What is the significance of Sam and Eric's name in Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

They actually see the body of the pilot and his parachute propped up against the rocks on top of the mountain but in the dark their overactive imaginations lead them to believe that they have seen a winged beast.

Answer 2

samneric symbolize

A. mans need for others

1. always together

2. they depend on whoever is the leader at the time

B. weakness

1. when questioned shows Ralphs hiding place

2. Give up and join Jacks tribe

Answer 3

Sam and Eric are identical twin. They not only look and act alike they do everything together, even finishing each other sentences. So, faced with the difficulty of telling them apart and also because they do everything as one the rest of the boys treat them as one single entity, which they call Samneric.

Answer 4

Sam and Eric, later known simply as Samneric, are described in the book as being apair of identical twins who were... "Bullet-headed and with hair like tow." They are also described... "They raised wet lips to Ralph, for they seemed provided with not quite enough skin, so that their profiles were blurred and their mouths pulled open."

Answer 5

They are not given much description, but this is it: They are both intelligent twins, and are quite clever and playful. They are humurous in the sense that they like to "tease" the others about who is who. They are white, and have fair hair.

Answer 6

In Lord of the Flies, William golding meant for these two twins to be almost as a person, so they cannot be really alike. If you wanted a description of them, they are both bullet headed with hair like tow. They are chunky and vital and always grinning. They are compared to dogs, which will come in later because they turn out to be the only ones loyal to Ralph other than Piggy.

Answer 7

Sam and Eric, later known simply as Samneric, are described in the book as being apair of identical twins who were... "Bullet-headed and with hair like tow." They are also described... "They raised wet lips to Ralph, for they seemed provided with not quite enough skin, so that their profiles were blurred and their mouths pulled open."

Answer 8

While watching the fire, Sam and Eric believe they see the beast, but in fact they only see the dead pilot.

Answer 9

They are twins.