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The Black Cat 1
The Black Cat 2
The Painted Door
The Lord of The Flies 1
The Lord Of The Flies 2
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Why was the man so abusive towards his wife and pets?
His rampant alcoholism.
100
Who was his best friend?
His cat Pluto.
100
When is that Ann realizes how emotionally neglected she feels?
When John left to see check in on his father.
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What two groups of similar moralities emerged on the island?
The more civilized boys and the "savages".
100
In the beginning of the story which of the groups was greater in numbers?
In the beginning the civilized boys far outnumbered the "savages".
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When faced with problems in his life what does the main character turn to solve them?
Alcohol.
200
How did the main character react emotionally to both the mutilation and murder of his cat?
He felt a great deal of guilt for his actions.
200
When Stephen arrived how did Ann justify her sleeping him?
She told herself that her bad relationship was all John's fault.
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When some of the civilized boys start to show signs of their inner savagery emerging?
When they started torturing and killing pigs?
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Did the boys accept that their torturing of the pigs was morally wrong? (Explain)
To quite the contrary they prided themselves it.
300
What does he blame the fire on?
The spirit of his disgruntled cat, as displayed in how he even sees the cat in the remains of his home.
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Does he deal with guilt?
Not in the slightest.
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How does Ann react when they find John out in the field?
She makes no comment so she still hadn’t acknowledged his late-night visit as real.
300
Why was Simon murdered by the boys?
Despite their excuses he was simply an outcast delivering a very inconvenient truth.
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Did the boys accept that Simon’s death was their fault? (Explain)
No, they continued to make excuses as to why it happened.
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Why does he believe the new cat is evil?
It supposedly had an image of the gallows on it, but more likely he was being driven to insanity with his guilt.
400
Does he feel any immediate guilt for the murder of his wife?
No, he goes directly to how he plans to hide the body.
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How does Ann react when they find the paint on John's hand?
She was mortified.
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Why did they put his body out to sea?
They didn't want to have to deal with the consequences of their actions and the guilt that came with them.
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How did the boys (excluding Ralph) react to Piggy’s gruesome murder?
They were all unfazed by the event.
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Why did he draw attention to the wall?
He felt so much guilt that he had essentially given himself up to be caught.
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Why did the main character finally at least partially accept his guilt in the end of the story?
Even in his obvious insanity he had no other choice, at least in his subconscious, but to accept his guilt.
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Why did Ann realize what had happened when she saw the paint?
There was no other explanation so she had to accept the facts.
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What transition did the lack of reaction regarding Piggy's death signal?
The all of the boys but Ralph had forsaken morality and guilt in a transition to savagery.
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Why did the boys all breakdown in tears at the very end of the story?
Their rescue had forced them briefly think about their experience objectively and they had no possible way out of guilt.