... of them all is how and why ingenuousness is lost. Golding demonstrates that the existence of civilization and stability allows man to remain innocent, and shows that innocence is destroyed when rules are broken and when evil seeps in by using symbols and motifs such as butterflies, pigs, ... The pigs represent innocence because every time a pig is killed, the boys" life on the island falls deeper and deeper into corruption. When Jack and his hunters go hunting, the doomed pig is "a little apart from the rest, sunk is deep maternal bliss, the largest sow of the lot. ... a losing battle a...

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... Although Tom is upset about getting his head shaved, the persona comforts him, with positive reinforcement, "You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair-(8). Tom's initially frightening dream, "That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack, Were all locked up in coffins of black.""(11-12), demonstrates that he is worried about dying ... then be rewarded with heaven in the end. It is evident that the boys are comfortable with what they are being told from the sing-song like nature of the poem. Through out the poem, there is a nice rhythm, flow and happy tone showing their ...

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