Diction In Lord Of The Flies

From historic times until now we see power between people go back and forth. Everyone wants it, but not all can have it. In the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Golding shows throughout the story how the weak and the strong take place and how fragile the balance of power can really be through symbolism, imagery and figurative language.

87) The simplicity of this statement embodies Jack’s sinful aspirations. The hunters also become violent, chanting together, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (p.86) They are not ashamed of their gruesome act and repeat this chant on numerous occasions throughout the novel, complimenting the chant with tribal dancing and mock killings of boys pretending to be pigs. The repetition of this chant and the inclusion of the violent terms, ‘kill’, ‘cut’ and ‘spill’ emphasises the sadistic mindset the boys have gained. At one of these dances Robert pretends to be the pig, and in the heat of the moment he is actually attacked by the hunters, with Ralph joining in too because “the desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” (p.142) This “over-mastering” power symbolises the beginning of Ralph’s loss of morality. The harming of Robert is the catalyst for the killing of Simon; inhumanely, all of the boys on the island were involved in Simon’s torture, and “there were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.” (p.188) The incorporation of “teeth and claws” reflects animal imagery and highlights the sense of the hunting habits of an animal. The alliteration

In Lord of the Flies, the boys on the island are overcome with the fascination of killing and slaughtering a pig, both for the food and for the thrill of the hunt itself. A chant that is repeated throughout the book, “‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding 152) is used in order to increase the intensity of the situation that is happening. In between each repeat of the phrase there is an insert of what is going a on around the boys in the scene and each time the actions that are going on is more violent than the last, ending with the death of Simon. This, along with the repeat in words creates an intense, almost animalistic feel of the scene.

Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding. William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies to convey his belief to the reader that individuals are basically born evil. In the novel, a group of boys take a plane in an attempt to escape the horrors of World War II. At first the boys are somewhat civil but as time goes on, the boys become horrendous to each other as evidenced by their irrational and savage behavior. At the end of the book, the boys are rescued by the Navy. The purpose of writing this essay is to show that people are basically

Blood: The amount of blood in this book is quite large. Blood first appears when Jack kills his first pig. They cut it’s throat open, draining the blood from the pig. In a more brutal part, blood is present when the hunters kill Simon. They also kill Piggy who most likely bled as well. I believe the killing of the pigs almost foreshadowed the deaths in a way. The way Jack and his hunters were so enthused by killing the pigs was the same when they killed Simon and Piggy.

By the 1960’s, Lord Of The Flies was being taught all over the world. It was even advised that Peace Corps volunteers read it. With this book, Golding realized that one must write for oneself, and not just an audience. The more one writes for an audience, the more disappointed one can get. If one writes for oneself, one does not care what the people say about one’s book. The author is just happy that it was written. Lord Of The Flies took Golding from his unknown person, to a very well known and admired person in British literature.

Simon is put to death while trying to spread awareness to the other boys on the island. His death is meaningful because it calls attention to many of the symbolic messages in the book. Shouting that he is the beast, the boys descend upon Simon and start to tear him apart with their bare hands and the boys are crazy and savages and kill Simon. His body laid on the edge of the water and the tide carried his body away. The next day they lack remorse, and they don’t realize what they have done. Next, Roger kills Piggy, and why? Simply because he can. Roger pushes a boulder off the side of a mountain. The rock strikes Piggy, and the conch shell he is still holding is shattered. Piggy flies off the side of the cliff and into the ocean, and his body is swept away and forgotten just like Simons. Golding uses the moment symbolically to represent an end to civilization and order on the island. Piggy's death symbolizes savagery, loss of innocence, and chaos. The boys have become savages and Ralph, the only boy who

Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, after 21 rejections, was originally published on September 17, 1954. Winning countless awards for this novel like The Nobel Prize for Literature, the book also remains the most popular he has ever written. Golding witnessed multiple tragedies in his life while serving in the British Navy during World War 2, he allows the reader to feel some of the contradicting emotions he experienced throughout the novel. The novel is known for its extensive use of allegories, it is sometimes said that the entire novel itself is an allegory. The authors writing expresses a theme of religion comparisons to the beliefs and official writing of Christianity, he gives clues of the theme through character similarities,

Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails, using as an example a group of British school-boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Each British boys are a symbol that represents in ourself and also in our society, these are follow boys; Ralph, Piggy, Simon and Jack are the four main characters that represents a lot in our society that we can learn from. William Golding represents the boys in a very good way, to explain to the readers how the world around us is seen through the characters of those four boys.

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel that takes place when war is happening. A plane carrying a group of boys crashes on an unknown island, and the survivors find themselves on an island with no adults trying to survive in hopes of getting rescued. Throughout the book we see how the boys go through different conflicts and problems with each other, themselves, and how they're going to survive. In Golding’s book the boys show that they were initially bad and learned good behaviors.

In the novel Lord of the Flies, Golding takes a more direct approach when it comes to his style of writing. He is very straight forward and to the point in his writing, which I personally enjoyed. Golding does an excellent job of telling a captivating tale which speaks to the darker side of human nature. In this fairly brief but exciting novel he keeps readers engaged and on there toes, anxious to see what awaits them on the next page. His use of allegory and symbolism throughout the novel help give the story more meaning and depth, and encourages the reader to look beyond what seems to be going on at the surface level.

Lord of the Flies was created by William Golding, an English novelist that studied at Oxford where the experience allowed for his writing to grow and develop. The main purpose of the novel was to portray the struggle of a group of boys in the era of war. It is aligned off of personal experiences the author had in World War II, the severity and insanity allowed him to have a corrupted view on the world and everything inside of it (“William Golding,” N.P.). Much like Oxford, being apart of the Royal Navy influenced his book greatly, he used his personal experiences here to shape the basis of the novel. This experience allowed for him to see how man and nature were corrupt (“Lord of the Flies,” 1). He also found that man has evilness

Lord of The Flies is a 1954 novel written by Nobel Prize winner William Golding. With the stand out themes of savagery and corruption it can be clearly seen why this book has such a large audience. Lord of The Flies is an allegory based around the events of war and destruction going on in the world at this time.

To start off, Golding’s purpose is shaped through theme. His purpose is to show people are evil. According to the passage it says, “She was black and pink; and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked” (Golding 1). This statement shows that all of the British boys, except Simon, attacks a mother pig who runs in the clearing. Simon watches all of the boys literally killing the mother pig. This is the climactic part of the novel because the boys completely lost their innocence. In doing so, the boys find pleasure and it represents no civilization left. The slaughter of innocence shows that the boys can not go back to civilization. Another example from the passage states that, “Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing” (Golding 12). This sentence shows that all the boys turn into savages and that Jack, the boy that adores hunting and killing just for the fun of it, influences the boys into enjoying rubbing the blood all over their bodies. The boys kill the mother pig and simultaneously cheer and laugh. All in all, symbolically, when the boys put the pig's head on a stick, it represents the darkness and evil within all humanity. The human's actions about savagery v.s. the order of human civilization.

    In many instances, the behavior among the boys is rapidly changed to savageness. Specifically, pigs become a big part in the route to evil and lack of innocence. Jack was not able to kill a pig in the beginning of the novel. However, as the story progresses, the boys make killing pigs into some sort of ritual. Ironically, Jack and the boys are excited about it. Their cheers for the dead animal and the placing of a pig head on a stick are acts of complete savageness.