Lord of the Flies

(Chapter 5 and 6) Describe the irony in the sign (the dead parachutist) the boys receive from the grown-up world.

(Chapter 5 and 6) Describe the irony in the sign (the dead parachutist) the boys receive from the grown-up world.

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The irony is that the only sign from the adult world is in the form of a dead pilot. He offers not advice or help to the boys. He is a rotting corpse: a symbol of mans' fragility and defective nature.

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