Deception In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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Ralph was sitting on the bow, buried his head in his hands, lost in thought of experience on the island. He looked back at the island behind which was the entirely swallowed by the fire, created a bizarre and motley image in the vast expanse of blue. If others saw it, this picture would undoubtedly consider as illusion or a sort of mirage, but for Ralph, the island seems so vivid and realistic, “I’ll leave and never come back” Ralph thinking to himself. On the shore of the isle, Ralph seems to see the Piggy and Simon smiled at him and waving hands. He can see the sunshine’s reflection on Piggy’s glass still the sunglasses, behind them is a huge fly, suddenly fly through the air toward him. Suddenly he felt a hit on him and everything
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At night, Ralph is lying in bed, feeling the light slowly encroaching the darkness, he looked out through the window and saw terns fly in the sea against the wind. With their tiny body, weak and disparity wings, still searching for food in the darkness but hardly found almost anything. “How can those birds able to adapt to such condition. ah, maybe I should let myself be stronger. When Ralph opened his eyes again, sunshine shot on the water, reflection cut through the window and shone brightly into his room; Ralph see a bright future waiting for him.
The door opened, his father walks in with a navy uniform, colour on it have already faded.
”Ralph, let’s go for breakfast.” his father called.
“Will it be a seafood feat?” Ralph thought to himself.
However, as Ralph walks into the dinning hall, he did not see his fancy

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