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Immorality In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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I am glad I read this book because it does not sugarcoat humanity. The instance when Simon hallucinates the conversation with the Lord of the Flies captured my feelings towards the book. Initially, I felt it was going to be just like another Hunger Games novel with children killing each other. However, Lord of the Flies explores this concept of immorality that I did not notice in the Hunger Games. The description of the scene between the Lord of the Flies and Simon made me nauseous. I felt I was going to throw up the rice I was eating because I know the smell of rotting meat and the image of flies. The mere thought of flies and their hairy backs already creates an uneasy feeling within me, so Golding’s description of the scene appealed to me

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