1. Full Summary - Lord of the Flies
Then Ralph smells smoke and realizes that Jack has set the jungle on fire in order to smoke him out. ... 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. ... Even Ralph, whose life has literally been saved by the presence of the ship, weeps tears of grief rather than joy. ... After graduating from Oxford, he worked briefly as a theater actor and director, wrote poetry, and then became a schoolteacher. ... However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to...
- Word Count: 11237
- Approx Pages: 45
- Grade Level: High School