Through the symbol of the conch, the importance of stability, order, and civilization are established. ... The symbol of order and civilization continued to lose its value as Jack mocked its importance. ... Another important symbol in Lord of The Flies is the symbol of the fire, which represented the boys?... But, as time progressed the boy's desire to return to civilization was replaced by the primal desire to seek, kill, and destroy, as seen when the boys chant, "Kill the beast! ... After a while, Ralph could no longer see the humanity within the boys.He gazed at the green and black mas...

• Word Count: 920
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

When Jack Robins sang in the bar as a young boy, he began a cinematic revolution. ... His wearing of a blackface in this song was also a symbol or metaphor for being American. ... A powerful scene is when Mary enters the room and Jack is applying the black face paint, he is clearly distraught and conflicted by his Jewish culture and his career. ... In the final song of the play, "Mammy," blackface is used again as a symbol. ... So, as his father's ghost appears behind him in the synagogue it is a symbol of acceptance. ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill" (18). ... He had come to the conclusion that since he had cartain skills that he was best fit to lead the group, "I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I"m chapter chorister and head boy. ... Golding also uses the face paint used by Jack and his hunters as another symbol of ...

• Word Count: 921
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Jack refers to himself as a "thirty-year old boy" employed as a recall coordinator for a major automobile company. ... Jack proceeds to pull the trigger in a symbol of sacrifice for the good of all humanity, as considers what he and Tyler have accomplished to be wrong. ...

• Word Count: 3618
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Jack becomes enraged with the presence of Marla, as he sees her as a symbol of the lie he has been living and fears that through Marla, he will be exposed as a "faker". ... This animal is a symbol of their personal power to overcome all obstacles they encounter in life. ... There has always been the old joke that penguins appear as if they are wearing little black and white suits, which would symbolize the "suit and tie" environment that Jack works in each day, an environment that Jack feels to be stifling. ...

• Word Count: 6674
• Approx Pages: 27
• Grade Level: High School