Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Lord of the Flies is a very interesting novel about young boys who are stranded on an island. William Golding conducts the ultimate thought of experimenting human nature. When he places the group of boys on a deserted island, Golding wants to find the defects of human nature at the root. However, his experiment lacks control, because the boys have already been raised in the Western culture. Their temptations for war and destruction are because of the events that surrounded them in their early lives. When anarchy is put into the hands of a child, they create a flawed version of society. However, the reason for Golding’s argument falling short is because he leaves out half of the humans in the world. Since he excluded women, there is

Whenever and wherever human beings are gathered on a large scale, they need to appoint leader. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, two honorable leaders named Jack and Ralph arise after crashing onto a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. They must lead their group of boys to safety and rescue. However, being just twelve-years-old, they want to enjoy and have fun, without any restrictions from the adult society. The boys attempt to establish a hierarchy in which there is a designated leader whose job it is to inspire and guide his followers. Each leader has his own set of qualities that give him authority and control over his group of boys. Throughout the story, Ralph consistently delegates, makes the right decisions based on his moral integrity, resolves conflicts through effective approaches, and therefore, is a better leader than Jack.

Leaders play an important role within a group. A good leadership can help a group perform better, where as a bad leadership could ultimately bring the group down. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story of a group of boys on an island left alone to survive without adult supervision after their plane crashed. The boys quickly elected Ralph to be the leader and Ralph appointed Jack to be the leader of the hunters. After a while, various accidents caused a power struggle between Jack and Ralph, which leads to Jack overthrowing Ralph in a coup. In the novel, the boys needed a leader that could help them stay alive and ultimately have them rescued. Ralph is an excellent leader for the boys since Ralph display responsibility and initiative.

Red tie or blue? Corn Flakes or pancakes for breakfast? Do homework or save it until tomorrow? People make countless decisions throughout the day. These decisions are based on a combination of the practical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual qualities of each individual. However, the most important decisions that a person makes are driven by emotions such as fear, joy, jealousy, pride, and anger. These emotions play the biggest role in the critical decisions that define a person, and they best represent human nature. In the book, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, there are four main characters: Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and Simon. Each character 's decisions and actions are primarily driven by the practical, intellectual,

What is the true nature of man? Are we as humans born naturally good, but corrupted by society? Or are we born partly evil and can be turned good through laws and life-lessons taught through society? That is a famous argument between writers William Golding and Jean Jaques Rousseau. They argued over the nature of man. Golding believes we are all born with some evil, and Rousseau believes we are all born as good people. I believe Golding has the best argument, that people born with some evil can be turned good through society. William Golding states his beliefs towards the argument through his famous book, “Lord of the Flies.” In his story, several young boys are left on an island alone and have to find a way to survive hunger, thirst, and themselves.

In society, they are behaviors that the commonality accepts as the norm. Maintaining order through governance, rules and morals are a fundamental facet of a sustainable civilization and suppress the brutality and violence that is primal in humankind. However uncommon, these savage instincts may resurface in those who choose to defy social codes of conduct. Whether it be criminals, commons or nobles, savagery can affect each member of humankind when the situation arises. William Golding chooses to highlight this in his novel Lord of The Flies where he places innocent school boys in a chaotic environment void of this security and governance. This illustrates the overarching theme that savagery is an innate component of the human spirit, but

Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” He implies that once you feel like it is almost over, do not give up and let go. He expects that we do our best to hold on as if we do, help will surely come. On January 12, 2010 a monstrous 7.0 earthquake struck the poverty-stricken country of Haiti. Around 220,000 people died and 300,000 were injured. This tragedy exacerbated the conditions in Haiti. After 27 days all hope of survivors was lost until Evans Monsignac, a 27-year-old father of two, was found under the rubble, alive. This unbelievable story reached headlines across the world about this young man surviving 27 days under rubble. He had nothing to eat or drink except for the sewage that oozed through the rubble. Monsignac knew it was the end of the rope for him, but he held on believing that as long as he could hold on, help would arrive. These survival stories are the basis for many well-written novels such as Life of Pi, Hatchet, and The Hunger Games. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (LOTF), a perfect example of survival, explains the savagery of young boys as they hold onto their last bit of rope on a deserted island. Jack and Ralph, two main characters of the story, quarrel with each other in hopes of showing the other boys the proper way to live or ‘hang on’.

