In Lord of the Flies, William Golding asserts his view on humanity by placing his characters into what is known as a “Hobbesian trap” (which is the idea that, due to suspicion, two groups tend to both want the preemptive strike, when the better choice would be not to strike at all). In depicting the boys caught in this “trap”, Golding illustrates that...
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