There are definitley ties to Lord of The Flies. A main character in each was named jack, a boar/monster in the forest, a bunch of people on a deserted island, the main group dividing in two.... These are all probably nods to Lord of the Flies, but they are also things that don't seem too out of place in context of this story, so I wonder how much of it is an intentional nod to Lord of the Flies. Anybody else with more insight on the matter? Maybe I should reread the book, but I have a stack of other reading material to get to first.
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