Lord Of The Flies - Setting

             Describe how a particular setting or context was employed in a particular text you have studied.
             Lord Of The Flies, Sir William Golding.
             The theme and setting of "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding are inter-twined, as "the darkness of a man's heart." could not be demonstrated specifically without removing all outside interferences. Sir William Golding intended to demonstrate in this novel the true nature of every human, not only adults, or people of the military, but everyone as the boys are only "suffering from the terrible disease of being human."
             The setting of this island is described vividly in physical terms as a tropical paradise that is almost ideal. Golding uses specific words to explain the islands richness and variety, like 'scar', 'lagoon', and 'cirque'. This isolated, uninhabited paradise is easily self sufficient and self contained with plentiful food, water, and means to construct shelters. The island contains no inherent evil, adults, rules from the outside world, or any other influences from home - nothing to distract the boys from their true nature. Ralph after his initial arrival describes the island as a "good" island, and later "Wizard", the boys think "until the grown ups come fetch us we'll have fun.". This setting is so important as without rules, adults or other influences, these boys can give us an insight into distinct human nature, the true natural way we interact with each other, and how we would react in a similar environment.
             This theme incorporates the different contrasts found readily in the novel, one of these is that of good and evil, Ralph and Jack. Ralph representing 'good' with his failing democracy as encourages work required for their survival he then sees more into the true nature of humans, that everyone would rather except the evil of Jack and his dictatorship than
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