Lord of the flies: why were the boys half-relieved and half daunted by the beast? explain.

It refers to the mixed feelings the boys had but they feared Jack and obeyed his commands.  Jack recognized this and despite their mixed feelings, Jack made them do what he ordered them to do despite this to assert his control.

first of paragraph? and second of statment?

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this starts with

the areas residents asking congress for admission.

this is the first step in the process of admitting a new state,

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