Need someone to look over this analysis...pretty short...! (lord of the flies)?
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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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You should do your own homework, especially if it is an essay, but I will give you a few ideas. I did this book last year. \n\nsymbolism includes:\nhis hunting red cap-how he only wears it when no one can see him, yet he says he doesn't care what people think of him...represents his uniqueness...\n\nthe ducks at the pond-how they leave in the winter, and do they know where they are going? Holden is unsure of what to do with his future...also shows a childlike curiosity\n\nthe snowball right at the beginning of the story-how he has good intentions but other people aren't trusting or they are cynical...represents purity and that he is trying to save/keep it.\n\nthe carousel-goes around & around but never goess anywhere, relates to him being stuck between child and adult hood\n\nthe museum of natural history\n\nhis brother, allie, & the baseball glove\n\n\nBY THE WAY...seven's answer above is NOT symbols. it is THEMES/MOTIFS, so do not use it unless you want to be marked wrong.
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Hi Chris, given the restrictions I'm not sure if this will be of help, anyway have a look and see what you think.\n\nFahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury\n\nI have found  9 summaries for you to look at, via the links below. \n\nhttp://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=Fahrenheit+451\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/results.php3?title=F\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/\n\nThese links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary\n\nIn the last two years, however, a growing discontent has grown in Montag, a “fireman turned sour” who cannot yet name the cause of his emptiness and disaffection. He characterizes his restless mind as “full of bits and pieces,” and he requires sedatives to sleep.  …..\n\nhttp://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-106,pageNum-31.html\n\n1984 by George Orwell\n\nI have found 18 summaries for you to look at, click a link below. I have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re FREE..!!!\n\nhttp://litsum.com/1984/\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=1\n\nhttp://www.antistudy.com/free_book_notes/1984_.php\n\nPlot Overview\n\nWinston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.  More…..\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/page.php?link=http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/1984/&book=1\n\nAdditional Resources\n\nWelcome to Charles' George Orwell Links\n\nOn this site you'll find the best of Orwell's essays and books as well as reviews, news articles and images. In addition, there are hundreds of links to other Orwell web sites.\n\nhttp://www.netcharles.com/orwell/\n\nBiographies and Bibliographical Information on George Orwell\n\nhttp://www.netcharles.com/orwell/bio.htm\n\nGeorge Orwell Biography\n\nhttp://www.netcharles.com/orwell/articles/george-orwell-biography.htm\n\nEssays on George Orwell\n\nhttp://www.netcharles.com/orwell/ctc/essays.htm\n\nTIME MAGAZINE\n\nGeorge Orwell\n\nhttp://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101831128,00.html\n\nOrwell Up Close\nOn the 100th anniversary of his birth, a clutch of new biographies explores the wintry genius of George Orwell — a hero claimed by left and right\n\nhttp://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030630-460190,00.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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let me guess. This is some kind of homework and you didn't read what you were supposed to........in time.\n     Just a thought.\nAnd if I'm right.....then shame, shame.
