Lord Of The Flies Argumentative Essay

According to Thomas J. Watson, “If we do not take advantage of our opportunity, it is our own fault.” The novel, “Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding, is about the boy’s freedom using many archetypical objects on the island without adults and rules of civilization during World War-II. The author agrees according to looking at human experiences that if given opportunities to start all over again, humans will be the same again. By saying this he means related to novel if boys were given to start again their society and properly civilized on island, there will no difference and things will go worst. It is true, every human’s problem has opportunities to solve it, but only some people look for opportunity and others give up or do same mistake again. This occurs when people are power need or have negative motives and maybe there is not that strong base to use that opportunity or something is missing. Some people do not even understand the …show more content…
The novel contains many archetypes like the mask of Jack which stand for converting into evil because he wants a power over others. Another prime object was Piggy’s glasses, tool to light up the fire and symbolize hope of rescue. In addition, the conch and leader was another important role in the novel to keep boys civilized and to follow laws. Lastly, the fire was the object which represents hope of survival. Till today, human experience many struggle and if they get opportunities to start over again, still everything will be the same. It is easy to give up, but hard to take benefit. If any problem arises always look for opportunities and always try to do something different from what was done