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William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a story of young British schoolboys who become stranded on an island somewhere in the tropics. When the boys first arrive on the island, they follow the basic steps for survival that they have learned from watching adults i ....

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.... set upon the task of providing food and shelter and building a signal fire. Also after the elections, Ralph, Jack, and Simon go out to explore the island and as they are returning, their minds turn to the problem of how they are going to provide food to the group. Jack had found some pig trails earlier and he brought up the idea of hunting the pigs for food. As he is saying this, the boys happen upon a piglet that is entangled in some creepers. “The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade co ....