The Lord Of The Flies: An Analysis

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After reading the novel The Lord of the Flies one might be startled by the raging violence in the book. In the beginning of the book the boys seemed somewhat civilized. They had had rules and boundaries to avoid chaos but towards the ending of the book everything changed. Power got to one of the character’s head and this resulted in violence. After reading this book one might think humans are bad after all. I believe humans are bad because they are discriminate towards those who are different from them and because humans commit murder and torture the innocent.
William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies shows that humans are bad because they discriminate those who are different. For example, the character Piggy is the target for the discrimination

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