Quotes From Lord Of The Flies Beah Analysis

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• Nature is a symbol of guidance, conveying messages and advice to those who want it. o “[T]he sky speaks to those who look and listen to it . . . [and in it] there are always answers and explanations for everything” (Beah 166).
 When he was a child, Beah’s grandmother told him that
• Components of nature react and reflect to the events Beah witnesses and experiences o As Beah and the other boys discuss the atrocities they suffered before they met, “[t]he moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening” (80)
 The moon deeply disapproves of the monstrous crimes humans are committing and hid behind the clouds so it could stop seeing the crimes people committed o In response to the child soldier’s slaughter of a rebel group, “the branches

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