Anthony Burgess continues on to say that, "Instead of a boy-scout camp we get young savages-painted, naked, gorging on the pig-flesh, given to torture, murder, human sacrifice to false gods." ... Golding implies that it is possible that the characters in the novel are capable of becoming the beast, signifying the point where the evil has overcome them. ... When the pig is killed and shredded apart, the boys leave its head on a stake as a gift for the beast. ...

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• Grade Level: High School