The Lord of the Flies is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. ... (Talon 297) Lord of the Flies exemplifies the cultural catastrophe of the current times in which it was written. ... Ballantyne's The Coral Island, whose three characters have the same names as some of the protagonists in Lord of the Flies. ... Lord of the Flies is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. ... He was set apart by the fact that he possessed the conch. ...

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However, when the boys abandon the fire which is symbolic of Ralph's hope of getting saved, Ralph faces an internal conflict that makes him fear about their future; perhaps they will not be rescued at all. ... Because he summons the boys at the beginning of the novel with the conch he and Piggy find, they look upon him as the most responsible of the boys and elect him as a chief over the humiliated Jack. ... Ralph, representing the civilization, proves to the audience the fact that in order for a society to function order is necessary. ... The childish innocence and playful nature of a...

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