The Evil Within People Themes, symbols, and meanings lurk in the text, lingering for a reader to find and interpret it in their own, unique way. One of these themes of a story is the theme of coming of age. If a young person travels from being a child to an adult in a story, it is categorized as a coming of age story. Within a coming of age story, age and nature of a person in society innovates. An example of one of these stories is Lord of the Flies, composed by William Golding. Within this tremendous novel, a group of young British boys are in a plane crash and are stranded on an unknown, deserted island without any adults. The oldest of these boys is Ralph, who is just shy of thirteen years old, so he is just shy of adolescence. Throughout
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This meaning is hidden and William Golding invites readers to discover it. Lord of the Flies is a small-scale for the real world. For example, the world is peaceful and civilized until one bad action or event happens, and the world turns into chaos and war. Lord of the Flies was written during World War II. William Golding wrote about what was happening during World War II and what he thought caused the war, but just on a smaller scale with young boys on an island. He thought that the reason for war and problems is the evil within every human. Good and evil are within all people, but it is their decision on what to choose. These choices are guided by the Holy Spirit, for making the good decision, and the devil, for making the evil decision. The reason for making the evil decision, is because all humans have original sin starting at birth. Lord of the Flies is a fable, a story that teaches a moral, based upon the concept of original sin that every human has. One of many points of the novel is articulating human behavior and human relations of good and evil within all people. After people read Lord of the Flies, William Golding makes readers wonder how a group of young American boys would act today if they were stranded on a deserted, unknown island alone with no
This meaning is hidden and William Golding invites readers to discover it. Lord of the Flies is a small-scale for the real world. For example, the world is peaceful and civilized until one bad action or event happens, and the world turns into chaos and war. Lord of the Flies was written during World War II. William Golding wrote about what was happening during World War II and what he thought caused the war, but just on a smaller scale with young boys on an island. He thought that the reason for war and problems is the evil within every human. Good and evil are within all people, but it is their decision on what to choose. These choices are guided by the Holy Spirit, for making the good decision, and the devil, for making the evil decision. The reason for making the evil decision, is because all humans have original sin starting at birth. Lord of the Flies is a fable, a story that teaches a moral, based upon the concept of original sin that every human has. One of many points of the novel is articulating human behavior and human relations of good and evil within all people. After people read Lord of the Flies, William Golding makes readers wonder how a group of young American boys would act today if they were stranded on a deserted, unknown island alone with no