Essay Archive - Summary: Lord of the Flies
Summary: Lord of the Flies
Lord Of The Flies, by William Golding, focused on the development and
deterioration of a miniature society of boys isolated on a small tropical
island. The story centred around individuals representing different
aspects of children and their personalities. Beginning with a child-like
innocence, the novel brought forth many of the sinister characteristics of
human nature as the use of violence became more frequent and progressed
into an ultimate pinnacle. The violence provided a sense of realism in
that the author did not try to hide the factual harshness of the world by
covering it with a false sof....
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