilized" officer is himself part of an adult world in which violence and war go hand in hand with civilization and social order. ... "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of English schoolboys marooned on a tropical island after their plane is shot down during a war. ...

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So we must make a smoke on top of the mountain. ... One may become fearful when they do not know what is going to happen in the future. ... As Ralph and Piggy landed on the island, both did not know what was going on. ... As one can tell, Piggy's dialogue exposed that he was panicked because he did not know what to expect after arriving on the island. ... It is up to them to decide which characteristic is going to outshine the rest. ...

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The Lord of the Flies tells a tale of schoolboys, stranded on an island during the time of war. The youngest of them is of the age of six and the eldest of them is of twelve, and this is a story of how they struggle to keep order, to make days go by, to adjust and adapt, and to feed themselves. ... He is the one who continuously fights for the fire to be kept going until the very end, in hope of rescue. ... It is a thought process that infinitely goes on in the back of our minds while we are the exact moment perhaps speaking to someone else, doing something else consciously. ... These misunder...

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