... Flies, determined that the obscene darkness within his heart will not lord itself over him. In his epiphany of self-discovery, the end of innocence, Ralph found himself understanding the wearisomeness of his life, weeping for the burden of his knowledge. In exchange for his innocence, he gains an understanding of humanity's natural character, the darkness of man's heart, that indelible mark of evil on each person's heart which requires a constant resistance ... of intellect that was Piggy, of the mysticism and spiritualism that was ... ...

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