... 158). The devil says this when he is speaking to Simon before he is killed. The lord of the flies totally accepts the fact that he the reason why thing are the way they are in referring to abandonment of democracy. He manipulated the boys into adhering to barbarism and abandoning the ruling of democracy which is why dictatorship took precedence. Democracy could not have taken precedence over dictatorship in the novel Lord of the flies because of several ... factors. One of these factors included the strong and possessive hold upon ... ...

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... way down the mountain to inform the others of their misinterpretations of the beast from the air. However, the savage and sadistic nature of the boys, illustrated in the killing of the sow, does not allow an explanation from Simon and promptly, almost literally, tear him limb from limb. The entire end of the story is a bit of a catch twenty-two in that had Simon not entered the clearing he would have not hallucinated a monologue by the lord of the flies. Therefore ... , he would not have discovered that the lord of the flies ... ...

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Chapter 1 of LOTF, first establishes the innate tensions between civilization and savagery in the impromptu civilization of largely preadolescent boys. Restricted by their acquired tendency to follow rules and orders, the boys attempt at making some sort of civilization, similar to the one they had been brought up in. However, as the reality of their freedom sets in, the natural savage behavior attempts to free itself from the chains of moral society, causing full-blown conflicts between the remains of society and the savage island. These conflicts are foreshadowed in Chapter 1 with the introd...

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