... the novel forces the readers to step aside and think about the hidden meanings the author is trying to express. The first example of irony occurred in chapter two. Jack says to the group of young, impressionable boys that "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we"re ... he thought they would have fun on the island, like living in one of his books. Now he realized what life on the island would really be like. There is irony in Piggy" s name. The boys hunt, kill and eat pigs on the island. Not only do they kill the pigs, they enjoy it tremendously. Piggy" s name ... know thin...

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... turns his back so that the boys may regain their composure. Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. Ralph had thought the signal fire-a symbol of civilization-was the only way to lure rescuers to the island. Ironically, although it is indeed a fire that lures a ship to the ... a situation) appears, at the last possible moment, in the form of the naval officer who brings the boys back to the world of law, order, and society. Golding's use of irony in the last chapter blurs the boundary between civilization an...

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... him on to the beach only to find a ships captain and crew waiting there to rescue them, because he saw the smoke. The novel is packed full of symbolism and irony. Golding also communicates his message quite well. "The title refers to Beelzebub, most stinking and depraved of all the devils: it is he, and not the God of Christians, who ... basic structure of society, identity. If a person does not know who he is then he can never function properly in society. The other tool that Golding uses very well is irony. It is very ironic that the group of boys finally get rescued because they acci...

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... to decide whether to follow Ralph or Jack. He is easily manipulated and, ultimately, just wants to be liked and accepted. Henri Talon, the author of the critical essay "Irony in Lord of the Flies" states, "The game is a game no longer. The role of chief Ralph has assumed involves obligations that exclude pretense. The existence of time ... ...

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... , just like Moses, and learns the full truth about the beast; that it is only a dead pilot which all the other boys has made into something fearsome and evil. The irony of the book, and what also has happened a lot through history, is that Simon is killed when he returns to tell everybody about what he has learned. Like Jesus he ... ...

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... in again a long slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone." (p. 200) This shows irony because both Piggy and the conch symbolize civilization and when they both coincidently are destroyed at the same time, there is nothing but savagery left on the island. It is ... ...

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... . Piggy's grasp on Ralph's mind saves Ralph from savagery in the end. The more brutal of the children are Jack Merridew and Roger. Both are part of the choir. The irony in this is that they both have angelic voices that spread the praise of the Lord, but in the end it is them who are solely responsible for the corruption ... ...

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... to maintain society. "After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things-. The ultimate irony in this statement is that the adult society has already plunged itself into a nuclear war and has unraveled all around them. Golding uses the boys to create a microcosm by which ... ...

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... if authority was kept there would not have been any chaos with the fire, which led to the death of some of the boys. I found there to several cases of irony in this book. One example is when Ralph cries for a sign from the "grown up" world to come to the island, and a sign did come in the from of a dead ... ...

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