Lord of the Flies

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lacie
lacie
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High School - 10th Grade

What is the symbolic role of the fire that destroys the island in Lord of the Flies?

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Posted by lacie on Tuesday August 7, 2007 at 2:19 PM and tagged with fire, symbol, symbolism.


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  1. gots2no Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    the fire was pushed by ralph in the entire book. it's just an kind of ironic instance that when jack was actually using the fire that after that they got off the island. so ralph really saved them all. piggy belived inhim but nobody else.

     

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    Posted by gots2no on Wednesday August 22, 2007 at 3:31 PM

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