Golding has several characters in the book that fit under each broad category and as the names show, have specific traits that put them there. ... Simon is the only character in the novel to have a grasp on the bigger picture of what goes on. ... The last main character in the novel seen as "good- is Piggy. ... Jack has a progression in the novel that shows that evil can get worse. ... Referred to as the "littleuns- by Golding, these boys show the innocence that once existed in all of the boys on the island. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The stories in A Bird in the House show the pains that Vanessa goes through while growing up. ... After Ewen's death Vanessa finds a love letter and a picture of a girl that she believes was her fathers lover. ... [hopes the girl in the picture] had meant some momentary and unexpected freedom" for her father ("A Bird in the House," p.107). ... The way in which Ewen describes Grandfather MacLeod's passion to Vanessa show's that Ewen felt the same way. ... Therefore, it is evident that unlike other characters Aunt Edna reaches personal freedom at the end of the last story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She shows that she is confident in her beauty at the age of two and a half when she wants to go to the fair with her father and tells him "take me daddy. ... She also shows she is confident in her capabilities and her beauty on Easter Sunday, 1950, when she is all dressed up in a green, flocked, scalloped-hem dress that had a smooth, satin petticoat and hot pink roses. ... She feels this is the last time that her father chooses her and she feels, she suffers and is raged inside because of this. ... In bed that night she talks with her lover and tells him that she i...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the quote, "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll hace Johnny." ... The quote "Last month in Sacremento, a 15-year old Yuba City youth who reportedly claimed he was mimicking a TV program about little girls who rob a bank was given a 26 years- life prison term.2 talks about a child who DID plan his murder. ... In order to mimick the alleged TV show, he wouild have had to map out everything that was about to go down. ... The last time Johnny encountered these Socs, he was beat nearly to death, so obviously ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As Justin is asking Belle to marry him he reminisces on how great their life would be together stating "Picture this my latest kill on the fire and my little wife massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs, were going to have six or seven strapping boys like me." ... Unfortunately by making the short and ugly men wimps, therefore placing them last on the Todd pole. ... Belle convinces the horse to show her where her father is and she ends up at the castle as well. ... The fact that Disney exploits such ignorance or just pure chauvinistic attitude toward women ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School