Why is the relationship between Simon and the beast ironic in Lord of the Flies?
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there are several meanings depending on the reading.\n\nthe devil has also been named the lord of the flies.  Simon in this book has been recognized as a christ figure. simon then is killed, believed to be satan (or the beast).  simon is going to tell the others that the beast has no power over them -- and then is killed (sound at all familiar?).  \n\nSimon also shares the name of two of the apostles. simon the zealot and simon peter. simon peter is the rock on which christ said he would build his church, who was later crucified upsidedown in rome, a pagen bloodthirsty society under the rule of Nero at the time.  in this reading, the "beast"  is Christ and simon is the desciple. as Simon goes to spread the good news he is destroyed by the people of civilization / rome. \n\nthe irony is that both the beast and simon are good, both are evil, and both are neither.
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Of course the title is a contradiction!  There's no such thing as anything but!  That fat-ass is just copping out on love, when he should be happy he even has some in the first place, because he's mad gross.\n\nNow, let's examine what it is that Meatloaf would not do for love... many suspect it is cheating on his partner, however, I disagree.  I would do anything for love but I won't do cheating? (that)  No, no, no...cheating would just be for sex, and he would lose out on the love, so he surely wouldn't be cheating for love.  And that whiny girl singing with him is trying to find out what he wouldn't do by asking him various things, to which he responds he will do.  But just telling her he won't cheat on her, he's just being reassuring, not telling her what it is he won't do.\n\nNixing a sexual act?  Nah - like I said before, that beast would be lucky to have someone to get it on with, so I don't think he's denying anything on that front.\n\nRunning around a castle doing a pathetic imitation of Beauty and the Beast...maybe that is something he shouldn't have done for love, but that's not it either.\n\nSo what is it that Meatloaf would not do?  It parallels another famous unanswerable question...Just how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?  The world may never know...
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The Neighbor of The Beast
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Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a textbook geek, and all three of Rob's posse hates him, each for his own reasons. But Rob is driven by the need to prove his power, and so he decrees that they will take on the seemingly impossible task of making Simon popular. They take him shopping for a better look, get his hair styled, teach him how to behave. Rob extracts painful sacrifices and uneasy moral compromises to achieve the goal, but each of his followers has a hidden empty place and a related secret that holds them in bondage to his manipulations. Soon Simon is on his reluctant way to becoming Class Favorite, but then he begins to show a dark, cruel side, and an ability to do what the others can't--defy Rob. The complex interlocking motivations of these five move the story inexorably to a startling bloody catharsis.
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Likely just to "tick us off" when we're unfortunate enough to pick up one of these pesky lil' blood suckers. Apparently even God can be Antagonistic at times. (Unless the evolution of ticks are the work of a theoretical devil; which I don't necessarily believe in.)
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shakespearean allusion is common in the text (look at the title: “Oh brave new world that has such people in it...” from The Tempest), also utopian irony ... try that for starters
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First, to find "irony," we need to know what we are looking for.  I went to www.dictionary.com and found several listings for irony.  I think the definitions of "irony," that stick out the most after reading the poem are these:  (1) in literature conveying an attitude opposite of what is discussed; and (2) humorous mockery.  \nHow did the author of the poem create this ingenious irony?  When you read the poem, you are not worried about the impending doom that is discussed.  You are smiling and think its funny because the author is joking about a common human tendency to worry too much.  \nAlso, "irony," is "sardonic," humor or mockery.  I looked up "sardonic," in the dictionary and learned that the poem is sardonic in every sense.  It is bitter about tragedy and doom, and scornful of its own tendency to worry!
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First of all, you have the makeup that Jack and his gang wear to distinguish themselves- a textbook "masking tendency." Then, of course, there's schizophrenia, as Simon talks to the lord of the flies, which is in fact a rotting pig's head. Finally, you've got the traditional Christ complex in Simon, as he is an entirely pure individual who dies in a grotesque ceremony as he attempts to save the children of the island. Then you have the conch shell that is used to organized the children, which is a control motif.\n\nThat's just something to get you started. I'd recommend going in depth on Jack and Ralph's relationship. For more, check out Bookrags, Sparknotes, and whatever other site you find helpful.
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It was originally a FANTASY book by C. S. Lewis for CHILDREN.\nAlthough there's a lot of symbolism used, it's mostly character symbolism and not object symbolism. It's obvious that there was no intent for the fawn to represent satan -- if he were supposed to do that, he wouldn't have been forgiven in the end.
