nd speeches. "Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain. There was something he wanted to say; then the shutter had come down." (p. 156)
             Suspicion arises that there may be a beast on the island and Jack the main choir boy, who is Ralph's chief rival for leadership, forms a tribe and begins to encourage the other boys to ignore Ralph's rule. Gradually many of the boys turn into savages and treat the island like their own playpen, with an incremental build up of evil in their behaviour. Another major character, Simon, is a deeply good individual, who pe
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