Lord Of The Flies Violence Essay

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A world of violence surrounds each of us every day of our lives and is arguably becoming worse throughout our society. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the topic of violence being a part of not only our world and society that we live in but also a part of human nature, is shown to us very clearly and effectively as you read this novel. In this novel written by Golding, which takes place during a world war, a group of young boys become stranded on a deserted island after the plane they are on gets shot down by an enemy's military while they are trying to evacuate from their home country. During the book, the boys must learn how to survive, adapt, and work together so they can eventually hope to be rescued and be …show more content…

Golding creates a world of increasing violence as time goes on throughout this book by showing the characters’ differences in personality, allowing the setting and events to force the boys to make choices, and by allowing the boys to behave in unthinkable ways which allows for both us as readers and the characters to be able to understand how violence can occur without humans being fully conscious of what actions, impulses, and desires they are acting upon. The boys who have become stranded on this island have extremely strong and prominent personalities which causes them to argue and fight over what to do and how they should figure out ways in order to survive the new world they have to learn to survive in. In chapter one of Lord of the Flies, we first meet Ralph and Piggy. Then, as the chapter continues, we are also introduced to Jack, Simon, and a few other …show more content…

As Jack tells Ralph about how they killed the pig, it is obvious that he is very proud of himself and that this will be his motivating factor throughout the book, with Golding mentioning “...knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink” (70). This quote shows us that from successfully killing this first pig, Jack now was satisfied and we learn as we read that this soon turns into all he is consumed with and all he has desires to do, kill the pigs and hunt down the beast. Violence throughout this event in particular is a very big part of how Golding has shown us that violence only increases once the circumstances we are left with, leading us to be forced to deal with events in which we may have never imagined being a part of until we are in them. The violence of this is very representative of our world and how when people gain the power to harm others, human nature can take over and cause humans to lean into the violence for the

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