Lord Of The Flies Themes

Theme Statement: All civilized objects, activites, and souls, have inner savage which is held back by forced law, until power brings out the savage in everyone and everything.

They are lost and alone, no one around, just them, the ocean and a tropical paradise. With no civilization, no regulations, or even mild things like a place to sleep, the young boys will find find out what they must do to survive alone in the unknown. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding the theme loss of innocence is clearly demonstrated throughout the book. The proper British boys were on a plane that crashed onto a tropical island. Without adults and the oldest boy being twelve, the boys must learn to survive themselves. Without civilization and authority to guide them, they turn to savagery and violence. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding portrays loss of innocence by exhibiting how people change when they realize what they

William Goldning’s Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel where literary techniques are utilized to convey the main ideas and themes of the novel. Two important central themes of the novel includes loss of civilization and innocense which tie into the concept of innate human evil. Loss of civilization is simply the transition from civilization to savagery; order to chaos. The concept of loss of innocense is a key concept to innate human evil because childhood innocense is disrupted as the group hunted animals and even their own. Through the use of literary techniques these ideas are seen in the passage where Simon confronts the “Lord of the Flies.”

William Golding’s experiences in World War II deeply influenced his views on man’s nature. Golding’s allegorical novel, Lord of The Flies, explores the frightening and consistent, yet ignored, truths of man’s nature. British schoolboys board a plane in hopes to escape their war torn land. Unfortunately, the plane is shot down, thrusting the boys into a deserted island and leaving them to their own devices. At first, the boys look to find independence and freedom on the island where civilization no longer matters. However, it is soon clear that the boys cannot simply run away from their natural tendencies. Jack, previously a choir leader, is among the stranded boys, and slowly but surely rises to power on the island. Jack’s corrupted authority fuels his inner selfishness and leads him to consciously feed off of the fear of isolation and annihilation of his blind followers, thus proving that authority can overpower one's self-control.

This quote portrays, the loss of innocence and what horrifying effects it can do to one’s heart.

One day, a young, misunderstood boy with a scar on his forehead reveals his fears for an imaginary beast that is haunting his dreams. That night, he disappears without any warning, and many of the boys begin to question the truth of the matter. When Ralph takes notice of their fears, he calls a meeting and tells them, “[They’ve] got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing to it...[then they] can start again and be careful about things like the fire” (82). Initially, the conch brings the boys together, and they immediately form bonds with each other; however, as time passes, they begin to separate into small groups, so Ralph, as a strong leader, decides they must have a meeting to reform their sense of unity. The thought of the beast terrifies many of the boys, and their fear breaks them apart, and Ralph believes that if they discuss their concerns, they can work together, like they might have back home, to conquer them. This unknown fear begins to distract some of the boys from more important things, such as building shelters and being rescued. During the discussion, Ralph reiterates the need to build shelters and a civilization because it would make them feel safer, displaying his unconditional concern for the boys; he uses his logic and fear to convince them to work on the more practical problems. Although

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding uses characters and symbols in order to elaborate on the idea that human instinct is to be consumed by maliciousness and savagery.

The theme of the Lord of the Flies is that all people are born with evil inside of them. The book shows how even Ralph, the kindest person on the island, is able to commit evil when he tries to harm Roger when Jack is pretending that he is the pig. “Ralph too was fighting to get near to get a handful of that brown vulnerable flesh”(Golding 114). Another part that shows this theme is when everyone took part in killing Simon. “The sticks fell and the mouth of the circle crunched and screamed”(152). The final point that I found on this theme is when Roger willingly kills Piggy. “The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”(181). Those are some of the instances that show all people are born with evil.

In William Golding’s fictional novel, Lord of the Flies, begins when a group of boys land on an uninhabited island during the Cold War and they eventually become captivated with power and carnage. Throughout their time, life on the island soon develops a daily rhythm for the boys. Furthermore,

Theme can be defined as the subject of a talk, piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or a topic. Often, themes are found in novels or stories, fake or fiction, every work containing a central idea that carries a novel and gives it reason to exist. One novel that exemplifies a strong arguable theme is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. As described by E.L Epstein, “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.”

Golding´s book The Lord of the Flies has many different background meanings to it. Two themes that some critics think of are that people are born with evil already in them and that there is no hope for humanity. These themes are shown throughout the book in what the characters say and do. In this book there are many conflicts where the boys bully each other in an inhumane way, which shows how evil they really are. Also the boys lose hope for being rescued and start to go back to the more primitive ways of mankind. Golding definitely comes across in his work as some who may think that there is no hope for mankind and that all people are born with evil in them.

Since its publication in 1954, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies has remained one of the most controversial novels aimed at young readers. The novel, itself, grapples with sensitive, almost taboo topics that question true human nature. It is cited that his own personal experiences had influenced and shaped his writing. Having served five years in the Navy, he was exposed to the cruelty and savagery that he realised was deeply rooted in humankind and uses this as a basis for his novel. Lord of the Flies is a novel that explores the dark side of humanity through the medium of children. He focuses on the innate primal instincts built into humans, determining how their savagery breeds. A major element that he grapples with during this investigation

Imagine being stranded on an island with all boys and no adults. This is how it is in William Golding's book Lord of the Flies. The most significant theme in Lord of the Flies is that of the similarities of the boys' society's relationship to the real world. Ralph represents Great Britain and its struggle against the Germans (Jack). Jack represents Germany and the control they wanted. Piggy represented France and its alliance with Great Britain (Ralph). The boys' society on the island mimicked the real world's violence. These are all reasons why this theme is most important.

The theme in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is that when people are left alone, and away from society, people lose the values that they once abided by and revert back to their “natural” savagery.

The story of Adam and Eve is similar to “Lord of the Flies.” Adam and Eve were faced with evil and had free will to decide what to do. This paper will explore the theme of theodicy and evil and how it is shown and overcome throughout William Golding’s famous book “Lord of the Flies.” The story is centered around boys surrounded by evil, and how it affects them while on the island. I will be exploring and analyzing the effect of free will, being engulfed by evil, the beast, Roger and Jack and the effect they have on the story.