... level, where Golding applies a set of characters, setting and actions to be symbolic of a set of meanings giving Lord of the Flies' an underlying significance beneath the surface of its narrative and literal levels. Lord of the Flies' can certainly be interpreted as a tale about the "vile nature of boys-. For, by temperament and demeanour the boys on which the story is based endorse this statement. The island that the pack of British boys' invades naturally resembles ... is unable to comprehend why things break up:' why the others would surrender to instincts of bloodlust and barbarism....

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