Lord Of The Flies: Golding Reduces The Power Of His Message
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I think that, while the boys experience immense bad luck due to the author,
the story still proves its point. It is still possible though, that the bad
luck of the boys could have been experienced in real life. I think that
without this bad luck, the point of the story wouldn't be as great, becaus ....
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.... pilot conveniently against the boys - the way in
which he is caught in the trees just in the right position to be caught by
the wind and look like the beast and the way the wind picks up after Simon
has let him down from the trees and carries him out to sea, so that the
other boys cannot see that it wasn't a beast. The author uses the boy's
fear against them, and although this could possibly happen in the situation,
Golding uses it as a weapon against them, their morale and their
companionship ....
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