The officer matter-of-factly assumes the boys are up to, as he puts it, "fun and games.... Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. ... For Ralph, as for the other boys, nothing can ever be as it was before coming to the island of the Lord of the Flies. ... During the 1950s and 1960s, many readings of the novel claimed that "Lord of the Flies" dramatizes the history of civilization. ... Ultimately, there is some validity to each of these different readings and interpretations of "Lord of the Flies." ...

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• Grade Level: High School