Lord Of the Flies

The story takes a look at what would happen if a group of British school boys were to become stranded on an island. At first the boys have good intentions, keep a fire going so that a passing ship can see the smoke and rescue them, however because of the inherent evil of the many the good intentions of the few are quickly passed over for more exciting things. The killing of a pig slowly begins to take over the boys life, and they begin to go about this in a ritualistic way, dancing around the dead animal and chanting. As this thirst for blood begins to spread the group is split into the "rational (the fire-watchers) pitted against the irrational (the hunters) (Dick 121)." The fear of a mythological "beast" is perpetuated by the younger members of the groups and they are forced to do something about it. During one of the hunters' celebrations around the kill of an animal a fire-watcher stumbles in to try and disband the idea of the monster. Caught o

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This is symbolic of the break down of the basic structure of society, identity. From these example it is easy to make a conclusion on the message the William Golding was trying to convey when he wrote Lord of the Flies. "William Golding" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 121-121

Gordan, David J. This caused Golding's views on life to change to his current philosophy "The shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable (Baker 5). " So many of the authors of his time used the war as the back ground or main conflict in their books, but not Golding, he is able to use the war as his inspiration and write about the most primitive and basic struggles that man has. The hunters had stole Piggy's (one of the fire-watchers) glasses so that they may have a means of making a cooking fire. Golding also communicates his message quite well. William Golding the man himself is qualified enough to write about such topics because he was involved heavily in W. It is very easy to see how this idea is presented in Lord of the Flies where "the good intentions of the few are overborne by the innate evil of the many (Burgess 121). The story concludes with the hunters hunting Ralph (the head and last of the fire-watchers). After lighting half of the island on fire in an attempt to smoke Ralph from his hiding place, they chase him on to the beach only to find a ships captain and crew waiting there to rescue them, because he saw the smoke. A pair of twin boys, Sam and Eric, became know as Samneric, a single unit. "Saturday Review" Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 122-122

Karl, Krederic R. f in the rabid frenzy of the dance, this fire-watcher suddenly becomes the monster and is brutally slaughtered by the other members of the group. All of his works are in some way copied from other works, but he adapts them to fit his own needs.

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