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What did the breaking of the conch and Piggy's death symbolize?
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When Ralph made two requests and received no response, he asked, "Don't you understand." In what ways however, did Ralph show his profound lack of understanding?
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Why did Ralph plan to visit Jack and his boys on their side of the island and how dos he get side tracked fro. His original purpose.
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What comment was being made whe. The conch was described as being "fragile and whit
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Why did Piggy want to take the conch with him when visited Jack's encampment?
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Compare this time when Ralph blew the conch to call an assembly with the first time he called an assembly on the island?
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What did Simon's brutal murder signify?
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Responding to the rain, what did this revel about the difference between Jack and Ralph.
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How did Jack and his followers respond to rain and why was Ralph concerned?
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Why did all the boys except Ralph push the knowledge of Simon's death out of their conscious memory.
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Why was Ralph particularly frightened by Simons death?
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What caused Roger to contemplate "the possibilities of irresponsible authority"?
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Why was Jack still defending his stronghold against the beast?
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Why did Jack and two of his tribe attack Ralph's encampment and why were they successful?
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In many parts of the novel the weather echoed the mood and heightened the effect of the action. In chapter 9 atmospheric condones how did they reflect and heighten the mood of the chapter?
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The Poems of William Blake
How has Blake portrayed the condition of the children in the industrialized in London
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Wilfred Owen: Poems
How is death personified in the first stanza of the poem?
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Kate Chopin's Short Stories
What is the nature of Mrs. Mallard's "heart trouble," and why would the author mention it in the first paragraph? How is this symbolic or ironic?
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The Most Dangerous Game
The most dangerous game
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
What is Mr.P advice to Junior ? Why does he give him this advice? Chapter 5
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Kate Chopin's Short Stories
The setting of the story is very limited; it is confined largely to a room, a staircase, and a front door. How does this limitation help to express the themes of the story?
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The Coming
Unification
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Julius Caesar
who killed caesar first
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