Fire, it´s what makes us human. It is a sign of hope, and power, but without it weare no different from animals. In William Golding's ¨the Lord of the Flies¨ the events on the island are a direct reflection as to how Britain perceived the World War II.
The Germans initial offensive (blitzcrieg) unified Britain as a nation, just like as the fires on the island brought everyone together. As Winston Churchill said after the initial German strike “Everyone feels now that, come what will, we are top dogs; the past week has shown that we shall win no matter what slight doubts there were before.” There was a fire that started to burn in the United kingdom right after the initial impact attack, that gave people hope for winning the war.
In the Lord of the Flies, the plane crash is there to represent the Blitzkrieg offensive. The crash brought the kids all together from all over the island and they started the signal fire as one. When Ralph orders the creation of the signal fire there is a surge of hope and energy on the island,”” … We can help them find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a signal fire,”
“A fire! Make a fire!”
At once half the boys were on there feet” (Golding 38). The hope generated from the idea of getting rescued was enghuf to get them on there …show more content…
“...It was aimed at putting war production out. You know, destroying war industries, shipping, transport, all this sort of thing” (Gardiner).When the Germans launched first attacks to the British homeland two years after their initial offensive it didn't impact the civilians much at first; this is because they only targeted British units. Eventually the Germans started bombing civilians as well which really brought down the morale as a country, but in the end the British were able to fend of the Germans, but at a great loss of
The Germans initial offensive (blitzcrieg) unified Britain as a nation, just like as the fires on the island brought everyone together. As Winston Churchill said after the initial German strike “Everyone feels now that, come what will, we are top dogs; the past week has shown that we shall win no matter what slight doubts there were before.” There was a fire that started to burn in the United kingdom right after the initial impact attack, that gave people hope for winning the war.
In the Lord of the Flies, the plane crash is there to represent the Blitzkrieg offensive. The crash brought the kids all together from all over the island and they started the signal fire as one. When Ralph orders the creation of the signal fire there is a surge of hope and energy on the island,”” … We can help them find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a signal fire,”
“A fire! Make a fire!”
At once half the boys were on there feet” (Golding 38). The hope generated from the idea of getting rescued was enghuf to get them on there …show more content…
“...It was aimed at putting war production out. You know, destroying war industries, shipping, transport, all this sort of thing” (Gardiner).When the Germans launched first attacks to the British homeland two years after their initial offensive it didn't impact the civilians much at first; this is because they only targeted British units. Eventually the Germans started bombing civilians as well which really brought down the morale as a country, but in the end the British were able to fend of the Germans, but at a great loss of