What is the title of William Golding's second novel?
Q: What is the title of William Golding's second novel?
A: The Inheritors.
Q: Who are the main characters in this novel?
A: The main characters are Lok and Fa, two members of a Neanderthal tribe, and the "new people", a group of early modern humans.
Q: How do the Neanderthals communicate with each other?
A: The Neanderthals communicate with each other through powerful sense-impressions and feelings, and appear sometimes to share thoughts in a near-telepathic way. They also use their limited vocabulary and memories to connect to one another.
Q: What kind of food do they eat?
A: The Neanderthals mostly eat roots and vegetables as their source of food.
Q: How do they cope with planning or imagination?
A: To cope with planning or imagination, the Neanderthals say the phrase "I have a picture" before talking about their thoughts.
Q: Why are the new people afraid of the Neanderthals?
A: The new people are afraid of the Neanderthals because they believe them to be devils of the forest.
Q: What does this novel point towards at its conclusion?
A: This novel points towards an inheritance of the world by modern humans at its conclusion.
