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William Golding Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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Have you ever been in a stressful situation? Due to the bombings near the area three and a half million people were relocated. Ralph, the Chief of the group, is thirteen, and he has to make rules for kids that are aged from four to fourteen. This book was written by William Golding, a British novelist, poet, and playwright. Ralph believes that his dad will come save them, he takes pleasure knowing that he is the leader, he sees himself as more powerful out of the rest of the kids, which effects the novel negatively Ralph thinks that his dad will come save all of the kids. According to Ralph, “When he gets leave he’ll come

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