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Lord Of The Flies: A number of boys crash land on a desert island, amid rumours of an atomic war. The first two characters to meet are the athletic, somewhat heroic Ralph and a bespectacled, fat boy known only as Piggy, who use a conch to call the other boys to them from across the island. One other potential leader arises from the boys - Jack, who had been leading a choir. Ralph, in fact, is elected as leader, and early on the book is full of optimism of what the boys expect to be fun. This is reflective of Ralph being a kind, democratic character, and Piggy his less popular, but intelligent back-up.\n\nHowever, early on there is talk of a "beastie" - scaring a lot of the boys. The boys' first attempt to work together towards being rescued ends up in them starting a signal fire (lit by Piggy's glasses) which goes out of control, scorching half of the island. The life on the island continues to be disorganised - the major players (Jack and Ralph) have differing aims for the island, and the only person willing to co-operate with the building of shelters is Simon - who is often seen as representing religion, goodwill and spiritualism in the novel.\n\nThe descent of the boys into chaos starts, ironically, with the potential for rescue, but Jack had led a group off hunting rather than tending to a signal fire, and the ship sails past. The ensuing argument sees Piggy's glasses broken. Jack continues through the book as a tyrant, as do other members of his choir - the irony of the way these angelic children change is no accident.\n\nA dead parachutist lands on the island, and the twins: Sam and Eric (Samneric, as they become known) assume it is the beast - causing mass panic. An expedition to investigate ends in Ralph, Jack and Roger (Jack's sadistic friend) ascending the mountain, and coming back down even quicker. The "beastie" now becomes known as a "beast". Jack denounces Ralph as a coward, and leaves his chiefdom to create a new tribe. This new tribe is quickly able to hunt down a pig, and they decide to host a feast. Before that, they sever the pig's head and place it on a stick as an offering to the "beast". Simon comes across it, seeing that it has been infested with flies, and it speaks to him, though it is through hallucination. Its messages foreshadow the fate of Simon and he faints after that. Jack's tribe hosts the feast and here, he also orders a ritualistic dance - and Simon, who has just run down from the mountain to break the news about the beast being a dead man and being talked to by the "Lord of the Flies", is mistaken as the beast and is beaten to death by the crazed boys, ultimately being drawn out to sea with the tide.\n\nRalph has seen his tribe dwindle in number. The larger, less civilized tribe of Jack, however, need to steal from them - Piggy's glasses allow them to light a fire. An overly optimistic Piggy demands them back, but is killed when Roger drops a strategically placed boulder on him. Jack fails to kill Ralph at this meeting, and the next day his tribe try to hunt him down. In doing this, they set up a forest fire, which is seen by a passing naval vessel - one of the ship's officers comes ashore and rescues the boys. Ralph's barely escape from death is tinged with irony, both since the forest fire started to flush him out alerts the passing ship and the boys are rescued by a ship of war, and as Ralph begins to weep for "the end of innocence", so do all the other boys. The rescue had come at an awful price.
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The letter "V" is used by the character V.  It represents his room number in the camps.  He uses Beethoven's 5th when he blows up Parliament, the V sign is basically an upside down Anarchy symbol.  I have not seen the movie, but I have read the comic several times.  Hopefully some of this is useful.
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Yes, it coincides with the Bible.\n\nIt shows that god send himself in human form (Jesus, Asland) to die for the sinner (us, or Edmond.) and redeemed him (duh.) it coincides almost perfectly with the Calvinistic view.\n\nThe devil, or white witch, can pretend to be your friend while s/he stabs you in the back in reality. And s/he doesn't show his/her true point of view till it's too late.\n\nAslan says in the movie that he died, not because he had to, but to make a point. we (or Edmond) didn't force him to die, but he did it of his own will. this contradicts some Christians, but agrees with a lot of others.\n\nsin, of course, is bad. In the ,movie, you have to die for betrayal. In real life, you have to die for your sins. Asland/Jesus died to save you/Edmond from sin.\n\nI hope this answers. Unless you are a second grader, I don't think you'll be able to copy/paste this due to its unofficial style, so don't plagiarize. But I hope I helped you out here, kid.
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Simon said that the beast was either in their heads or that they were scared of themselves. To quote it, he says "Maybe it's only us" in chapter 6 I think. When he finds the parachutist, he discovers that there really was no beast. His interpretation was right and that it was them that they were scared of.
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Are you analyzing the just the symbolism of the sows head or the entire movie?  I think the movie shows what the basics of human nature are and how we will revert back to them once survival becomes a primary concern.  Nice work on the analysis.
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They have this weird love/hate thing going on... I think they're both attracted to the other one when they're angry.
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This book is indeed permeated with symbols.If you want ,W Golding uses Robinson Crusoe's Myth but in a reversed variant:to be more specific if Daniel Defoe wants to show the way from primitivism to civilisation,W Golding points to the fact that human beings can easily turn back fom civilisation to primitivism.If you read the book you can see the boys spliting into 2 groups :the one led by Ralph and the other led by Jack.While one group enjoy order and discipline and always want to keep the fire burning so as to be finally rescued,the other group want to rule by fear and terror ,they like to go hunting and paint their faces!Let's take things in turn:The fire is a symbol of hope(because this is the only way they can be seen from the island)When the other boys steal the fire is because they have been transformed by the forces of the evil inside themselves,they have been guided by the primitive instincts inside them.Then we have the conch or that shell that Simon is going to carry whenever there's a meeting on the beach.It's a symbol of order and respect for the one who's talking(they could talk only if they touched the conch showing they have an opinion referring to that problem in discussion)Then Simon is wearing glasses which a symbol ,too,It stands for wisdom and intellingence and for civilised world with rules and obligations.Simon agrees that the fire should burn all the time on the island but he's bullied by the rough boys who are rebelling against order.While doing this they have steps behind to primitivism.So they go hunting wild pigs and invent stories about a creature on the island just to scare the others.The fact that they paint their faces like the savages  shows that they run away from who they are,they want to hide their true identity so they can be free to do what they want :fight,hunt,steal and even kill!\nThe pig's head put in a stick in the middle of the forest is in fact the lord of the flies,i.e the lord of terror,of evil forces lying in human beings.It';s symbolical for the bad boys on the island and it's opposite the conch .\nW.Golding knows very well the psychology of kids.He uses a very simple topic but he finally manages to reach complex things in this book which is part of metafiction literature.\nHope you understood something and if you didn't read the book ,please find some time and do it ...it's magnificent!
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The poem is talking about the futility and uselessness of war.  The bitter irony is that comrades and the enemy are for the most part ordinary people, not that different from each other.  If he met one of each on the street, he could not tell which is which.  The soldier chose to fight, no one forced him to, and in his last moments he is questioning the sense of that decision.   He realizes that in the end this fighting and sacrifice is not going to change much for the ordinary person, so in many ways it is a waste, a waste of life.  He can't turn back the clock, and his destiny awaits him in "the clouds", heaven, the afterlife.\n\nI hope this helps.