The Collapse Of Society In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

Literary devices are techniques often used by authors to portray in-depth analyses of major characters, storylines, and central themes, which take place in a story. These analyses help readers understand a message the author is trying to convey. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses different literary devices in order to demonstrate the boys’ struggle against the lack of society and law on the island, as well as the consequences that have transpired due to this loss. This conflict is evident through the different instances of irony, foreshadowing, and symbolism that occurs throughout the novel.

Jack meets Ralph on the beach after the first hunt, and “[Ralph says,] ‘The best thing we can do is get ourselves rescued.’ Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was. ‘Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first’” (Golding 53). The boys have only been on the island for a few weeks, and have already lost touch with what society would place as priority. When Piggy dies, they have been on the island for months on end. The boys are stretched to the breaking point. They are near the point of insanity. Society acts as a lifeline, a tether that people cling to every day. It instills ideals, acceptable behavior, and keeps the animal that resides inside everyone at bay. Roger’s grasp on the tether slips, and he continues to float further away everyday that he remains on the island. Add the fact that he is young, and the responsibility he may have melts into his old life. Roger is not aware of the consequences of leaning on the lever to drop the rock. He has no reason to even think about the possibilities. Without society, people become anarchic and unable to function with deliberate thought. Roger develops an identical thought process long before Piggy dies. He simply cannot be held responsible with the situation that he is

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys’ loss of civility can be seen in the progression of how they hunt pigs. In the beginning of the book, Jack and the boys try to kill a pig for food. However, they could not bring themselves to kill it because of the “enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.” (31) Their reluctance shows that these boys are still civilized, and that their conscience is telling them that taking a life is wrong. After many tries, Jack and his group of hunters kill their first pig. As they returned to the group, Jack excitedly shouted, “Look! We’ve killed a pig ‒ we stole up on them ‒ we got in a circle…” (69) The boys killed this pig in a civilized

One of the things that makes the person unique is having a humanity. A humanity represents heart, peace, care, help, and love. A human is a curious person, but there can be some smarter than others because they understand the problem and they try to find solutions from different point of views. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding there are many conflicts that make the characters who they are and their words represent them. The internal conflict used to show the identity of the person, it controls the person and makes the person do things without thinking. Also, it can lead them to hate and even kill each other.

“Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces” (Frank Herbert). Every person is taught different ways to act when in different situations; however, everyone is affected by society because everyone wants to fit in. Golding describes what life would be like if young boys were stranded on an island without technology and only other humans to help one’s own self to survive, in his novel Lord of the Flies. Golding provides the reader with details on why adolescence in a society need order, authority, and simply a role model to look up to. Without these existing in a society, humans’ actions and mental well-beings are not developed. With these characteristics in a society, a “normal” life can be pursued.

People change. People change depending on who they associate themselves with, what they enjoy doing, how they want to be viewed, and also and most relative in this situation, people change depending on the situation that they find themselves in and how the situations effects on them. In one of the greatest works of literature ever presented, Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, this change in people particularly through aggressive and violent behavior is ever-present throughout the text. The causes of aggression and or violent behavior in this case are a subject that is widely debated with different theories of causation supporting each side. Two of these sides presented can be seen in the articles ”A Bully’s Future, From Hard Life to Hard Time” written by Jane Brody, and “To Study Aggression, a Fight Club for Flies” written by James Gorman. The side most relative to the aggression and violence seen throughout Lord of the Flies is supported by the idea that aggression is mainly caused by personal and outside decisions and events, not by conditions predisposed for. Aggression and violence are not things that are forced upon oneself; they are quite simply determined by the factors of a persons life and how they are handled.

“ ‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!’ ” (Golding 152). In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, a group of boys unfortunately crash land on an island with nothing but the clothes on their backs; they are compelled to draw out any survival instincts in order to endure the harsh environment and events that will soon take place over time.

Lord of the Flies, written in 1954, was a notorious book of its time because of the novel’s thrilling story of a group of children’s loss of innocence and civility in the absence of a figure of authority. William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, wanted to show the world how corrupt one can become without any rules to follow. Golding successfully demonstrates the mutinous ways of a human by creating many different scenarios the children will encounter on the road to savagery when they have lost their sole leader in their life. The author’s theme of the novel was to show the conflict of a human’s tendency to become more savage and rebellious in the absence of civilization. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding conveys how society might become more rebellious with a deficiency of authority by utilizing symbolism, irony, and imagery to make his novel become more complete and uniform throughout itself.

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the Beast singlehandedly removes civilization from the island. At first, the Beast is only perceived as a minor fear, however, by the end of the book, it is perceived as an idol. The Beast is first introduced as a figment of the boys’ imagination, but further develops into a legitimate creature—by the boys—later on. By the end, the Beast becomes an actual G-d that the boys worship by offering sacrifices to it, symbolizing the substitution of civilization with savagery by the boys.

Based on the way William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies, it would seem that he would say Americans are free because even though they have laws and restrictions, everyone still has the right to be who they want to and do what they want. Golding shows in the book that if you become really free things can end badly such as when the boys split in two different tribes and fight against each other, when they kill Simon, or when they kill Piggy.

The society in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, was never a place for children to live, even if they were only exposed to the harsh environment for a relatively short amount of time. Made up of entirely young children and pre-teens, there was no adult or authority-like figure to properly establish the society and make it a safe environment for children to live. Children rely on their guardians and adult figures to provide or demonstrate many different needs, which can be sorted into five categories: physical, mental, social, moral, and spiritual. Without these things, children cannot live healthily or happily.

Ellie Herrin British Literature Lord of the Flies, the Savagery Within Mankind “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or a spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. ”~George R.R. Martin. As humans, each person is faced with their own battles with sin and temptation. One of these being the savage capabilities hidden inside the hearts of men. William Golding uses his book Lord of the Flies to represent what happens when one gives into that darkness.

In high school I was assigned to read, do various assignments on, and even be tested about the classic novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Unfortunately I decided to take the unethical route to not read the book and instead used sparknote summaries to get by. I chose to read The Lord of the Flies for my elective assignment not only to make amends for the unethical decisions of my boyhood years but more importantly to analyze the ethical decisions the characters are faced with in the story and try to apply them to my own life, especially focusing on the qualities of ethical leadership.

In the “Lord Of The Flies” an unlucky group of British boys get trapped on an deserted island when their plane crashes. In the beginning, all of the boys come together to try and create a civilized group. They start out great, but as the story progresses they become worse. The group’s progress is hindered by the effects of the disastrous events. In the story the main character Ralph is elected leader, and he makes the decision to have another group made of hunters. Ralph elects Jack, who is also an important character, to be the leader of the group of hunters. Ralph also makes the decision to make a fire, so that if anybody passes the island they would see the smoke and rescue the stranded boys. Ralph leaves the fire up to Jack and his group. Later Jack’s group lets the fire go out, and while Ralph is exploring he sees a ship in the distance, floating across the horizon. This angers Ralph, so he chooses to confront Jack about the mistake. In the end, this, and the talk about the “Beast” causes the group to split up. After splitting, Jack’s group attempts to destroy Ralph’s group. Then when chasing down Ralph, a naval officer and his ship appear. The ones that were lucky to survive to the end of this savage story were rescued.

Imagine getting stranded on an island with a group of boys and no supervision, what would you do to keep things in control? In the book, Lord of the flies, a group of boys are stranded on an Island with no one to watch over them and they are forced to create rules for themselves, however, things do not work out as well as they had planned. The scenes throughout the book when they find the conch shell, Simon gets murdered, and they shatter the conch shell, cannot be deleted because they have great significance within the book.