William Golding Lord Of The Flies Political Analysis

Many people have read of Lord of The Flies but they probably never thought of the author’s understanding of political philosophers that helped create the book. In the vividly depicted book, about boys' in a state of nature, called Lord of The Flies. The author, W. Golding seems to be aware of the European enlightenment era political philosophers because he portrayed the political philosophy ideas of human nature, a legitimate government structure, and the right to revolution in his book.

In one scene of Lord of The Flies, the boys' were trying to make a fire at the top of the hill, so they could make a smoke signal. But they could not so some boys' stole the glasses right off Piggy’s face. This shows how the quicker/stronger kids took advantage of Piggy (a cute little chubby kid) by using their stealth to steal his much needed glasses. W. Golding knew about the philosophers, because he shows understanding in Locke’s human nature idea (people …show more content…
Golding doesn't seem to understand Locke's mainstay theory of natural rights, where people want life, liberty, and property in their life. Jack violates this by killing people and making threats to their life. This clearly shows Golding didn't know much about Locke's idea to natural rights because Jack clearly violates all of them at one point or another.

Jack even though he violated natural rights he listened, he made a social contract with the other boys’, saying that if they joined him they would have some power and food to eat (Lord of The Flies). This shows even though Jack violated some rights he gave the boys' some rights. This in turn hints at Golding’s advanced knowledge about Locke’s natural rights philosophy and Rousseau’s thoughts on social contracts, who meticulously combines both topics, by making Jack violate some rights yet giving the boys’ some rights through a social