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On the Fragility of the Civilization in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
XU Jian-gang, ZOU Cheng-bo
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.01.002
China Three Gorgeous University, Yichang, China
Lord of the Flies, which is one of the representatives of William Golding, describes that a group of children, trapped on a desert island, have gradually divided into two parties. The one represents civilization, reason and salvation, The other represents primitivity and wilderness. As a result, the first side is defeated by the latter one and the civilization on the island has been destroyed. This paper will illustrate the fragility of the civilization reflected from Lord of the Flies from three aspects. They are the civilized background, social subjects and reasons why the civilization has been destroyed respectively.
desert island, civilization, the fragility of the civilization
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