It all started with a few innocent school boys who were stranded on an island due to a plan crash, who respected one another, and ended with a group of savages who murdered some of their closest friends in order to survive. I believe that this is because of a lack of government, and that without a firm foundation, any society will crumble under pressure. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are many instances where a strong leader was needed to keep the group domesticated, however their leader was not a natural leader and did not carry the group as they needed. This lead to trials which the boys were not use to encountering and they didn 't know how to deal with difficult circumstances. Golding develops for the reader, an environment where children were forced to lead themselves and stay alive the best they knew how. There are three main aspects that I believe sum up the text; the struggle for Leadership, people changing, and last but not least, fear.

Man’s natural inclination towards violence has plagued the human race since the emergence of us as a species, to our modern era. In William Golding 's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, we find ourselves among a group of young schoolboys stranded on an island, without a proper leader or social order. As we observe the morphosis from innocent children into barbaric savages, Golding shows that when man is given the opportunity, he will revert back to a savage state of being.

The book “Lord of the flies” is story of a group of boys who were marooned on an island and forced to survive and the effect on their moral stability. In the beginning the reader is introduced to the character Simon. He was a skinny vivid little boy whose hair, black as night and coarse, hung down straight over his face (Oldsey and Weintraub 182-183). Golding’s writing style and background can be seen by how he decided to characterize each and every character in the story. Simon was created as a quite boy that played a substantial and crucial role in the story behind this book. Golding shows Simon’s Christ like characteristics through his bravery, kindness, and good morals.

The English novelist William Golding often reflects on the common theme of man’s savagery and inability to avoid one’s evil and primitive nature. Man often tries to avoid this return to a basic state just like the boys in Lord of the Flies: “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything” (40). One cannot escape the inevitable however as seen in Golding’s next novel, The Inheritors: “They killed Nil and threw her into the water. And the old woman. They have taken Liku and the new one” (114). Here, the Neanderthals in this story reflect on the violent and primeval deaths of innocent people, illustrating the savagery the newcomers exhibit. Golding’s final novel, Pincher Martin again proves man’s inability to resist his downfall: "Which one do you think would suit Christopher?" (16). Here the mask in question symbolizes greed, another contributing factor to humanity’s degeneration. Man's destined rise to power or ultimate achievement of virtue, combined with the inescapable fall from grace is a significant aspect of many of Golding’s works. He proves repeatedly there is actually a hidden darkness residing within us all. His comparisons with Biblical figures paint a perfect canvas illustrating this predetermined downfall. Through his writings, Golding symbolizes the ultimate decline of human decency in different manners, ranging from a description of man in his most primitive state to the internal

It is found that a majority of people believe human beings are naturally savages. Others protest that the human race has progressed since those times of hunting and savagery, that now humans contain the ability to interact and communicate to others through civilized, mutual understanding. What only makes a person savage is if they are a killer, or doing something else egregious in that category. So then, why does every society and country have an external enemy? Why has everyone in their life been cruel and self-centered one time or another, sometimes without even recognizing it. This idea, that humans are naturally savage and wicked, is demonstrated in William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies. Through the use of setting, plot and character, Golding insinuates that the instinct of savagery is more primal and fundamental to the human psyche than the instinct of civilization.

Gone was a very action pact, exciting, and vigorous book. When I read Lord of the Flies I thought it was the best book ever, but that has changed. Gone was such an intriguing book because something like this could never happen in real life. I love books that could never happen in this world. When I was reading this book it felt like a dream. When I would go to sleep I was dreaming about the part I read, but the main character was me. One day everyone fifteen and older disappears. Then there is this giant dome cover a whole entire city. There was no phone or cable service and all the kids were in school. That is not the only weird thing about the book; some of the characters have power. Caine and Sam can shoot long beams out of their

characteristics of man kind. The Book was created during the post World War II period. Before

After following in his father 's footsteps and teaching English and philosophy to unruly boys at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Golding abandoned his profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. Golding has said of the war, “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head” (“William Golding”). Written in the early 1950’s in Salisbury, England, Lord of the Flies depicts an allegory for World War II which allows for social commentary on the events of the war. Many of the people, symbols, and events of the war reflect the characters, symbols, and events in the novel in order to defend the essential values of democracy, and attack the downfalls of the Axis Power’s governments.