“You can never go home again“ Lord of the flies
finds this magical open place in the jungle that represents the innocence that still exists on the
island. Then in chapter eight when Simon visits this jungle glade again he finds a sow's head
on the stake there. The fact how this setting changed during five chapters is described in a
quote from chapter eight ,,The other time the air had seemed to vibrate with heat; but now it
threatened." Simon's secret place had turned from unearthy paradise into something
terrifying and that also symbolised how the boys had become savages already. Without
noticing the natural cruelty inside them developed, savagery instincts emerged and most of
them stopped caring about civilisation.
The reason why the characters in the novel turned from decent British boys into small savages
is hidden in human nature. All the boys were used to have grown-ups around and then they
were suddenly thrown into a situation where there were non
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