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The wild dance symbolizes the loss of order and control. It represents a loss of civilization. The boys are celebrating and replaying their killing of the pig through a dance. Death is not something to celebrate. Because they DO celebrate the killing, it shows their wildness, and it represents savagery.
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RafaSome tribal dances are done in worship to something or in celebration of something. In the Lord of the Flies, the 'hunters' dance around a pig that they had recently killed. This dance is a statement, implying that the young group of boys are becoming less and less civilized as they are going back to the more primitive stages of human life. It also symbolises the characters lust for power and the thrill of hunting and wanting spilt blood. This all contributes to the idea that their connection with civilization is slowly dying and they are merging into their environment (becoming more savage and barbaric)
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What is a Lord of the Flies creature?
a wild hog
Is there animals on the island in the Lord of the Flies?
Yes , The only animals on the island are the wild pigs. They kill them for food.
What are examples of onomatopoeia in Lord of the Flies?
IN LORD OF THE FLIES SOME EXAMPLES ARE "THE BOYS LAY PANTING LIKE DOGS.." "ONE PATCH TOUCHED A TREE TRUNK AND SCRAMBLED LIKE A BRIGHT SQUIRREL" FLAMES, AS THOUGH THEY A KIND OF WILD LIFE THAT CREPT AS A JAGUAR CREEPS ON HIS BELLY.. THOSE ARE JUST THE ACTUALL SIMILE PART NOT THE WHOL SENTENCE THAT IT IS IN.. :) HOPE IT WAS HELPFULL... and also: it mooed like a cow (about the conch shell) The breezes on that lagoon had chased their tails like kittens were finding their way across the platform into the forest. (page 34, chapter 2)
What is the The list of songs on Steve millers greatest hits album?
1. swingtown 2.(one of my favorites) jungle love 3. take the money and run 4. rock 'n me 5.serenade 6.( one of my favorites) true fine love 7.(another favorite) the stake 8.the joker 9. fly like an eagle 10. threshold 11.(another favorite) jet airliner 12.dance, dance, dance 13. wintertime 14. wild mountain honey P.S. I also love take the money and run, rock n me, the joker, fly like an eagle, dance dance dance and wild mountain honey but i was to lazy to write them
What does the smoke symbolize in Lord of the Flies?
The paint symbolises the savagery which Jack's tribe has descended into. The face paints are real, made of earth, and their effect is real too. The paint serves to reduce the boys to almost animal like status, concerned with the basic fundamentals of life, killing, eating and shelter from wild beast and 'enemies.' Ralph's desire for smoke is insubstantial and it represents something insubstantial too, the possibility of rescue and the return to a so-called civilised world.
