" When he learns what has happened on the island, the officer is reproachful: how could this group of boys, he asks-and English boys at that-have lost all reverence for the rules of civilization in so short a time? ... Golding's use of irony in the last chapter blurs the boundary between civilization and savagery and implies that the two are more closely connected than the story has illustrated. ... "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of English schoolboys marooned on a tropical island after their plane is shot down during a war. ... Some believed that the novel explores ...

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• Grade Level: High School