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Two Faces of man
Title: Two Faces of man
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 2575 | Pages: 11.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Two Faces of man
William Golding was inspired by his experiences in the Royal Navy during World War II when he wrote Lord of the Flies (Beetz 2514). Golding has said this about his book:
The theme is an attempt to trace the defeats of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or …showed first 75 words of 2575 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2575 total…boys have. He will take them back to the "civilized" world, which happens to be engulfed in war at the moment. Ironically, the children have survived one primitive and infantile morality system only to be thrown back into a bigger one, World War II (Rosenfield 175). Evil will always be a part of man's nature. Golding's novel was meant to show us that this evil must be accepted, not ignored, or grave will the consequences be.
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