There were numerous historical, political, and personal events that shaped Golding’s view of man and influenced his writing. During and soon after the second world war, there was a deep divide in politics, and high tensions, between democratic and dictatorial forms of governments. Starting with the democratic Western World against Nazi Germany, then the Western World against the Soviet Union. As Golding wrote this book in 1954, well into the cold war, the tensions between Democratic powers and the Soviet states were high and were clearly shadowed in his writing when describing the kids’ on the island. After spending many days on the island, the kids start turning against each other, as Ralph stats when approaching Jack’s tribe, “You two follow
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Such as how he experienced very intense and disturbing events during his time in service which contributed to his understanding of man’s evil. This understanding of man’s true nature helped Golding develop the characters in the book to revert back to a savage state as he saw during his time in service. William Golding’s life experiences during the war are also portrayed, such as his time served in the navy and food rationing in England. This is depicted in Lord of the Flies, when the savior of the kids from the island is a Naval officer, as well as food shortages that were very common during the kids time being stranded. There were also the political factors that were progressing during the war and post-war era, most importantly, the divide between democracy and dictatorship, that had a clear and profound impact on the book. This is exemplified through the conflicts that were present between Jack’s dictatorship type tribe, and Ralph’s democratic tribe which depicted the real world conflicts of the democratic world powers against the Nazis, then the Soviets. Through his writing, William Golding is clearly advocating for international peace throughout, as seen by his depiction of the evil brought out by man in times of war, and how those animalistic instincts should be prevented from
Such as how he experienced very intense and disturbing events during his time in service which contributed to his understanding of man’s evil. This understanding of man’s true nature helped Golding develop the characters in the book to revert back to a savage state as he saw during his time in service. William Golding’s life experiences during the war are also portrayed, such as his time served in the navy and food rationing in England. This is depicted in Lord of the Flies, when the savior of the kids from the island is a Naval officer, as well as food shortages that were very common during the kids time being stranded. There were also the political factors that were progressing during the war and post-war era, most importantly, the divide between democracy and dictatorship, that had a clear and profound impact on the book. This is exemplified through the conflicts that were present between Jack’s dictatorship type tribe, and Ralph’s democratic tribe which depicted the real world conflicts of the democratic world powers against the Nazis, then the Soviets. Through his writing, William Golding is clearly advocating for international peace throughout, as seen by his depiction of the evil brought out by man in times of war, and how those animalistic instincts should be prevented from