... himself felt during the war. Because of Golding's loss of faith in mankind, the boys experience the harsh realities of the human condition. "Ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man's heart -. The boys fall from innocence represents the loss of innocence of all mankind that Golding saw during the war. Golding's own experiences with the inner darkness of man are clearly reflected in the actions and thoughts of his characters. Joseph Conrad's experiences with the dark side of human nature also ... foundation for Golding, and is reflected in the tone and theme of The Lord ...

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... the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. He thinks about the deaths of Simon and Piggy and realizes that all vestiges of civilization have been stripped from the island. He stumbles across the sow's head, the "Lord of the Flies," now merely a gleaming white skull-as white as the conch shell, he notes. Angry and disgusted, Ralph knocks the skull to the ground and takes the ... boys, nothing can ever be as it was before coming to the island of the Lord of the Flies. Context William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England. Although h...

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