In the end, I don't remember exactly where but try like the last two chapters when Ralph was in the shrub, the 'savages giggled'. This isn't an exact oxymoron, but the irony is still there. Hope this helps.
Brute obtusness refers to the ocean. "faced by the brute obtuseness fo the ocean." It means that the ocean doesn't care for the boys, that it could care less that they're stranded on the island.
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Brute obtusness refers to the ocean. "faced by the brute obtuseness fo the ocean." It means that the ocean doesn't care for the boys, that it could care less that they're stranded on the island.
Page 84 is in Chapter 5 of "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.
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One of them is on page 99, about 3/4 down the page.
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My opinions were met with deliberate obtuseness.
Pretty much every page.
108 on the google novel that is online in the book that i am reading it is a different page number