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

Golding uses the symbol of fire to stress Ralph's growing sense of leadership. ... After making the fire on the mountain, the boys watched "Smoke rising a flash of fire appeared at the root of one wisp, and then the smoke thickened Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the sea. ... The use of creative symbol, fire, illustrates the corrupt leadership on the island. ... He is willing to risk his life and the other boy's lives to get what he wants. ... Golding's duel use of fire as imagery and symbolism accurately reflects the slow decline of the boy's leader...

• Word Count: 1065
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is a simple story, in which there are only two main characters the old man and the boy. ... His conversation with the boy shows his strong will. ... At night, he "dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long garden benches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great brown mountain." ... Hopefully, the old man sails silently on the black sea. ...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel based on the adventures of a boy named Huck Finn, who along with a slave, Jim, make their way along the Mississippi River during the Nineteenth Century. ... An example of this is in The Wizard of Oz, when the movie goes from black and white to color, showing a visual symbolic death. ... The novel shows his dilemma through the glass motif, the reoccurring presence of glass, glass being the symbol through which one stops watching through and experiences. ... Children have an innocent perception of the world around them, but as adults we realize t...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He also began to question why blacks' accepted Christianity. ... He supported himself by performing a variety of odd jobs: handyman, porter, elevator operator, office boy, factory, worker, dishwasher, and a file clerk. ... In his novels he suggested that whites, as well as blacks, suffer in a racist environment. ... Although he wrote in favor of blacks, he was often put down by black critics for being biased and one-sided. ... Soon, the room becomes a symbol for David and his relationship with Giovanni. ...

• Word Count: 2515
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School