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Jack and his tribe steal Piggy's glasses, the only means of starting a fire. Ralph goes to Jack's camp with Piggy, Sam, and Eric to confront him and retrieve the glasses. Roger drops a boulder that kills Piggy and shatters the conch. Ralph manages to escape, but Sam and Eric are forced to join Jack's
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drifts down in a parachute. Twin boys Sam and Eric mistake the corpse for the beast. When Ralph and Jack investigate with another boy, Roger, they flee in terror, believing the beast is real. Jack tries to turn the others against Ralph, and goes off alone to form his own tribe, with most of the other
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were marooned on an uninhabited island and considered dead by their relatives. The group not only managed to survive for over 15 months but "had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and
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boys gradually joining him. Jack and his followers set up an offering to the beast in the forest: a pig's head, mounted on a sharpened stick and swarming with flies. Simon, who often ventures into the forest alone, has an
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Presley, Nicola. "Lord of the Flies and The Coral Island."
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2355:"Indie band The Camerawalls releases debut album"
1625:"100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999"
1388:"EUL MS 429 – William Golding, Literary Archive"
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607:and countered by "Management of the Commons" by
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1950:France, Lisa Respers (1 September 2017).
1723:"Top 100 Novels: Let the Fighting Begin"
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1981:Soloski, Alexis (10 November 2021).
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1783:; Lacayo, Richard (6 October 2005).
1761:from the original on 28 October 2012
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1097:"Bound books – a set on Flickr"
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1919:Fleming, Mike Jr (30 August 2017).
1498:"Major themes in Lord of the Flies"
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587:'s list of the 100 most frequently
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1422:William Golding: Lord of the Flies
1324:from the original on 28 April 2019
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2429:William Golding official website
2241:Presley, Nicola (16 June 2018).
2144:Cooke, Rachel (25 August 2024).
2085:from the original on 30 May 2011
1637:from the original on 15 May 2010
1589:Gale, Floyd C. (February 1960).
1356:Williams, Phoebe (6 June 2019).
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2260:Flood, Alison (11 April 2011).
1702:from the original on 9 May 2020
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2421:An interview with Judy Golding
2283:"Introduction by Stephen King"
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1123:"Lord of the Flies: Amazon.ca"
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713:100 most inspiring novels
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1155:23 January 2021 at the
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1041:(1899), short novel by
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2182:The Stephen King story
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2838:Existentialist novels
1988:Leans In to Savagery"
1725:. Houston Chronicle.
1455:Children's Literature
1342:Kendall, Tim. Email,
797:television adaptation
489:philosophical fiction
461:Strangers From Within
244:Strangers from Within
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2519:The Brass Butterfly
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1038:Heart of Darkness
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