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"Lord of the Flies": A Psychoanalytic View of Destructiveness.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:39:23
Category: / Business & Economy / Management
Length: 23 pages (6338 words)
Category: / Business & Economy / Management
Length: 23 pages (6338 words)
"Lord of the Flies" was William Golding's first published novel and since its appearance in 1954 it has become one of his best known works. It is commonly said that it shows how thin is the veneer of civilization and how readily we humans can return to the state of primitive savages or animals and once again become blindly destructive. I read the novel recently for the first time, and I was struck by how similar …
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