The world is a transcendent place, it is diverse, unique, and seemingly unreplicatable, but, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies the world is replicated. The small island on which a large group of English schoolboys become stranded after a mysterious plane crash is a perfect example of a microcosm, a little world. As the story progresses the boys become representations of humanity’s strongest and weakest aspects. Some will mirror leaders while others will take a more submissive role in the governing of the boys. Despite this difference in mindsets of the boys one fact stands tall, each boy has a role in illustrating humanity at its entirety. In Lord of the Flies, published in 1954 by William Golding, the island is portrayed as a microcosm
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The novel Lord of the Flies displays social classes in a more murmurous way. To begin, an often underestimated part of contemporary …show more content…
The boys exhibit this not by race, gender, or sexual orientation, but by ideology and values. First, Piggy is a human representation of the highly educated stereotype. This is shown by Piggy’s view of life shown here, “‘Which is better-to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?’... ‘Which is better-to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?’” (). Piggy is depicted as not physically fit, unable to keep up with the other boys, and very insightful with his view. His die hard allegiance to Ralph shows the clichéd idea that smart people will not take authority but bow down and aid those in power. In addition, the highly stereotypical premise of Lord of the Flies also fulfills the requirement for a classical man character. This character is played into the depiction of Ralph and shown very vividly, "Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before...before him small children squatted in the grass” (32). This shows Ralph’s commanding aura and his natural ability to organize people. This fits in with the modern stereotype of a man being obligated to have the ability to take charge. The excerpt from the novel shows the littluns respecting him and
The novel Lord of the Flies displays social classes in a more murmurous way. To begin, an often underestimated part of contemporary …show more content…
The boys exhibit this not by race, gender, or sexual orientation, but by ideology and values. First, Piggy is a human representation of the highly educated stereotype. This is shown by Piggy’s view of life shown here, “‘Which is better-to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?’... ‘Which is better-to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?’” (). Piggy is depicted as not physically fit, unable to keep up with the other boys, and very insightful with his view. His die hard allegiance to Ralph shows the clichéd idea that smart people will not take authority but bow down and aid those in power. In addition, the highly stereotypical premise of Lord of the Flies also fulfills the requirement for a classical man character. This character is played into the depiction of Ralph and shown very vividly, "Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before...before him small children squatted in the grass” (32). This shows Ralph’s commanding aura and his natural ability to organize people. This fits in with the modern stereotype of a man being obligated to have the ability to take charge. The excerpt from the novel shows the littluns respecting him and