Lord of the Flies Group

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doger1
doger1
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Can you classify Lord of the Flies into a special time period?

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Posted by doger1 on Friday April 3, 2009 at 2:17 AM and tagged with futuristic setting, lord of the flies, setting, time period.

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  1. mshurn
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    College - Freshman

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    The novel is  set sometime in the future. This is made clear by the fact that a nuclear war is going on in Europe, an event that has not happened. At the conclusion of the novel, the boys are rescued by a warship. The war continues, and the prospects for man's survival in the future are not good.

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    http://www.enotes.com/flies/summary
    http://www.enotes.com/flies/themes

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    Posted by mshurn on Friday April 3, 2009 at 2:47 AM