Allegory

Henry David Thoreau said, “The savage in man is never quite eradicated,” essentially saying that no matter who we are; deep down inside, we all have a dark or savage side. This proves true in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding with the schoolboys that crash land onto the island. These boys are British schoolboys, and are supposed to be the perfect image of proper. So as the story goes on we see the boys’ darkness start to emerge into the light. Golding uses the themes; human savagery, and…

In William Golding’s novel Lord of The Flies, Golding highlights the idea that Man’s natural drive is to fulfill an evil desire. Boys from England end up stranded on an island in the middle of a world war. They face unknown dangers that bring out the worst in them. The nightmares come alive when others start to challenge the order and authority that has been set. Overall, the boys turn into savages, at least most of them do. Jack begins to kill for fun and sport and tries to twist the truth to…

Society has cultivated the human mind to filter knowledge and moral values that are taught from birth. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies traces society's flaws back to the true nature of humans when they are free from the constraints of society. The novel explores a group of English boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island during a period of war after a plane crash. They attempt to govern themselves in order to sort things out while waiting for rescue. However, as time passes by,…

Societal Savagery There is an evil, from immoral actions and villainous desires, possessed in all beings. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a complicated and allegorical novel that suggests this theory. When a plane is shot down after being mistaken for a military craft, the school boys that survive the crash are forced to create civilization on an isolated island. With the outside world engulfed in war, two boys, Jack and Ralph, attempt to bring order to the island. This becomes…

William Golding once said, “The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point, he will stop moving and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off, that he will fall.” Golding often wrote with the purpose to counteract a specific thought to his reader. During the early 1950’s, the atomic age was occurring and war was breaking out all over the world. Goldening wanted to write a novel that would…

Try telling people who you thought were your friends something important but then seeing your life flash before your eyes. Listening to them chant at you and run after you. Piggy and Simon could tell you about that. The death of Simon and Piggy had many reasons behind it, some where the same some were different. The death of Simon was abrupt but, the death of Piggy was always on Rogers mind. The reason for Simon's death was that when he came out of the forest the Littluns thought he was “The…

A high summer flood captured Rikki-tikki and carried him away from his mother and father to a roadside ditch. This was the beginning of a fierce war fought by Rikki-tikki, the mongoose. These events occur in the short story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling. The story takes place in a bungalow in the Segowlee cantonment in India. It depicts that sometimes, it is necessary to put yourself at risk to protect or defend others. Rikki-tikki puts himself at risk to save the family that he now…

Airplane landing… clapping? Colombian people are extremely grateful, no matter what simple gesture they receive, they will thank it as much as possible. For many people, traveling in an airplane is boring, and they end up pissed off and with a horrible mood due to turbulences, their ears hurting and uncomfortable seats. But Colombians? Oh god! there's nothing that makes them as grateful as when an airplane lands. Imagine the worst flight ever, with turbulences, lights off, no bathroom…

Archetypal Analysis on Young Goodman Brown In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Young Goodman Brown, the author is portraying the hero’s spiritual journey as his breaking of morals and values, inner struggle, and an attempt to overcome his weakness. The author represents the hero’s journey as a way to break his morals and values. Brown is proud of his family and he thinks they are very religious "My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a…

Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding is the tale of British school boys that get stranded on an island. Two important boys in the novel are Ralph and Jack. These two step up as leadership figures; however they have different ways of going about leading. Ralph is seen as a liberal hero. while Jack is seen as a irresponsible dictator. In many ways Ralph and jack are different, yet neither of them are perfect as the reader sees human nature influence their decisions. Once Ralph gets…