27. What does the following excerpt from the novel symbolize?
"The sound of the inexpertly blown conch interrupted them. As
though he were serenading the rising sun, Jack went on blowing till
the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform and
the littluns whimpered as now they so frequently did. Ralph rose
obediently, and Piggy, and they went to the platform."
o Jack
Jack's blowing the conch and Ralph obeying symbolizes the power shift from Ralph to
Jack
All the boys obeying the call of the conch symbolizes the unity and cohesion of their
group against the beast.
The fact that Jack did not blow the conch as well as Ralph does symbolizes that his
role as second in command to Ralph
The fact that Jack serenades the sun symbolizes a new, positive beginning for the
group as they work together to fight the beast

Sonnet 57 being your comprehension your servant is the a. speaker b. person addressed in the poem c. husband of the speakers beloved d. beloveds serving woman

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?