The sprawling grounds of highland park were in the possession of a mr. george wilson. mr. wilson was known for his great success in the farming industry and for his extravagant spending habits. he did not believe in being thrifty when it came to buying things that he found enjoyable in life. despite mr. wilson's immense success and wealth, he was a pauper in many respects. he no longer was welcomed to major social functions, and no one dared to approach him anywhere in public. isolated from society, mr. wilson eventually withdrew into his own exclusive world.

what does the word pauper suggest about mr. wilson?

a. he spends a lot of time charitable causes.
b. he depends on other people in order to succeed.
c. he is deprived of something other than money.
d. he has very little money at this point in his life.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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me

are you kidding? from that description of two mansions, you can't figure out which one is bleak and desolate? maybe you should consider looking those words up in a dictionary, if you don't know what they mean already.