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The Inheritors: Progress or Regression? William Golding’s Critique of Social Darwinism A Graduation Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School of Shantou University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS In English Language and Literature By Feng Yan Under the Supervision of Professor Zhu Wang June, 2013 Acknowledgements My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Professor Zhu Wang, my supervisor, who has initiated me into the realm of literary criticism and has exerted great influence on both my research and my outlook of life with her enlightening lectures, rigorous scholarship, and invaluable guidance. Professor Zhu has given me consistent and illuminating instruction during the whole process of the writing of the paper. Her timely encouragement has helped so much for me to get over difficulties of all kinds. I am greatly indebted to her in every tentative step that I have made in the present study. I would like