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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\nLord of the Flies contains many themes and symbols. The characters are often seen as representing different parts of society:\n\nRalph represents democracy as he is leader by a democratic vote, and attempts to please the majority. \nJack represents totalitarianism as he does not appreciate the results of the election, eventually seizing power in a coup and ruling alone. He also represents the anti thesis of democracy, dictatorship. Everyone must abide by set rules and he shows a distinct disrespect for the conch and its associations. \nAnother theory is that Ralph and Jack represent the Superego and the Id, respectively. The logic behind this is that Jack seeks to immediately satisfy the needs and act on instinct, fulfilling the description of the Id, while Ralph adheres and upholds the social norms of society. Examples of this are both positive and negative. The positive being democracy and teamwork, while the negative being mockery of societal oddities, such as Piggy being obese, wearing glasses and having asthma, or "ass-mar." Also, he blatantly ignores Piggy's request that he not call him Piggy in front of the others. \nJack being the head choirboy and the most savage can also be symbolized as a fallen angel, i.e. Lucifer. \nPiggy represents rational thinking as he is logical but unpopular, and eventually Ralph comes to realise how much he depended on Piggy and his logic. Ralph admits this with "I can't think. Not like Piggy." \nThe choir boys represent the Nazi SS unit(not the army); they do what Jack tells them and use majority force to keep power. \nSam and Eric represent the masses as they are impressionable, and tend not to think for themselves. At several points in the book their behaviour mimics that of dogs. \nThe 'beastie' represents propaganda and irrational fears, as it causes a panic and ultimately allies the boys around Jack. \nSimon represents natural goodness because he is the only character on the island that continues being good even when the other boys forget about the rules of society. Some see similarities between him and Jesus, based on the religious references around Simon: his name (that of one of the disciples), his skill with carpentry, and his killing at the hands of a group. As well, the night before Simon dies he knows he won't make it home all right, just as the night before Jesus' arrest Jesus says he will be betrayed. Furthermore, Simon's actions also allude to the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Simon was mistakenly thought of as the beast, and the beast was initially thought to be a snake. In the novel, Simon gives the littluns the choicest fruit, as the serpent tells Adam and Eve to eat the fruit. \nJack uses typical scare tactics, much like current-day governments. Even after the children kill Simon, thinking he is the beast, Jack says that the beast is still alive. He does this to keep the children scared, so they will look to him for help. \nThe glasses represent common sense, as when they break, focus and order is lost. \nThe conch represents civilization, order and democracy on the island, and it transforms accordingly as the boys transform, losing its colour gradually before being utterly destroyed. \nThe conch's white colour represents purity and innocence, which is destroyed when it is shattered. The description of the colour of the conch changes thr
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This is basically the same question you asked three hours ago.\n\nIt's all basic recall of facts from the book. Try re-reading the chapter.\n\nDo you HONESTLY expect someone to answer 21 homework questions for you?
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here you'll find analysis of this poem\n\nhttp://oldpoetry.com/ocomment/by/AndrewHide\n\nhttp://oldpoetry.com/opoem/\n\nhttp://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/classes/assignments.htm
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I had to go back and reread the poem to remember it in particular from my high school Lit Class (5 years...  sheesh!).  Anyway, its main theme is basically as everyone has said- a warning that even mankind's greatest works shall eventually crumble to dust.\n\nWithin Temptation does a song on their Mother Earth CD entitled "Never-ending Story" that sums up the main point of Ozymandias nicely with the lyrics, "We'll all be forgotten  |  There's no endless fame".\n\nHowever, we can go into a bit more depth about the secondary themes of hope and rebirth.  In lines 10 through 14, Ozymandias reads as such:\n"'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:\nLook on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'   \nNothing beside remains: round the decay   \nOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,   \nThe lone and level sands stretch far away."\n\nThese lines serve to anchor the somewhat depressing mood, but give infinite hope as well.  Even though King Ozymandias is telling us to despair, for all we do will eventually disappear, he is also telling us to look upon his works as they are in the here and now.\n\nThe boundless sea of sand that was once his great kingdom may seem like it has been destroyed, but in fact Ozymandias has *created* it as his buildings and monuments have crumbled.  Essentially, the poem is commenting that nothing mankind can build will last- but as those things are annihilated they create the soil, and in turn the plants and stone, that generations down the road will use to build their own monuments.  Even though we may die and rot in the present, we are immortal as part of the life cycle that is always recycling into the next incarnation of life.  Who knows, when we eventually croak, we might all come back as daisies!
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Since the question is relative to whether it is good or not:\nYes, it is.\nWould you like us to work it out as well? I appreciate that it must come right out of a quesiton from, perhaps, your homework? Otherwise, why the last sentence? "One hint is that it is related to chapter- 'CIRCLES'" Can you attach that entire chapter for us as well?\n\nThanks!
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well, alot of Lost is based on "Lord of the Flies" and a lot of books written by Plato. If you're interested, I suggest you read up on those things for clues.
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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.
