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This paper aims at reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding in the light of René Girard’s theory about the human condition. René Girard’s thinking provides us with three major perspectives in which to re-examine human misery: a hypothesis about the role of violence and religion in tribal societies, the mimetic structure of human desire in the shape of isosceles triangle, and the scapegoat mechanism in the primitive society. Lord of the Flies might be regarded as the best text ever to have a theoretical application of his theory. The text comprises the primitive-looking society which has no definite time and no definite place; the mimetic and conflictual relationship between Ralph and Jack might be a good study source for mimetic desire; and finally Piggy’s death could be regarded as the perfect illustration of Girardian surrogate victim.


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the role of violence, the mimetic structure of human desire, the isosceles triangle, the scapegoat mechanism, the primitive-looking society