William Golding Lord Of The Flies Textual Analysis

What is the first thing you would do if you crash landed on an island in the middle of nowhere? Now what would you do if you crash landed on an island with tons of boys around your age? Would you keep your identity on the down low, or would you be outgoing? In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, he gives us a through simulation of what be like if that happened.

Lord of the Flies is about a large group of kids that get stranded on a desolate island. They put a boy named Ralph in charge, and all goes well for a small amount of time. Then, excuse my language, the poop hits the fan. Beats stalk the children from the water and sky, a rival tribe of hunters is created, and everyone is slowly coming more savage. There are countless times within the story that it is evident that the children have gone through significant changes during their extended stay on the island.

This spectacular novel by William Golding makes the reader ponder what they would do in the kids’ situation. There are so many different choices and outcomes of being on the island. If you were on the island, would Ralph go insane? Would you be rescued within the first few days? Would you become a shameless monster and terrorize the settlement?

These are all questions the reader asks themselves while reading this book, and I have a few ideas of how I would answer those questions.
First of all, I would make a very large difference in how the story played out.

I like to be involved in whats going on, and I strive to be the leader I know I can be. Therefore suggesting that me and Ralph may have a few arguments, but nothing serious. Another point is, I could easily see myself turning to Jack’s tribe, I can easily be persuaded if theres anything in it for me, and a nice pig dinner after being stranded on an island is definitely enough incentive. Even though I couldn’t see myself fighting with Ralph, I can confidently say that I would fight Jack in some way. Whether its a mild argument or a fistfight, I do not agree with Jack’s ideals. In my mind, I could take over the hunting tribe, and possibly become allies with Ralph and his

settlement.
It’s blatantly obvious that Lord of the Flies is a superb source of creativity and cleverness. William Golding does a wonderful job of creating a concrete storyline, yet at the same time, it has enough room for readers to put their own two cents into the story in their head. It almost seems as if the book itself is asking you, “Here is what I think would happen, what do you think this would play out?”. For an outstandingly long time, people have wondered how they would react to being on an island by themselves, and Lord of the Flies takes them back to their childhood and ponders that question once again.