How Does Lord Of The Flies Shape Our Society

In Golding’s novel, the lack of civilization and the corruption of power results in the deterioration of the boys’ morals and the loss of their integrity. Due to the lack of authority the boys seem to have no direction and can barely survive. Although, the boys do adopt civil rules and civility among each other, but with authority and power comes rebellion and a desire for more power. Lord of the Flies suggests that tyranny is the antithesis of civilization and the desires of power disintegrated the unity of the boys’ group and caused many unnecessary deaths.

William Golding proceeded to tell us, “No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost”. Throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding reminds us that the difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic society is in the hands of the boys themselves. All of us have savagery within but it is our choice to disguise it with the help of our morals and the structure of the boys and the society around

Lord Of the Flies Novel by William Golding is a book about a bunch of boys that survive a plane crash on a deserted island. The older boys, Jack, and Ralph become the main characters of the story. Ralph starts out as the chief with the power of the conch. Into the story he loses his power to Jack. A red haired impulsive boy, leader of the choir boys. A civilized boy that takes further steps away from civility then Ralph.The transformation from civility into savagery turning point is most distinct in two main points. The boys’ action that lead to savagery is when they smeared paint over themselves and when Jack finally took a living animal’s life.

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William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies in 1954. It tells the story of a group of young boys who are stranded on a previously uninhabited island with no adults around to save them. Golding used the idea of an island as a blank canvas backdrop in several ways which greatly enhance the effectiveness of the story.

      In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story of a group of boys on an island left out to self survive. The time was World War II when the plane the boys were in was shot down leaving young survivals on a deserted island without any adults. The whole story is about what happens during their stay on the island representing metaphoric ideas of humanity in each incident as Golding describes. Golding has reportedly said that he wrote the novel in response to his personal war experiences. “ (The war)… taught us not fighting, politics or the follies of nationalism, but about the given nature of man.” (Golding) By looking at Lord of the Flies, it is clear that Golding’s view of

William Golding s novel Lord of the Flies significantly symbolizes characters, objects and the setting to represent our world as a whole. Golding uses those symbols to make the island similar to society and to show the difference between living in a civilised society and savagery. The novel takes place on an island during World War II, this is significant since the isolation forms a sort of civilization and community, a sort of microcosm to the real world and to human civilization.

Lord of the Flies is an extraordinarily well-written novel that teaches one how to live life. When asked about the philosophy of the book, the author, William Golding, replied, "The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectful." This completely exemplifies the theme of the novel. Lord of the Flies truly shows that it is not the government that determines survival, it is the sheer human nature in all of us that proves whether a society can function. A person's personality will always trump another person's because of difference

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel that is known as one of the greatest pieces of literature and has been for decades, because of how it relates to people and events that have happened. As the island is a microcosm of the world, the book mirrors what’s going on in the real world. The main themes of the book are Good Vs. Evil, Civilization Vs. Savagery, Power and Survival, which can easily be related to by most people - both now, when the book was written and probably also in the future.

Throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding shows his views of the inherent evil of humans. He shows how humans can be in such a savage state, practically mimicking the way of life of their prehistoric ancestors. He exemplifies this with acts of carnage carried on by the young stranded children. It all started with a slight urge to hunt down a pig and then continued on to murdering another human being. Golding shows his views best at the end of the book with the boys being rescued by a Navy crew, which would go on to war it self.

A civilization is created by one person or a group of people that are respected enough to be listened to, in order to make laws. This is like what happens in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, where a group of young boys are stranded on an island with no adults. Some people believe that society can control people. People, however, very much so control society. People control society, by electing who leads them, or doing something to get someone into power.

In the wild A normal teenager has many changes in their lifetime, especially for the boys who were in a plane crash and were stranded in a island with no where to go but survive the wilderness. Lord of the Flies By William Golding gives us an example of the changing behaviors in humans, showing innocent young boys who change from normal behavior to savage ways while trying to survive. Biological factors take part in human behaviors, its what we think internally, psychologically or which may also be genetic conduct which may cause psychological effects in a human behavior. Many of us understand "Human interaction and behaviors can be affected by many social influences but are not limited to parent/child interaction, culture, peer relationships, or society in general"(Hunter).

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.” The posed question is if society is controlled by people, or are people controlled by society. Some may argue that society is controlled by people, but if you step into the light is that really the case. If you were to look at society, really look at it, who is being controlled. Its not society itself, sure people affect the directions society turns, but that is a small group of people who represent societies movement and trends. People do not really affect what society truly is. Society is, as said before, a mental concept, the popular, important figures in the world are the physical representation. The world is full of unique individuals, although everyone is under influence of society. It is subconscious, but always there. These next paragraphs will express how society controls people by elaborating on three main ideas that show up in the book Lord of The Flies. Society controls our actions, we learn from society and use it to try to be in control of others, and it is always there and so we have no idea what to do apart from it.

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a fictional novel about a group of young boys stranded on an island, who attempt to use their duty of civilization and morality to survive. The story takes place on a deserted island during an enraged war. Ralph, the protagonist of the novel, is a twelve-year old english boy who is elected leader in the group of boys. He organizes to commit to civilization in order to survive and attempt to be rescued. Jack, the antagonist who is obsessed with power, is the leader of the hunters.

Lord of the Flies allows to witness a dystopia where we can understand, first hand, how fragile our society is. The story kickoffs, when they find themselves stranded on an island, but with enough people as well as motivation to be able to make a small society with power positions. After the making of their miniature civilization they start to have a rivalry for higher power which initiates their corrupt morals. The conditions that they were put into allowed them to become savages like human's natural instinct which then they broke society rules and taboos also the standards of civilization.