Albert Camus says, “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies, a story that’s set during World War II. In the Lord of the Flies proper British boys get shot down in a plane and crash on a mysterious Island. The island is a symbol of Eden. When the young boys realize that there aren’t any grownups on the island, they cheer, but future anarchy and a struggle of power shift throughout the novel expressing a need for an authoritarian figure. The novel is about power in the way that the lust for dominance on the island starts to violate the nature around them. The symbol of the conch shows organization, but contrasts with the symbol of the sow’s head showing corruption.
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In the beginning, the conch is found by Ralph in a beautiful lagoon. Ralph made the executive decision to blow the conch for meetings. Ralph soon becomes the authoritarian, but only with the magical conch in hand. Piggy screams to get the boys’ attention with the conch and says, “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper” (45). Golding used Piggy’s discontent to show the importance of a civilized society and their initial mission of being rescued. He illustrates with the conch that all human beings desires order by authority, and the conch is the only way of order and respect with the nature of the loud roar. Golding uses the loud roar to show that individuals need to be shouted down on by society. The sow’s head is another key symbol and contrasts with the conch. On an action, packed hunt, Jack’s crazed tribe of savages kills the mother sow in their attempts to have great fun on the island. Jack shows his barbarian side when he, “Started to work on the sow and punched her, lugging out the hot bags of colored guts, pushing them into a pile on the rock while the others watched him” (136). Golding uses Jack’s disrespectful behavior to show the madness of the boys and that the mother sow is like a sacrifice to evil. Jack and his henchmen all twitch and excite …show more content…
The symbols wield the boys’ attention to different authoritarian figures to question civilizations natural tendencies. These symbols reveal that without a secure sense of power the inevitable evil inside of us will prevail. Golding’s novel teaches the reader about the experiences he had in the war, and shows the violation of nature and lust for power through the boys and the island. The casualties in the novel link with the island and the War that was taking place to show connections of civilization to savagery. Adolph Hitler was Germany’s leader during World War II.links Hitler with the way Jack uses power on the island and acts in a barbaric way to heighten power. Both savages end up failing, but the author provides his useful theory of human nature and fear to help civilization. Golding pessimistically shows the reader the need and want for power in the world, thus pinpointing failures of social order based on how some will come about the role of leading society in the right direction. The novel leaves the questions of existence and shines the light future society failing. It is our responsibility to restore it. Without freedoms of thought, the world wouldn’t get anywhere. The author shows that change would cease to exist and the challenge of combating fear help the world evolve for the better. Essentially the novel creates a truth to the
In the beginning, the conch is found by Ralph in a beautiful lagoon. Ralph made the executive decision to blow the conch for meetings. Ralph soon becomes the authoritarian, but only with the magical conch in hand. Piggy screams to get the boys’ attention with the conch and says, “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper” (45). Golding used Piggy’s discontent to show the importance of a civilized society and their initial mission of being rescued. He illustrates with the conch that all human beings desires order by authority, and the conch is the only way of order and respect with the nature of the loud roar. Golding uses the loud roar to show that individuals need to be shouted down on by society. The sow’s head is another key symbol and contrasts with the conch. On an action, packed hunt, Jack’s crazed tribe of savages kills the mother sow in their attempts to have great fun on the island. Jack shows his barbarian side when he, “Started to work on the sow and punched her, lugging out the hot bags of colored guts, pushing them into a pile on the rock while the others watched him” (136). Golding uses Jack’s disrespectful behavior to show the madness of the boys and that the mother sow is like a sacrifice to evil. Jack and his henchmen all twitch and excite …show more content…
The symbols wield the boys’ attention to different authoritarian figures to question civilizations natural tendencies. These symbols reveal that without a secure sense of power the inevitable evil inside of us will prevail. Golding’s novel teaches the reader about the experiences he had in the war, and shows the violation of nature and lust for power through the boys and the island. The casualties in the novel link with the island and the War that was taking place to show connections of civilization to savagery. Adolph Hitler was Germany’s leader during World War II.links Hitler with the way Jack uses power on the island and acts in a barbaric way to heighten power. Both savages end up failing, but the author provides his useful theory of human nature and fear to help civilization. Golding pessimistically shows the reader the need and want for power in the world, thus pinpointing failures of social order based on how some will come about the role of leading society in the right direction. The novel leaves the questions of existence and shines the light future society failing. It is our responsibility to restore it. Without freedoms of thought, the world wouldn’t get anywhere. The author shows that change would cease to exist and the challenge of combating fear help the world evolve for the better. Essentially the novel creates a truth to the