Lord of the Flies

Chapter 2 Fire on the Mountain

Golding, the author, gives us clues as to when this story might be taking place. What year do you think the story takes place and what are the clues given?

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Piggy mentions an atom bomb and some war-like catastrophe. We can infer that this story might take place around the end of WW2.

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