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Essay Archive - The Lord of the Flies: A Picture of Our Society Today
The Lord of the Flies: A Picture of Our Society Today
The Lord of the Flies is about a mini-society of boys formed by
chance. Their isolation from adults forced reality upon them and so they
had to think for themselves and work together. As a commentary of today's
society it does well to explain some of today's issues like violence, laws,
pride, greed, fear, religious power and the conflict between living in a
civilised society or savagery.
It is all about the choice the boys made when life became real. In
the beginning their lives were controlled and p....
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