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Lord of the Flies

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1954

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Compare/contrast what happensin “normal” society with what happens on the island. Is the society that the boys make more similar or different than the society you know?

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Why are there no girls on the island? Do you think that having both genders represented would alter how the boys treat one another?

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Why does the “Lord of the Flies” (138)—the pig’s head—tell Simon he is in danger? How does this scene relate to the novel’s title?

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