... the lack of the controlling effect of civilization on the boys. As Ralph realizes that SamnEric have betrayed him he notes "If it had been light, shame would burn them at admitting these things."" Golding is able to show that in the presence of a civilizing instinct, man's inner evil can be controlled, but that law and the fear of punishment are the only things that keep man decent ("Introduction to The Lord of the Flies). The contrast between the ... ideal paradise of the ... ...

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