Another character in the novel seen as "good- is Simon. ... The meaning of his name is very apparent as pigs are very common in the novel and killed by the boys in the same way they end up killing Piggy. ... While it is easy for readers to recognize the characters they like, it is even easier for readers to recognize the characters that they do not like. ... At first, Jack cannot even kill the pig that they hunt for meat to eat. ... Like the "good- and "evil- characters, the names of these characters have a direct significance to those themes and the characters' personalities. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The novel, Charlotte's Web begins with a young girl, Fern, who is intent on saving the life of a young, tiny pig named Wilber. ... She tends to the pig in motherly fashion by feeding and caring for him daily. ... The author reveals the characters by scenes, gradually. ... The strengths and weaknesses of the characters are very clear. ... The novel also portrays character growth. ...

• Word Count: 849
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Piggy and Ralph could combine to make the best character. ... Ralph: "But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one." " There wasn't anyone to watch it. ... Lastly, when Jack is hunting for the first time he purposely lets the pig escape so he will not have to kill it. ... After Jacks brutally kills a pig. ... "Kill the pig. ...

• Word Count: 595
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Jack feels gratification when he kills the pigs; he fits the description of an animalistic driven savage and does not care about anything even his own life. ... Many aspects of Jack's character are portrayed in incidents involving Piggy. ... Jack's loss of morals and socially acceptable behavior is no more apparent when he chants, "Kill the pig. ... When Jack is not shown the appreciation that he feels is deserving to him for killing the pig, he explodes yelling, "I got you meat"(Golding80). ... It is this very change in character that supports the theme of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The pigs, in species and attitude, become more oppressive and heartless than the humans they ran off. ... "(They) looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which."" ... By making the characters animals instead of humans, he could avoid all of the psychological complications that may accompany this (George Orwell). ... Smyer, had this comment on the work: Animal Farm is, in effect, a mixture of fantasy and harshness, of mysterious dangers happily overcome by some characters and terrible punishments falling on the h...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

They elect the character Ralph as chief to set rules and be the leader of the group. ... The leader of this group is Jack (This character is Golding's main outlet to display the Beast within). ... For example Jack at the beginning of the novel Jack hesitates killing a pig because he knows what he is doing is wrong. ... Through out the novel there are many symbols that can reveal Jacks character, the symbol that represents it the most effective is the mask. ... As Jack character develops in the novel he begins to change those around him showing them the possible outcomes from savagery, cau...

• Word Count: 1095
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The setting is in the English countryside in which she described general characters, such as farmers and workers in a very elaborate way because she grew up in countryside. ... The novel is full of descriptions because Eliot was interested in studying man and his context and that includes the surroundings, as well as how they influence the characters. ... For examples, Dunstan can be considered the wicked wolf, threatening to blow Godfrey's house down, much as the bad wolf and the three little pigs. ... Although she is just a minor character, she always appears when needed. ... Form th...

• Word Count: 579
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The characters were sped perfectly; no one character was like the other. ... I think that males would enjoy this book mainly because of the fact that all the characters were boys. ... My favorite character in the book would have to be Simon. ... Lord of the Flies was a great novel and I know when ever I think about this book, the scene I see is one of a young boy talking to a bloody pig's head on a stick in the middle of a beautiful, sunny little field, scattered with bright flowers....

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I can remember her reading from numerous children books such as "Rainbow Fish ", "The Three Little Pigs ", and "Aesop's Fables " to read aloud as I fell asleep. ... They helped me better myself at reading books with confusing reads and long chapters and also helped me visualize myself as the characters in the books and go through the things they experienced. ... A book was more than just pretty pictures and symbols on pages of paper but a whole fictional world I could visualize and become the characters. ...

• Word Count: 870
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel, the character, Napoleon proves that this theme is true in many ways. ... Napoleon had changed this rule because he knew that the other animals would soon start questioning if they were equal with the pigs. ...

• Word Count: 848
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig- stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. ... The book also considers contemporary issues which enable the reader to relate ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig- stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. ... The book also considers contemporary issues which enable the reader to relate ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate