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Dialectical Journal For Lord Of The Flies

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Recommended: Compare and contrast the characters of Ralph and Jack in Lord of the Flies

The Interludes:
“Does He Meant That?” (82)
“One Story” (185)

I agree with Foster’s Ideas although it's a bit confusing to comprehend and imagine a writer take days on writing a paragraph, page or sentence. It makes a bit of sense though because you often see writers publish pieces in a years time or maybe even more. It would make sense as well because the writer or the author has been educated in writing, literature, and etc. Just like Foster has stated “any aspiring writer is probably also a hungry, aggressive reader and will have absorbed a tremendous amount of literary history and literary culture.” It also explains how readers or professional readers can identify this amount of symbols, memory in a book or story.

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In the Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Piggy discover a conch shell on the beach. The Conch is used to summon the boys altogether after the crash that separates them. The conch shell becomes a powerful symbol of civilization and order in the novel. I think the Conch symbolizes as the last reminder of civilization or the holder of conch is powerful because the Conch is a difficult tool to use/ activate. The reason that Ralph was the leader of the group was because he could activate the conch and that conch is seen as power and authority towards the boys.

Chapter 13: It’s All Political

Lord Of the Flies can be viewed as “it is all about political.” Although this only happens after the group of boys on the island splits into two groups with different ideas. Ralph’s group which is the group that is all about shelter, being civilized and being rescued. Jack’s group which is all about hunting, survival, and being barbaric or savages. Both groups are completely different. One group that has forgotten about civilization and accepts living as savages, while the other group still believes in getting …show more content…

In the book we see the Radley house which has over grown grass around the house and the area the house is in is all alone. The Geography of this house makes us then emphasize the fact that the people living in it are scary and mean. At the end of the book, we learn that Boo is not scary or mean. Although this is what the author intended to do in the beginning and make us confused in the end. Another big indicator is that the Radley’s yard has a broken fence which was used to sneak into Boo Radley’s yard and there is also tall

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