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.
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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.
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