Lord of the Flies Group

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abroader
abroader
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High School - 10th Grade

How does the novel's denouement affect the reader?

What does this denouement effects by the reader? When you have read the book, you make a lot of thought and reflect the story several times?

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Posted by abroader on Friday March 13, 2009 at 3:42 AM and tagged with denouement, irony, lord of the flies, theme.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The denouement of the novel occurs right after Ralph is rescued by the British Navy. The British naval officer rebukes the boys and says he would have thought they would do better. In retrospect, it is obvious that the rescue team is unaware of the evil in mankind, of which they are very much a part. The British ship is searching for downed aircraft and instead finds a group of boys who have deteriorated into a bunch of savages. The irony is that the entire world has also deteriorated into another war. The difference this time is that the war involves nuclear weapons and the rescued boys will be returned to that world. Therefore, the boys' rescue may only be temporary because they may soon be killed in a nuclear blast. When the officer says he thinks the boys can do better, the irony is that the whole world should have done a better job of settling their differences so the war would never have had to happen and the boys would never have had to experience the horrors of on the tropical island. 

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Friday March 13, 2009 at 7:55 AM