... his novel by placing the boys on an island devoid of adults. If we're to treat "Lord of the Flies" as an allegory for international politics, then the boys would represent individual states. Had an adult been present, they would represent a world government, for any adult would have ... the boys all ridicule him. This reflects the situation in our modern international political system where less powerful states are often ignored by the Great Powers especially if they're culturally different. The descent of the boys into anarchy is caused in large part by an irrational fear of "the ... b...

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