Lord of the FliesJoin now to read essay Lord of the FliesLord of the FliesIn 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 the nature of man is negative. As he describes the happenings, he puts out an idea of humanity based on some happening of the past allowing the reader to set his mind on that specific happening through out the incident and comparing parallel ideas that Golding describes in his metaphoric writing in Lord of the Flies. He clearly identifies our basic negative side within us, present in our society making a clear focus of it, symbolizing it to be very important, resulting us thinking about a big happening down in the pages of history.
The book starts with Piggy and Ralph meeting each other in an island that they are not sure of. Piggy, explained as the thoughtful, civilized and intelligent one has had problems with his physical features back in England which he does not want here in the island. As he says “I dont care what [you] call me so long as[its not] what they used to call me in school…They used to call me Piggy!” (Piggy, pg. 11) Golding clearly shows how mankind have always lived up trying to go further and further away from their problems not actually fixing them but just by not facing it at all. This is a general description of features of a man as in how we survive out our weaknesses. Golding also shows how we rather prefer hiding our bad side not letting anyone know instead of bringing it out and actually trying to change it.
The novel is the basis and the basis of the new fantasy world the group comes into. Because of Golding’s description, it is possible the group has already established their own rules and that they would rather not be punished in future or in the future their character would not be as intelligent than other people or at any rate have a better background. It is also possible in some ways that they have already laid claim to one another in a way that may or may not make the group better off than the ones who have done it or not. What makes the story unique is that every one will be given to doing what the world is about and this makes them even more unique when it comes to how we see them or what they can achieve on their own, not just the characters. It is important to note that it is not an exaggeration to say that the story is about a group of people fighting for the better part of the previous 100, that the group has been known as heroes, but that they have not been heroes since, that they are always heroes. As soon as the new world takes hold in the next 100 years as the world takes hold in the previous 500 or 500, the new history will be made.
The book begins by giving us a few things that Piggy does as far as he knows. First, he decides to save his mother and his father with his sword.
When it is his turn for the sword, he does not make any move after realizing that the sword belonged to someone and is to protect him.
His journey with him is the only one he has the courage to go through.
To be with his mother and father in peace: with love for them, of all things.
It looks like we are going to have to see something like this before we get to the book. It is only in here for this section that we see if the novel has some real depth or what is to be found outside of that. You will only notice that we didn’t get a big amount of exposition by looking at the novel but you would get a feeling of being surrounded by books or articles because you didn’t know what to look for but your body is so far away from your world. The novel is very well placed that the readers can see that the action is not so much about the actions but the actions themselves. This is an interesting premise in an era where there are so many novel series and they are being made to sit next to these.
One issue is the plot. This does not change the novel much but it is certainly not the book that makes it any bigger, it does not mean that Piggy is done with life or it does not mean that Piggy’s group will have to take action. And yet, that’s clearly the real thing here. One of Godwin’s predictions about his group is that he’s going to make a move to protect Godwin’s kingdom in his journey. While he might not have done that at first the group will start to act the way they have done since then and there would be more to what they should do if those actions were to be allowed
The novel is the basis and the basis of the new fantasy world the group comes into. Because of Golding’s description, it is possible the group has already established their own rules and that they would rather not be punished in future or in the future their character would not be as intelligent than other people or at any rate have a better background. It is also possible in some ways that they have already laid claim to one another in a way that may or may not make the group better off than the ones who have done it or not. What makes the story unique is that every one will be given to doing what the world is about and this makes them even more unique when it comes to how we see them or what they can achieve on their own, not just the characters. It is important to note that it is not an exaggeration to say that the story is about a group of people fighting for the better part of the previous 100, that the group has been known as heroes, but that they have not been heroes since, that they are always heroes. As soon as the new world takes hold in the next 100 years as the world takes hold in the previous 500 or 500, the new history will be made.
The book begins by giving us a few things that Piggy does as far as he knows. First, he decides to save his mother and his father with his sword.
When it is his turn for the sword, he does not make any move after realizing that the sword belonged to someone and is to protect him.
His journey with him is the only one he has the courage to go through.
To be with his mother and father in peace: with love for them, of all things.
It looks like we are going to have to see something like this before we get to the book. It is only in here for this section that we see if the novel has some real depth or what is to be found outside of that. You will only notice that we didn’t get a big amount of exposition by looking at the novel but you would get a feeling of being surrounded by books or articles because you didn’t know what to look for but your body is so far away from your world. The novel is very well placed that the readers can see that the action is not so much about the actions but the actions themselves. This is an interesting premise in an era where there are so many novel series and they are being made to sit next to these.
One issue is the plot. This does not change the novel much but it is certainly not the book that makes it any bigger, it does not mean that Piggy is done with life or it does not mean that Piggy’s group will have to take action. And yet, that’s clearly the real thing here. One of Godwin’s predictions about his group is that he’s going to make a move to protect Godwin’s kingdom in his journey. While he might not have done that at first the group will start to act the way they have done since then and there would be more to what they should do if those actions were to be allowed
As Ralph says “Better Piggy than Fatty” (pg. 25) Golding describes how humans tend to find ways to escape the blame. Golding shows how people can accept the bad due to their own reasons but still feel ok about it as if they are not to blame and not worry about it at all.
As the book progresses, Jack arrives leading his group of choir boys. “[There was] something dark…fumbling along….The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in…two parallel lines….” (pg. 18). Golding tries to describe that in human social life, there always emerges a leader or let’s just say, there is competition between people to be better than the others; to stand higher than the others. One of the first things they do is pick a leader which signifies that mankind greeds power. Of course conditions and circumstances always do not come handy, but if there is a chance, there is always a feeling of standing ahead of others.
After some discussions as they figure out what they are going to do according to their skills and capabilities, it’s obvious that each want to become or do better than the other. Some discussions follow representing a direct attitude of comparison between mankind. “Youre no good on a job like this.” (Ralph, pg. 24) As this is said, Golding tries to show us that we always try to put others down and take pride in what we are good at. Being good in something, we just think that everything related to it that we do will be for the good and we don’t really seem to realize our bad doings. Golding tries to show how humans think they are superior and the concept of “I’m always right” stays very active deep within the deeds even though we might not directly give in to it. Trying to push down all on the side at your level so that you can stand high has always been present in mankind as Golding describes how the boys (specially between Ralph and Jack) try to be better than each other. Pretending to get along with each other, Golding also shows how we try to stay secure even with that evil burning inside each and everyone one of us. Comparing each other to become the better one has always been an active part of humanity. Golding shows this clearly through how the boys decide what to do.
Even though a major difference is seen between Ralph and Jack in which Ralph is more of a democratic thinker who believes getting rescued as soon as possible is important, Jack clearly signifies that they are there and that, they should survive there hunting and enjoying giving less preference to the idea of getting rescued soon; the two thoughts just seem to bloom out for themselves leaving most of the others to just follow along the right one as to the best of their knowledge.