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Comparing Lord Of The Flies And Lynch Law In America

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In both the novel, “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding and the article “Lynch Law in America” by Ida B. Wells, some sort of creature or beast was mentioned several times and turned into a major theme in both texts. In the book by William Golding, a group of boys is trapped on a deserted island and later on, there is talk of a “beast”. This beast created lots of tension in the group and brought lots of fear to all of the boys. Due to their anxiousness surrounding this creature, the boys turned into more of savages opposed to human beings. In one particular scene, the boys almost kill one of their own just trying to recreate their hunt. Hunting and killing have also fed their actions as savages, but this killing and hunting However,

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