Essay on Lord of the Flies - Irony

Irony is a very big part of a story, because it can create new elements in a story. Some of these elements may include humor and theme. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a great example for this.

Evil: A noun meaning profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity. Everyone has a little bit of evil in them, but it’s up to that person if they want to show it or not. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys show the evil within themselves while being stranded on an island. Because of the situation that has been thrust upon them, they soon discover the true evil they are capable of. In the book, the boys show evil through their lust for power, the behavior that the boys express, and their murderous actions.

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

     When a group of children become stranded on a deserted island, the rules of society no longer apply to them. Without the supervision of their parents or of the law, the primitive nature of the boys surfaces. Consequently, the boys live without luxury that could have been obtained had they maintained a society on the island. Instead, these young boys take advantage of their freedom, and life as they knew it deteriorates. Lord of the Flies is influenced by the author's life and experiences. Golding's outlook on life changes, due to his heavy involvement in W.W.II, to his current philosophy that "The shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual, and not on any political system

The beastie was like the snake in the story of Adam and Eve from the bible. The beast caused disruption among the boys and the land just as the snake caused disruption to Adam and Eve. In the story Adam and Eve they are believed to be innocent souls living in a utopia world, just like the boys first thought that the land was perfect since there were no adults but then the boys created the beast that corrupted their innocence. The lack of civilization also was the cause of the loss of innocence, after the boys had split up, civilization was tarnished

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.

It is often said that irony is the vital literary element to a story because it gives the story character. Whether it changes the mood, creates suspense, adds foreshadowing, engages the reader or something else, irony can do many things for a story.

Oftentimes authors will use symbolism through the characters in order to represent a larger encompassing theme. William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is no exception to this pattern—as various characters in the book have such allegorical meanings. In the case of Jack, he could be said to represent the evilness in humanity, proven by three established concepts in the story: the true nature of his hunting tendencies, the progression of events that happen in his dancing rituals, and his interactions towards other symbolic figures. These three reasons, furthered by evidence shown throughout the novel, fit Jack into a role of symbolic evilness (add something here).

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of English boys in their adolescence are stranded on an island. They crash-land while being evacuated because of an atomic war, so the boys must learn to cooperate with each other in order to survive. The boys are civil at first, but the bonds of civilization unfold as the rapacity for power and immediate desires become more important than civility and rescue. The conflict between Ralph, the protagonist, and Jack, the antagonist, represents the conflict between the impulse to civilization and the impulse to savagery, respectively. In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses Ralph and Jack’s struggle for power to show that greed and lust for power can corrupt the best

​There are many different literary devices that are used in writing to enhance a theme or to carry those themes throughout a storyline. In The Hunger Games and The Road, irony is used in bringing attention to the theme of humanity and carrying it from beginning to the end of the novels. It is used in writing to contrast between “what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant” (Puchner i). In The Road, McCarthy uses irony to show the difference between what we would expect from a humane perspective and how those left have fallen so far from those expectations. One instance of this irony occurred when the father and son observed two men and a pregnant woman traveling on the road. Later, when these travelers were

Symbolism is a very important factor in many books. The use of symbolism in William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies is the most essential aspect to the function of the story. At first glance you may not think the symbols are very important, but with some in-depth thought you can see how it is necessary to explain the microcosm of an island.

Plane Crashes, Tropical Fruit, Rife Diarrhea, Flame Roasted Dinners, Beasts, Fun in the Sun, and, Of course, the killing of your Friends, Such is life for the characters of William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies. In this novel a band of Boisterous boys crash land on an island with the hope of being rescued. One night they all agree that they wish they had a sign from the grown ups and when they're sleeping they get one, although no one was awake to see it. Obviously, this has some level of irony to it but, It's especially ironic in this case.

There are several ways about how the boys are saved that are ironic. First, it is ironic that Ralph has been trying desperately to be rescued by using a signal fire and nothing happened, whereas when Jack uses the fire to kill Ralph, the boys catch the attention of a passing ship and are then rescued. Also, Ralph really wanted to leave the island compared to Jack who wanted to stay. This is ironic because Jack is the reason as to how they were rescued. Another ironic part to how the boys are saved is that the fire that was intended to kill Ralph actually saved all of them. It is ironic that the boys, who have become savages are British because stereotypically, British people are very prim and proper which makes it easy to contrast with what

Ad example of irony is when Charlie was making fun of his special needs friends and he used to be special needs. One of the symbols in the book is flowers. When Algernon passed away, Charly dug him a grave and put flowers on it. I think it made the reader know that the “old” Charlie is starting to show. Another symbol could be a peice of bread from the bakery where Charles worked because his co-workers would always be finding a way to make a fool out of Chaly. When he went through his treatment, Charly was able to make his co-workers feel bad about what hey had

Lord of the flies is an allegorical novel written by William Golding with symbols that connects to it. In the story Lord of the flies, a group of boys crash landed on a island. Only to fend for themselves, as well as take care of each other. Though when they arrive on the island, they focused more on play then on surviving. As for the definition of allegory the expression means a symbolic fictional figure and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. The difference between allegory and symbolism is allegory tells a story, as for the symbolism it does not. They do connect however, as symbolism makes up an allegorical novel, by hiding messages or symbols in a story.