LOTF Flashcards

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how could you describe jack ?

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primitive, simple arrogance, merciless, regressed

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how is Simon effeminate

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skinny, shy, fainty, weak/vulnerable

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how does nature react to simon? (creepers)

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creepers= beast
they ‘shivered’ when he bumped into them, fearful, respectful

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simon creepers quote

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his feet left prints in the soft soil and the creepers shivered when he bumped them

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5
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meaning of altruistic

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wanting to help others with no self gain

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6
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dark quote for jack (beginning)

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sensing his sun blindness

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what are the techniques in ‘sensing his sun blindness’

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sibilance (beast/snake), foreshaddowing (nocturnal)

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how is nature on the island presented at the start (quotes)

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the shore was fledged with palm trees. these stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air

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quote to show that nature is destroyed by man

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the ground beneath them was covered in course grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts

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why is the plane crash described as a scar

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permanent damage on nature

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