Lord of the Flies

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   eloisae Teacher
   High School - 9th Grade

   Originally the boys fear the 'unknown' or the 'snake thing.' The fact that the boys first called it the 'snake thing' is a reference to the Garden of Eden and the devil.  It turns out in the end that what the boys REALLY fear is the evil within themselves. 

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   Posted by eloisae on Saturday November 8, 2008 at 12:38 PM
   
   

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