.... a functional group. The novel's main focus is on Ralph and his experiences on the island. As leader of the group, Ralph has a great deal of responsibility and must learn how to work with this responsibility. Through the course of the story, Ralph changes from an adolescent child to a mature person, but ends up breaking down at the end of the novel. This aspect of Ralph's character is a way that Golding depicts human behavior in society, which is the main theme of the book. As the novel begins, Ralph is portrayed as being a normal adolescent who is irresponsible and negligent. Even when he is chosen as leader, he still is de .....

.... knows how to keep her students quite in class, when actually she is the one who has a disturbing behavior and ends up surprising her colleague in school when she is found about to kill one more child. King also used an interesting style to introduce a new character to the story: Buddy Jenkins was his name, psychiatry was his game. As soon as we read it, we immeadiately know he will have a destiny such as Sidleys because that was exactly the way she was introduced (Miss Sidley was her name, teaching was her game). The writer also uses italic writing to emphasize the teachers toughts. However, the presence of one or two loose word .....

.... Van Daans. Mr. Frank let them stay because they needed a place to hide and since they had helped him out so much in the past by actually teaching Mr. Frank German, he felt it was the least he could do. The Van Daans had a son which Anne later became interested in. Peter was the only person who Anne could understand and knew that Anne could understand him. They could both talk to each other freely when they were together. Dussel soon joined the group. He was only supposed to be up in the attic for a short time, but he ended up staying till the end. He had to leave his Dentistry to hide out from the Germans. These people w .....

.... the planning begins in euphoria and idealism. No voice is raised to ask relevant question or call for a considered debate. The appearance of rats at the meeting raises a question: ”Are rats comrades?” A democratic vote results in a ringing ”Yes!”. And Old Major proclaims, ”No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. All animals are equal!” It was however generally understood that the pigs were the cleverest of the animals, so the work of organising for the Rebellion fell naturally to them. Especially two pigs take over leadership: Nap .....

.... that they associate with that they reveal their mind to. But those that know are of a like mind to them. "Birds of a feather flock together", it has been said. It has certainly been true to the characters in Ibsen's and Dickens' work. In Oliver Twist, Fagin and his gang are of like qualities, all being thieves and gangsters, with whom poor Oliver unwittingly falls in with. Oliver, being a kind and innocent soul, is beguiled by Fagin and his boys into joining them for time. He uses double talk to keep his true motives from others. "You'd like to be able to make pocket-handkerchiefs as easy as Charley Bates, wouldn't yo .....

.... this "EXclusive" show. After glancing at the body, he first thought that it was a skinned animal. When he realized what it was, he at once left the tent, ashamed, and perhaps frightened of the object before his eyes. Hazel’s reaction was not unnatural. The sight with which he was confronted would invoke both fear and embarassment within most ten-year-olds. Not only was the body nude, but it was inside a casket as well. The author parallels this vulgar display of sexuality with death itself. But Hazel reacted to more than just the sight of the object. He at once realizes that he was not supposed to watch the naked lady, that .....

.... begging her father to slow down. The drama was quick and the speed boat continued to skip along the waves. I watched as there heads bounced to the rhythm of the river. The little girl in the back still crying and her father still willfully riding his enjoyment to the maximum. As a child growing up my parents taught me that self control is key to a balanced life. This self control lies in everything that you do and must be frequently be assessed and revised. In order to revise your self control you must be able to communicate honestly with yourself and the outside world. Communication is crucial in the success of the growth .....

.... he said before he died, how he died"(34). Ionas' son has died, and he feels as though it should have been he to the grave instead of his youthful son. "My son ought to be driving not I"(34). The gray dismal surroundings entrap Iona and make the desolation worse for him. "Iona Potapov, the sledge-driver, is all white like a ghost" (30). "He sits on the box without stirring, bent as double as the living body can be bent" (30). "He cannot think about his son when he is alone" (34). The surroundings make him feel separated from his inner feelings. "But now the shades of evening are falling on the town. The pale light of the street .....

.... owner, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Defarge, are key leaders and officials of the revolution. Action in the book is scattered out in many places; such as the Bastille, Tellson's Bank, the home of the Manettes, and largely, the streets of Paris. These places help to introduce many characters into the plot. One of the main characters, Madame Therese Defarge, is a major antagonist who seeks revenge, being a key revolutionist. She is very stubborn and unforgiving in her cunning scheme of revenge on the Evermonde family. Throughout the story, she knits shrouds for the intended victims of the revolution. Charl .....

.... shortcomings, and prepares them for redemption as seen in: "A Good Man is Hard to Find," "Revelation," "The River," and "The Lame Shall Enter First." Walters reasons, "The instruction of pride through lessons of humility is, in each story, the means by which the soul is prepared for its necessary illumination by the Holy Spirit" (73). The grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and Rudy Turpin in "Revelation" is each convinced that she is a lady of elevated status. When threatened by superior beings, their self- imposed facades fall. Inherent human weaknesses are not tolerated and the faulty soul is damned or violently retur .....