Lord of The Flies Themes: Civilization & Innocence Civilization Theme: 1. Are Ralph and Piggy the only defenders of civilization on the island? What does “civilization” mean to them? Anything that is “civilized” to Ralph is just something that an adult would do. He said it a lot in the book, so I think he believes it. Simon…
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LOTF Themes: Innocence
THEME: INNOCENCE The boys of Lord of the Flies are stranded on the island at just the right age (between six and twelve, roughly) to drop the idealism of youth and face the real world. How convenient. And what better place to do so than an uninhabited island free of rules, restrictions, and adults? Their real world is less the…