... good intent, become dangerous, cruel and brutal. This is the shock factor. The book was not accepted with ease when it was first launched because it did not fit societies expectations and instead broke the unofficial protocol of the typical adventure story. Yet no one can deny that as both an individual and a society, we can learn a lot from Lord of ... immorality of society. Jack, the ringleader of the "savages" is a clear representation of the capacity for evil in each of us and Ralph, a wholesome saint-like character, symbolises the good. But it is not only characters that work as sy...

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