Often, these changes cause them to waver between two separate versions of their natures, and make them question their own inherent goodness. ... The children described in the stories find it necessary to examine their natures to find where they belong, who they are, and what they believe. ... His struggle between the forces of good and evil are represented by the realms of light and darkness, as well as by the people he meets during his life. ... The Littleuns, lured by the beauty of the jungle, traipse away to play, while Jack Merridew's choirboys abandon their fire a...

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The other's pick Jack, who is in conflict with Ralph and inserts a sort of anger and savagery in the boys he leads. ... It also demonstrates what will happen in a world without rules. That war had greatly effected the thinking about man's essential nature. Before the war people generally believed that man was essentially good-hearted and society often was evil. ... Goldings" works show his thinking of the influence of this. ...

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