William Golding's Lord Of The Flies: An Analysis

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all people, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace." This quote explains the book Lord of the Flies in its own way that with out civilization we cannot cooperate like we normally would. With out peace we could go insane. William Golding was the author of the novel Lord of the Flies. In the book he tells a story about how many young boys crash onto an island with no adults. In the story the boys soon go insane and their behaviors become dissolute with out proper civilization. They soon start to murder each other through the hunts over anger or annoyance. The progression of the hunts illustrates how continued exposure to violence causes the intensity of violence to increase over time. …show more content…
The hunts are an example of violence diffusing, this is because of the deaths in the book. Jack, a main character, creates the first hunt for food and to kill a pig that is on the island. Then they later on use the chant ("Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!") for each hunt they make. But farther into the book the hunts are also used for killing people, because the boys soon get an urge to kill whatever is alive and in their way. After that the boys use the chant to kill some of their fellow "friends". Whenever the boys start the chant that means they are going to kill and start a hunt for someone or something that is annoying them or they kill it because they are either in a bad mood or just because they want to. This is why the chant, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood" is an example of increasing violence in the