... talented author presents these fictitious people in such a subtle and yet such an effective way that, without really noticing it, the reader soon knows the boys as well as they know their own associates. One of the marvelous and unusual things about the boys in Lord of the Flies is that no matter how good or evil, strange or quiet, brutal or submissive they may be, Golding has created ... trying to bring them good news. On the other hand, the "beast" (an imaginary creature of which all of the boys are afraid) is a symbol of both the devil and the immorality of society. Jack, the ringlea...

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