The naval officer is unable to deal with their outpouring ... “Twenty years after writing Lord of the Flies, I now see that Ralph who weeps for the end of innocence, the darkness of man ...

The 29-year-old pilot flew his school senior and much decorated Navy officer Captain Kaustubh Gosavi in his Kamov Ka-31 helicopter in the latter’s last sortie, a day before he retired.

In Lord of the Flies, Golding explores the idea that basic ... humankind’s potential for violence too. When he sees the naval officer, Ralph weeps "for the end of innocence, the darkness of ...