... he wakes up, he goes to the mountain, where he sees the dead parachutist. Understanding then that the beast does not exist externally but rather within each individual boy, Simon travels to the beach to tell the others what he has seen. But the others are in the midst of a chaotic revelry-even Ralph and Piggy have joined Jack's feast-and ... and teeth. The following morning, Ralph and Piggy discuss what they have done. Jack's hunters attack them and their few followers and steal Piggy's glasses in the process. Ralph's group travels to Jack's stronghold in an attempt to make Jack see rea...

• Word Count: 11237
• Approx Pages: 45
• Grade Level: High School

... to unveil the truth about evil within all humans and bases the idea off of the struggle between Christ and the Devil, otherwise understood as good and evil. The book travels alongside the boys into their descent into savagery and reveals underlying conflicts of human behaviour that are covered by civilization. The evil within man is shown through Jack who is ... ...

• Word Count: 3388
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... group of people are placed in a strange, and usually primitive, setting, and the values of the writer's society are put to the test. Other books in this genre include Gulliver's Travels, The Swiss Family Robinson, Coral Island, Robinson Crusoe, and High Wind in Jamaica. William Golding once remarked that Lord of the Flies had 'a pretty big connection' with R.M. Ballantyne's Coral Island ... ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... of the soul of mankind. This feeling is shared by many authors, especially modern ones. In his book The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad explores man's inner darkness as he travels through the Congo in search of another trader named Kurtz. Later he relates his dark, hopeless story to a group of friends. In the book The Lord of the Flies, William ... ...

• Word Count: 4223
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School