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Golding’s allegory of the Second World War is skillfully played out on an island among a group of adolescent survivors of a plane crash. It is very compelling to read how the dominant boys in the group gradually abandon the desire to adhere to the Conventions of society in favor of feeling the of more primal urges. The ending will leave you reeling as you consider the truth of human nature.