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The island as a social experiment

The island as a social experiment

After a wartime evacuation crash, British schoolboys try to govern themselves on an uninhabited island. At first, assemblies, the conch, shelters and the signal fire offer a structure for cooperation and rescue.

1.3.6 Lord of the Flies by William Golding Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /1.3.6 Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1.3.6 Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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