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Hi Lexxon, try these review links.\n\nLord of the Flies - William Golding\n\nI have found 10+ summaries for you to look at, click a link below to take you to a summary of the book.\n\nhttp://litsum.com/lord-of-the-flies/\n\nhttp://www.homework-online.com/lotf/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=396\n\nhttp://litsum.com/lord-of-the-flies/\n\nhttp://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=lord+of+the+flies\n\nhttp://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Golding.html#Lord\n\nhttp://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=246\n\nhttp://summarycentral.tripod.com/thelordoftheflies.htm\n\nCharacter Analysis\n\nhttp://www.homework-online.com/lotf/character.asp\n\nMAIN CHARACTERS\n\nRalph: \n\nRalph is twelve and very handsome. He is convinced that someone will come to rescue the boys. Ralph is smart, fair, and democratic. A leader-type, Ralph is a good guy. \n\nJack: \n\nJack is a kid who butts heads with Ralph. Jack is the opposite of Ralph. He wants a lot of power, and when he doesn’t get voted the leader, he throws a tantrum and lashes out in a negative way. His way of dealing with people is through violence and fear. As the book goes on, Jack becomes more and more of an evil jerk. \n\nhttp://www.schoolbytes.com/summary.php?id=396\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Oh! I love that story. We read it last semester. Have you read the story? It's really funny to read it and then think in the gutters. Our sub, Scott, taught us that. lol Anyway... okay... hm... thesis statement. \n\n"There are stories about fish and the like, but none quite like this. The boy in the story learns to grow after learning that his beloved Sheila is not what he thought she was. In the story the boy struggling with what he loves and what he thinks he is in love with. ([The story teaches about letting go, forgetting and growing up] <-- thesis)." \n\nOkay, to clarify the thesis:\n\nLetting go: Letting go of the fish and moving on.\nForgetting: He forgets that he can't very well catch a fish without her seeing, so he loses it. \nGrowing up: After he learns that Sheila Mant is not what he thought she but, but in fact a skany who9re (lol) he learns to move on and grow up. \n\nI hope this helped.
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Analysis! I'll treat it like a poem...\n\nA single Magpie is a bringer of sorrow. To stay safe, you must salute it... but this bird was so keen to cause harm, it actually came into your friend's house- perhaps there was some greater power inside the dwelling though, because the bird realised that, in the act of starting a sorrow spell on her, it was in trouble itself, as it couldn't work out how to escape, for whatever reason.\n\nWhen she opened the door for the bird, it was a kindness for one who had meant to do wrong. The magpie walked out the door on it's own accord, partly as a sign of humility and gratefulness, and partly as a sign of penance to lift the misfortune. It came to cause trouble, but found trouble- released, it was shamed, and took back the negativity it had intended to leave with your friend as it itself left.\n\nThat's my best stab at reading the sign... out of the poetry, veracity, like a searchlight shining through smog... just perhaps...
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Chapter 1\nSummary Lord of the Flies\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/flies/section1.html
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Summarizing each paragraph as a simple sentence:\n\nPeople in America are fatter today than they have ever been.\n\nPundits keep trying to tie this phenomenom to a ressurgence in historical interest in the reign of King Henry VIII, who was VERY fat, but just wanted to live life to the fullest.\n\nThe author doesn't believe in the Plantagenet/obesity connection.\n\nNeither should you.
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I'm glad you asked. 1) While you read - you should be maintaining an outline of the facts on each chapter. 2) Make note of characters, characterization (little tidbits the author reveals, and the ones you find as you read) 3) Construct a story map and note how the story moves from the exposition-to the rising action-climax-falling action and then resolution. 4) Note what your thoughts are about each character, and how they relate.  After your review your outline, go back and read it. Now you should be able to draw an intro statement based on a number of things you have discovered about the storyline, characters, plot, theme, etc.  One or two items should stick out.  For example- if the protagonist (main character) is driving the story, then trace how he/she does that and how they effect the outcome.  A good summary to me is the student who evaluates many sides of the story from different perspectives. Make it brief, you don't want to reveal "all of the good stuff", but as the reader and writer - your outline should have more information so that if you need to return and do more essay writing, you have the facts with you. Good luck to you.  I love questions like these.  It challenges me as an English teacher.  You are welcome to email me directly if you have any further questions.