Farzad Imdad Mrs. Kirkpatrick English 10 Honors Period 7 4/5/24 The Appeal of Darkness As a man who lived a bizarre life, William Golding had an interesting perspective that helped him shape his greatest piece of literature: The Lord of the Flies. Growing up as a child, Golding was ignored by his family and had no friends. He would grow up to become an English teacher of unruly, disobedient boys. Unsatisfied with his career, he would enlist in the British Navy to participate in the horrors of WW2. Using his experiences in life with his controversial yet enigmatic personality, Golding expresses his view on humanity with a story of young boys being stranded on a deserted island. In the novel Lord of the Flies, Golding expresses his daunting …show more content…
In Lord of the Flies, Jack, leader of the hunters, argues with Ralph, leader of the island. On the topic of responsibility, Jack exclaims, “Bollocks to the rules! We're strong – we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat” (Golding 83). Through disobeying Ralph and keeping away from the island's duties, Jack displays his interest in hunting and killing over the island's order and civilization. This demonstrates his growing desire for power as he begins to enforce his own demands onto his hunters, successfully establishing a rule focused on chaos and savagery. Through Jack, Golding highlights the basis of power and how human nature is intertwined in it through aspects such as hunting and savagery. In an experiment held by Stanford, regular people were placed in a position of authority and power over fake prisoners to simulate the behavioral aspects of a prison environment. By the end of the experiment, “guards became cruel and tyrannical, while a number of the prisoners became depressed and disoriented” (Tikkanen). Even with the prisoners being completely innocent, this experiment showed that belief and prejudice in one affects the actions that are made towards them. Additionally, this experiment also highlights the corrupt nature of power and how power influences regular people to make cruel and unjust decisions. Even being in a position of order, having too much power over others is corrupt and can often change the best of people. In conclusion, humanity's attraction to power drives human nature to
Title Sir William Golding has constantly been a man who sees nothing good in anything. He examined the world to be a dreadful place due to the people who has populated the Earth. In order to display how he observes the world which was around the period of the second world war, he came to the decision of producing a novel. His novel was titled “Lord of the flies”. In the novel, William Golding familiarized his audience with three groups of boys; the hunters, the younger children and the gentle boys.
William Golding, the author of the novel The Lord of the Flies, lived through the global conflicts of both world wars. World War II shifted his point of view on humanity, making him realize its inclination toward evilness. His response to the ongoing struggle between faith and denial became Lord of the Flies, in which English schoolboys are left to survive on their own on an uninhabited island after a plane crash. Just like Golding, these boys underwent the trauma of war on a psychological level. Ralph, one of the older boys, stands out as the “chief,” leading the other victims of war in a new world. Without the constraints of government and society, the boys created a culture of their own influenced by their previous background of England.
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies portrays the lives of young British boys whose plane crashed on a deserted island and their struggle for survival. The task of survival was challenging for such young boys, while maintaining the civilized orders and humanity they were so accustomed too. These extremely difficult circumstances and the need for survival turned these innocent boys into the most primitive and savaged mankind could imagine. William Golding illustrates man’s capacity for evil, which is revealed in man’s inherent nature. Golding uses characterization, symbolism and style of writing to show man’s inhumanity and evil towards one another.
Nelson, William.William Golding's Lord of the Flies: A Source Book. New York: Odyssey Press, 1963. Print.
William Golding’s novel ‘The Lord of The flies’ presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island, left to try and retain a civilised society. In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is tale of a group of young boys who become stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashes. Intertwined in this classic novel are many themes, most that relate to the inherent evil that exists in all human beings and the malicious nature of mankind. In The Lord of the Flies, Golding shows the boys' gradual transformation from being civilized, well-mannered people to savage, ritualistic beasts.
William Golding, in his fictional novel Lord of the Flies, has created one of the most stunningly elaborate, captivating works of American literature. It is a straightforward story of a few shipwrecked schoolboys that dramatically turns into a multifaceted tale of endless deceit, trickery and all out jealousy. It is in this story that three boys, Ralph, Piggy, and Jack, come to play the pivotal parts of leaders to a group of children who are fighting for the right of survival.
The novel “Lord of the Flies” was written by William Golding to demonstrate the problems of society and the sinful nature of man.
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies shows man’s inhumanity to man. This novel shows readers good vs. evil through children. It uses their way of coping with being stranded on an island to show us how corrupt humans really are.
William Golding's first book, Lord of the Flies, is the story of a group of boys of different backgrounds who are marooned on an unknown island when their plane crashes. As the boys try to organize and formulate a plan to get rescued, they begin to separate and as a result of the dissension a band of savage tribal hunters is formed. Eventually the "stranded boys in Lord of the Flies almost entirely shake off civilized behavior: (Riley 1: 119). When the confusion finally leads to a manhunt [for Ralph], the reader realizes that despite the strong sense of British character and civility that has been instilled in the youth throughout their lives, the boys have backpedaled and shown the underlying savage side existent in all humans. "Golding senses that institutions and order imposed from without are temporary, but man's irrationality and urge for destruction are enduring" (Riley 1: 119). The novel shows the reader how easy it is to revert back to the evil nature inherent in man. If a group of well-conditioned school boys can ultimately wind up committing various extreme travesties, one can imagine what adults, leaders of society, are capable of doing under the pressures of trying to maintain world relations.
"Review: Second look at William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'." All Things Considered 29 Mar. 2004.Literature Resource Center. Web. 8 May 2014.
William Golding's claim that human nature is inherently defective connects strongly with the complex fabric of human nature. His most famous work, "Lord of the Flies," reflects the complexity of human nature when the rules of society are abolished. Golding's investigation reveals disturbing facts about human nature by going into the depths of the human mind. To support Golding's claim, this article will analyze the proof offered in "Lord of the Flies" and add to it with new information from different settings. As Jack represents the most terrible habits inherent in human nature, Golding portrays his descent into savagery.
Although on the surface, novels may seem fictitious and imaginary, they often incorporate hidden meanings that mirror real world society and experiences. Through the telling of fictional tales, classic novels still manage to give a new perspective on society and challenge our experiences of the world. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding presents a profound exploration of human nature and society, and explores the harsh consequences of the collapse of society, highlighting the clear similarities between the inhumane actions of the boys on the island and the actions of people in the real world. It focuses on regression in human behaviour and moral deterioration, and delves deep into the theme of loss of innocence, represented by Rogers character
The Lord of the Flies is an ultimately pessimistic novel. In the midst of the cold war and communism scares, this disquieting aura acts as a backdrop to the island. The Lord of the Flies addresses questions like how do dictators come to power, do democracies always work, and what is the natural state and fate of humanity and society, getting at the heart of human nature in a very male-dominated, conflict-driven way. The war, the plane shot down, and the boys' concern that the "Reds" will find them before the British, shows Golding's intention of treating the boys' isolated existence as a microcosm of the adult military world.
In his novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows a story of boys who are trapped on an island, and must figure out how to survive. The story represents the fall of mankind, as symbolism is present throughout the entire novel. It is best seen through a historical perspective. Golding uses events from his own lifetime, the Operation Pied Paper, and Hitler’s ruling to compare it to the major events, the beginning of the story, and Jack’s personality.