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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 protected by their parents, teachers and
police officers. Jack cannot kill the pig even though he can eat meat because of the
"enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh." (p 41). Roger cannot
hit the boys with the stones e ...
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