“It lays a foundation for the horrors to come” That was E.M. Forster quote at the introduction of William Golding’s ‘The Lord Of The Flies’ If you’ve read the book then you definitely saw how the horrors unfolded in front of your very eyes. From the brutal murder of Simon while the boys were doing their deadly chant. Or the savagery that took Piggy’s life away by the bolder being dropped on him when all he wanted to do was help. Along with all the symbols the boys represented. Could have the deaths of these two innocent boys been prevented. I believe so.
Lets start with Simon, he was by far the most innocent boy on the island. He was the quietest “Biggun” on the island. He was also the peacebringer to the island. All he wanted to do was help and make people happy. Those qualities would unfortunately bring him his downfall. If only people knew what was wrong with Simon that would also help him from being classified as “Batty”. But during the book I was thinking that he was “batty” why would he climb the mountain at night? Why wouldn’t he wait till daylight? Why not announce that it was him and not “The Beast” ? Would he have lived if he signaled it was him? I believe so. …show more content…
The only things he did wrong was not helping around like building the shelters, getting wood, or getting water, but he help with the littleuns a lot. All he wanted to do when he died was try to talk some sense into the boys but Roger had to kill him by dropping a rock on his head. Piggy was always an outcast with the rest of the boys. His accent was different. He wore glasses. Lets face it he was fat, and the most out of shape, and the biggest reason the boys didn’t like him was that he was smart. Piggy was the person of wisdom on the island. And if he would have lived he would have probably led the boys to
Lets start with Simon, he was by far the most innocent boy on the island. He was the quietest “Biggun” on the island. He was also the peacebringer to the island. All he wanted to do was help and make people happy. Those qualities would unfortunately bring him his downfall. If only people knew what was wrong with Simon that would also help him from being classified as “Batty”. But during the book I was thinking that he was “batty” why would he climb the mountain at night? Why wouldn’t he wait till daylight? Why not announce that it was him and not “The Beast” ? Would he have lived if he signaled it was him? I believe so. …show more content…
The only things he did wrong was not helping around like building the shelters, getting wood, or getting water, but he help with the littleuns a lot. All he wanted to do when he died was try to talk some sense into the boys but Roger had to kill him by dropping a rock on his head. Piggy was always an outcast with the rest of the boys. His accent was different. He wore glasses. Lets face it he was fat, and the most out of shape, and the biggest reason the boys didn’t like him was that he was smart. Piggy was the person of wisdom on the island. And if he would have lived he would have probably led the boys to