Flies

Lord of the flies is a novel written by William Golding. In the novel there are two main motifs: civilization, and savagery. The book describes a plane of boys from England’s private schools that is fleeing because of the war. Suddenly the plane is shot down and lands on a remote island somewhere in the south pacific. Then book immediately takes flight by introducing the main characters of the novel. Little do they know that the innate evil in man will cause the boys to lose civilization and…

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a novel about a group of young British boys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. Within the story, William Golding explores what the results would be if he takes a group of young boys and places them on a deserted island and asks what will the result be, a utopia or a dystopia. As the boys live on the island their morals begin to change and they transform into savages. William Golding reveals how when left to its own…

"The end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." Ralph words were as they were finally rescued. The novel “Lord of the Flies,” is about how a group of boys were stranded on an island where their plane had crashed. Now they are doing what they can to survive and get off the island. Even turning against each other. When reading William Golding’s novel would you think he is pessimistic but, the plot twist in the end makes him…

Everything can be fun and games until your life is put on the line. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding a group of british boys are stranded on an island when their plane crashes. They must learn to work together to keep themselves alive, but when physical survival becomes our main priority we can often lose our compassion, empathy, and hope. When survival is key we can lose our sense of compassion along the way. For example, when Piggy confronts Jack after he and his hunters…

Lord of the Flies is a fictional novel by William Golding about British school boys who get stranded on a tropical island after the bombing of World War II. These boys have to survive on the island with all of its dangers and beasts with no adults. Jack is a tall, thin, bony boy who leads all of the other choir boys. He has red hair, his face is crumpled and freckled and has light blue eyes. Jack is a cruel person as well as a cruel leader. The boys on the island become afraid of him and do…

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies tells of a group of young British boys evacuated from England who end up stranded on an island without any adults to help them get past the challenges of the island and themselves. During World War II many young boys found themselves evacuated to avoid the problems of war on the home front. This group’s plane occurred shot down yet most of the boys made it alive from the crash, and must create a civilization to live by and help them become rescued. The boys…

Have you ever had to sacrifice something that you really wanted or needed to help yourself or others? In William Golding’s adventure story Lord Of The Flies, the main character Ralph and the kids with him, have to make a new life on an island. They have to make their own rules, and sacrifice most of what they have learned from their parents, the memories they remember from everything they have done throughout their lives, and the material objects they had with them to support everyone on the…

how to respect authority. We are raised within the rules and guidelines that dictate our respective cultures and societies, and as such we grow accustomed to following those rules. The characters in William Golding’s acclaimed novel, “Lord of the Flies,” are assumedly raised under similar circumstances, starting out as civilized British boys who are still attached to the vestiges of their old civilization. However, as we see in the story, they are unable to maintain these behaviours as their…

In the novel Lord of the Flies, the island ends up in a state of chaos because of the lack of direction present. Hunting becomes the main priority on the island, and all the other chores are pushed aside. Violence occurs more frequently, resulting in the boy’s being harmed and even killed. The conch, a symbol representing freedom of speech, loses its power over the boys. These factors lead to the boys being disordered, and uncivilized. In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, the boys declining…

In this case we humans were savages and through evolution we still retain roots to be savages. Through years of evolution we added layers of civilization but our savage roots are still there. In the Lord of the Flies Ralph evolved into a savage after being the leader and a role model for the group. In chapter 12 Ralph, “launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with the spear, and the savage doubled up.”(Golding 195) Just like what any human would do is just…