Lord Chamberlain's Men

During the My Lai massacre in 1968, more than 500 civilians were brutally murdered by American soldiers. Without the presence of commanding officers, many U.S. soldiers blindly killed innocent lives for no apparent reason. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding suggests that human beings are governed by three different drivers: the id, the ego, and the superego. Golding explores these three psychic drivers and shows that when civilization is stripped away, human nature succumbs to the id and…

n the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding promotes the themes of civilization versus savagery and loss of innocence that relates to our society and the hateful acts that arise due to the minds of the children all over the world. Golding associates the instinct of civilization with the good and the instinct of savagery with evil. Loss of innocence is a worldly theme and a theme that constructs the ideas of Lord of the Flies. Our society has changed over the course of the years due to the…

killed Kvothes’ troupe, because his parents were trying to find the true story of Lanre. Martin used the Other as a fairy tale of old coming true. “’it would seen there were only the two of … of those creatures, whatever they were, I will not call them men.’” (A Game of Thrones 653) that’s what Mormont told Jon after they killed Othor. All three novels have different aspects of old fairy tales coming true after many, many years of their disappearances.…

Certain items mean more and are more useful than others. This is true in stories, and definitely true in the Lord of the Flies. Not only did some items help the stranded boys, but they represented much more than their intended purpose. As the Lord of the Flies draws a reader along William Golding introduces objects, like Piggy’s glasses, that carry meanings greater than they initially appear. Piggy’s glasses represent adults, from the clarity and intelligence they symbolize in their owner, the…

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is a novel about power struggle in a war based world. During World War II, a group of British schoolboys are stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashes. The island has only young boys, none above the age of twelve. Ralph, one of the older boys on the island, takes charge beating out another boy, Jack for the position of chief. As times goes on, Jack extracts Ralph’s power. Through this struggle, Ralph learns to become a leader rather than an…

Lord of the Flies is about a group of school boys who are in a plane crash and land on an island while trying to escape war. One of the boys, Simon is killed because the other boys think he is a beast. The boys are all riled up and want to kill something, but it ends up being their fellow schoolmate. The author uses a few ways to represent the loss of innocence that occurs within the schoolboys. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding employs symbolism, figurative language, and animal imagery to…

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…

In the novel “Orca Soundings” by Kristin Butcher, there is a group of boys who enjoy playing soccer in an abandoned parking lot. The group of boys all had tattoos, dressed in baggy clothes, and they only cared about themselves. Until one day when the group of guys were just sauntering down the street ready to play soccer, something made their stomachs drop. There was a newly constructed mall right where they played soccer. There was even a new convenient store next to it. They got filled with…

Henry Graham Greene wrote many stories that express his views on political aspects or major events. Greene instigates his views of the harsh truth of life into his short story "The Destructors" as he expresses his view of the instability of post-World War II in England. The boys in the story have lost their innocence having forced to give up their childhood to the bombings and destruction of war. The boys reflect the trauma England experienced in the war and the drastic changes made after the…

Chapter five of Lord of the Flies by William Golding is possibly my favorite chapter so far. It was easy to read, and it did not have any super intense vocabulary. The chapter also discussed many great parts of the story that were being pushed to the side to talk about other things. This discussion of leftover matters was brought together by Ralph’s assembly. As Ralph says in the beginning of the chapter, “This meeting must not be fun, but business” (65). Ralph shows immense worry for the…