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Comparing Lord Of Flies And We Grow Accustomed To The Dark

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    "The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."(Solzhenitsyn) Every human has an evil side but some people express it more often. Usually when we show rage it is to protect a relative from crazy people.Lord of Flies and "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" talk about obscure souls but the way the story evolves it gives it a different meaning. The bravest people will adapt to the circumstances but others will just stumble along the road of life. These authors use symbolism, point of view, and character to explain the theme of the of the stories.          To initiate, Samaneric warned Ralph "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends." The stick sharpened at both meant death. …show more content…

The symbol in the poem is "We grow accustomed to the dark when light is put away".The meaning of this sentence is that we are surrounded by darkness we just have to walk straight ahead and don't look back.          On the other hand, Ralph is the character that goes through character transformation. " The madness came into his eyes again I thought I might kill."(51) At the beginning of the story Jack is fine with Ralph being chief, but as the story progresses Jack doesn't agree with the chief. Jack wants to do things his way, and if your not on his side your his

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