From the novel; Lord of the Flies
“The officer, surrounded by these noises,
was moved and a little embarrassed.He turned away
to give them time to pull themselves together, and
waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser
in the distance.”
Based on the novel Piggy’s,in the above passage,Golding focuses on the
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sympathy and pity the officer feels for the children
- contrast between savagery and order
- inability of the children to organize themselves
- children's emotional state and its consequences