what does the dead parachutist symbolize, in the lord of the flies.?
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The air battle and dead parachutist remind us of the larger setting of Lord of the Flies: though the boys lead an isolated life on the island, we know that a bloody war is being waged elsewhere in the world—a war that apparently is a terrible holocaust. All Golding tells us is that atom bombs have threatened England in a war against “the reds” and that the boys were evacuated just before the impending destruction of their civilization. The war is also responsible for the boys’ crash landing on the island in the first place, because an enemy aircraft gunned down their transport plane. Although the war remains in the background of Lord of the Flies, it is nevertheless an important extension of the main themes of the novel. Just as the boys struggle with the conflict between civilization and savagery on the island, the outside world is gripped in a similar conflict. War represents the savage outbursts of civilization, when the desire for violence and power overwhelms the desire for order and peace. Even though the outside world has bestowed upon the boys a sense of morality and order, the danger of savagery remains real even within the context of that seemingly civilized society that has nurtured them.
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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I think it signifies death of a loved one.
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Time flies? We cannot, their flight is too erratic.\n\nSo not beautiful, but it means when it comes to flies, we cannot time them as their flight is too erratic.
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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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That's  a funny question...and its not about being practical, but its about the beautiful picture of people becoming silhouettes against the sinking sun...It also symbolises the end of something (also the end of the movie).
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The road he was driving on is his life. Since he was behind the truck im guessing he couldnt see where he was headed. This signifies that he doesnt know where his life is going. The coffin emphasizes this, signifying confinement, restriction, and lack of personal freedom. he could be in a relationship or situation that is causing this problem. it could lead to depression and i suggest he cut it off now!
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i dont know about symbolism, but he definietly uses metaphors.  he compares humans to little helpless wretched bugs.  then he uses the imagery of being held over the fire. i could be wrong, but i cant think of any symbolism though.
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I think it means something like "Lead wings quickly turn into ashes!"\n\nDoes it now make any sense to you?
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"The phoenix bird symbolizes immortality, resurrection and life after death. In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, it is associated with the sun god."
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OK, here's what I think: Henry's brain was dying and he was in a waivering state of consciousness and distressed that he crashed the car and killed the people he loved. What's going on in real life around him - the people standing over him and what they are saying, losing the ring as it fell out of his pocket, hearing that his parents and gf were dead, etc. - is warped with his memories of his life as he's processing that he's dying. When he commits suicide in his head it's his realization that it's time to let go. He even admits to himself that it's all a hallucination when he tells the confused and upset "Sam" not to worry because he's real. \n\nThe brain, even in a restful dream state, can do this. I've fallen asleep with the TV on and incorporated what is happening on TV into my dreams somehow. \n\nThat was the explanation for the ending...Well the movie was about......\n\nthe attempts of a psychiatrist to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide, while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.
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In the end, however, Thompson concludes that "rosebud" is a piece in a missing mythological puzzle, and that no one word can describe a man's life. The film's chilling conclusion reveals the meaning behind "rosebud" ... it was the name of a sled from Kane's childhood, and represented a lost childhood innocence. The sled is thrown in the fire to be burned (having been dismissed as junk), and the story ends exactly as it began, with a shot of a "no trespassing" sign. This resolution came to be considered one of the greatest twist endings in cinematic history.
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Ever watch a kid pull the wings off a fly?\n\nIt refers to our mindless predisposition to inflict pain and suffering on whatever falls into our clutches; and to our fate to be receivers of the same at the hands of mere passing chance.\n\nAs a side note - It is also illustrative of our fallen condition, sin nature, and dependence upon The One True God for our salvation.  Jesus Christ walked among us sinless, and suffered and died an unjust death to gain the justification to forgive us of our sins and allow the Holy Spirit to enter our beings and open our eyes to our sin.  If you haven't already, why not trust God today to redeem you, manifest the fruit of the Spirit in your life, and save your soul from the ravages of this fallen state.
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because of inertia it will be traveling at 60mph as it leaves the car\nbecause of the fly's body shape theoreticaly it would give it lift assuming that the fly was facing foward\n\nrealisticly it was facing sideways, so the air would be traveling over its body sideways it would have been plummeted into the ground and its wings would have been ripped off
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Lets give Wikopedia the star here:\nPsychological/Existential: The play seems to be also a verbal play on the concept of seeing, that sometimes the last thing a person "sees" is his own character. Freud of course, took literally Jocasta's comment that all boys dream of getting into bed with their mothers. Taking Oedipus' obliviousness to his crimes as a metaphor for his repression of this boyish desire, Freud built his theory of the subconscious mind.\n\nOh, yea this guy is left for dead, found by a shepard, comes back and marries his mother, kills untold numbers of people...and we wonder why people today are a bit strange...ha ha ha.
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The big sign falls on the dude and obviously he dies, whats so hard about that? Then on Final Destination 2 we find out that the main guy in the first dies as well, and the only left is the blonde girl. \n\nIf you wanna know, why they died, you know cause of death's design and all that crap you should really, re-word the question
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I think it's left up to us, the audience to decide what really happened to Jack. I've seen the movie a couple of times and have thought about the same thing, but I'm still not sure which story to believe. But I'm leaning towards Jack getting killed by the townspeople who found out he was gay because Jack was more open about his sexuality.