About Lord Of The Flies Flashcards

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1
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Who made lord of the flies

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William Golding

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When was it published and what did it fight in

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1954 and fought in WWII

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When did France “fall to Germany and fear of an invasion

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1940

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In 1940 what was carried on a U-Boat

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Children

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What is the theme

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An attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature

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What does lord of the flies mean

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It’s Hebrew for beelzebub which refers to Satan or lucifer

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What is an allegory

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An allegory is a form of extended metaphor in which objects persons and actions in a narrative are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself

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The novel is considered as a

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Microcosm and Edenic

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