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“Oh the horror... the horror...”

The quote, “Oh the horror... the horror...” (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1899) relates to the horror that the boys in The Lord of the Flies (William Golding, 1954) experience on the island. In the heart of darkness Kurt says this quote as he's dieing, it is unsure weather he is reflecting upon himself and how he was violent or the British and their violent behaviour. This can relate because near the end of the novel Simon says the boys themselves are the beast that they are so scared of. The island was a natural paradise before they showed up. They were the ones to scorch it, shed blood, and kill the animals.