The Only Use of
rational
in
Lord of the Flies
- The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than rational assurance.
p. 36.5rational = logical
Definitions:
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(rational as in: rational behavior) reasonable, able to think clearly, or based on logic rather than emotion
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, rational numbers in mathematics are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, 1/3 is a rational number while pi is an irrational number.