William Golding Lord Of The Flies Context Essay

William Golding was an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Golding was best known for his Novel, Lord of the Flies, in which he won the Nobel Prize for Best Literature and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980 for Fiction. In this book, the author talks about how a group of British boys crash land on a stranded island with no adults. In the beginning, Ralph the main character, takes charge due to his age and sets up a way for everyone to share their ideas through the Conch. Later Ralph is rivaled by the antagonist of the book, Jack, who does not believe in following a certain set of rules and is more into giving orders than taking them. Jack later starts a new trip on the Island and convinces all the other boys through fear and killing that he is a better leader. In the Novels, true context William Golding explains that people are born with a Darker more savage side as shown through Jack In the Novel. Through the Novel, The reader can see how Ralph and Jack collide with …show more content…
“We need an assembly Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log...not for making, jokes, or for… for cleverness. Not for these things. But to put things straight… We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking… But they don't get done”(William Golding, 79). In this quote, Ralph shows the first real sign of taking authority over the group and telling them what's what and how it needs to be. Ralph shows his diplomatic approach to the group by giving everyone the right to speech. Ralph gives this right of speech through his symbol the conch. The conch acts as a way for everyone to spread their word without interruption. Ralph shows a very positive and understanding human nature between him and the other survivors. As he believes in hearing out everyone's side to the story. Ralph shows a very positive survival skill that brings the group to order and