Analysis of Lord of the Flies

Things happen for a reason, good or bad. But what causes things to happen? Who or what is involved for something to happen so good or so bad? From the novel, Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, Ralph asks a similar question, “What makes things break up the way they do?”. Ralph asks this question in chapter eight, the sow kill. In this chapter is when things went downhill. The boys turn into savage and uncivilized boys which result to Ralph questioning. The philosophes of Freud, Hobbes…

The Lord of the Flies represents the devil. The Lord of the Flies says that he lives within all people. This symbolizes that Satan is within all people, and that he causes the savage behavior of the kids. The island is a representation of the world and the children are the different roles…

The fear of the unknown is one of Joseph is no different from anyone else in this sense, but what makes Joseph interesting to me is that unlike most people who are scared. He confronts his fears instead of sweeping them under the rug, instead Joseph decided to give Tom a chance when nobody else would, Joseph could have turned down Caroline's offer to paint tom, yet he agreed even though it was through an act of rage. Mrs mossop thought he was a lost cause and pre judged tom before even meeting…

have always remained within humans. Tales from ages ago still make their way into the modern day, allusions to the past. The lessons that people are taught when they are young stick with them throughout their lives, setting the morals. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the group of young boys, stranded on an island, show the power that moral teachings of the past have upon people, even those completely hidden away from the order that enforces such morality. The boys on the island are…

“A tropical marine mollusk with a spiral shell that may bear long projections and have a flared lip”. Although this is the literal meaning of a conch, many objects have been used throughout literature to symbolize a larger meaning. Take The Lord of The Flies for example. In this book, a conch is used to depict a group of boys digression out of civilization as they are trying to survive stranded on an island. Golding describes the conch as “ valuable” In the beginning of the book. He does so by…

dialogue was spoken by the pig’s head, the lord of the flies. The pig’s head was the embodiment of evil, a devil dwelling within the island. He talks to Simon, the boy who represents all that is pure and innocent on the island. The Lord of the Flies yells at Simon as Simon tries to go warn the other boys that the ‘beastie’ is simply a dead parachutist. This displeases the Lord of the Flies and tells him to go away. It is a reference as to how the Lord of the Flies and Simon cannot coexist on the…

Lord of the Flies People always say that children are innocent and develop the evil as they grow up seeing the malice and spite in the world. In the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a plane gets shot down with a group of British boys who get stranded in an island when they are being taken out of England to another place for safety from WWII. They try to work together to be rescued but chaos in the island quickly develops. Human nature is essentially evil because of the natural…

‘Superego’ of one’s conscience can otherwise be known as the manners and kind side of a personality. It is considered the opposite of the ‘Id’ which is the wild side that drives a man to do sorts of unspeakable things. Within William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies, Piggy, is one of the only characters on the deserted island that appears to not contain his ‘Id’ side. Although, many moments in the text give us evidence that Piggy is very in touch with his Superego. Piggy can be pushed to his…

To begin, the symbolism of the conch shows the fading care for rules and civilization within Jack throughout the book. In the first chapter, Ralph calls to the other boys using the conch shell when Piggy says “You try. Ralph. You’ll call the others.” (10). The conch holds power and authority in the beginning of the book; it leads the boys, including Jack, to Ralph and Piggy. Once Ralph was established as chief and the rule of the conch – only speak if you have the conch – was made, Jack followed…

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