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  1. May 11, 2021 · Golding conceived Lord of the Flies as a sort of dark counterpart, or response, to the classic Victorian boys’ adventure novel, The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne, in which three boys are marooned on a Pacific island.

  2. Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves.

    • William Golding
    • 1954
  3. Apr 8, 2018 · Many readers think of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies as a pessimistic take on humanity in general. But John Locke, who is an optimist about the rational inclination toward justice of adults is a pessimist who doubts the inclination of youngsters toward justice.

  4. In William Golding 's allegory, the lord of the flies is evil incarnate. The halfpshut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad...

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  6. May 28, 2024 · Lord of the Flies, novel by William Golding, published in 1954. The book explores the dark side of human nature and stresses the importance of reason and intelligence as tools for dealing with the chaos of existence. In the novel, children are evacuated from Britain because of a nuclear war.

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  8. A short summary of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Lord of the Flies.

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