... 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 some act of God. However ... were chest to chest, breathing fiercely, pushing and glaring. The boys begin to savour the right of domination' and imposing a will to exercis[e] control over living thi...

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