The Inheritors (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Golding
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Paleolithic period
- Setting: A mountainous, wooded countryside not far from the sea
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Leadership, Communication, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Fear, Good and evil, Hunting or hunters, Naivete, Prehistoric humans, Prehistoric times, Stone Age
- Locales: Ancient world
Characters Discussed
Lok, the consciousness through which most of the book is mediated. It is his perceptions of the “new people” that dictate readers’ responses to them, and it is through his thoughts and actions that readers come to understand how Neanderthal people could have constructed their reality. By default, he becomes the people’s leader after the deaths of Mal and Ha, but it is not a role that sits easily on him. By nature, he is a joker and clown. His decisions are not always the best. Fa’s instincts are sounder, and he finds himself deferring to the power...
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