Heart Of Darkness And Lord Of The Flies Essay

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Its in every nature of human being. In this essay it will be proven that the main theme is “civilization” vs “savagery”, mans inhumanity to man, mans capacity of evil, desire for power, and darkness in settings, in both novels “The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad and “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
In the novel “Heart of Darkness” mans inhumanity to man portrayed by many characters in the novel. When Marlow see six men’s chained they were treated as inferiors, slaves almost as seeing the sight of men being treated as savages. Marlow compares the white men leading the chained men to devils. It can be proven “they were strong, lusty, red-eyed devils that swayed and drove other men-men I tell you” he never seen other men drove men like cattle. This shows how the brutality of savagery; a human being can do to a person to another.
Compared to the novel “Lord of the Flies” mans …show more content…

Ralph who get mature and in charge of the boys and jack who gets savage. Ralph represents a democratic society ruled by power and jack represent an oppressive society governed by him. In the lord of the files the desire for power breaks the boys either civilized or savages. To prove this ralph said “if we have a signal going, they'll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting. The same up here as down here". The power of Ralph trying to civilized the boys and power of Jack not.
In “The Heart of Darkness” setting is a huge impact on the major theme civilization vs savagery. The setting is either dark or light. The Congo river is a divider, keeping Marlow separated form the natives and the evil ways of Kurtz. The river not only allows Marlow to see both side of the continent, but allows him to see both sides civilized and savagery. When Marlow said “one of the darkest places of the earth”. Just as in the novel lord of the

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