William Golding

William Golding was an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Golding was best known for his Novel, Lord of the Flies, in which he won the Nobel Prize for Best Literature and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980 for Fiction. In this book, the author talks about how a group of British boys crash land on a stranded island with no adults. In the beginning, Ralph the main character, takes charge due to his age and sets up a way for everyone to share their ideas through the Conch. Later Ralph is…

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…

In all great literature there is a common theme near the end of the book. The authors seem to answer the main question that has been lurking with the reader the whole book. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding used the same type of ending when explaining that the naval officer found the boys on the island, but he leaves many questions unanswered such as; Did the boys find their parents? How did their lives change when they went back home? When I first finished the book I didn't expect it to be…

A strict and justified rules in a society is one of the exiguous key systems that keep the negative impulses of human beings such as rebellion, and the will to perform immoral acts, on a leash. William Golding thoroughly illustrates this concept in his enticing novel named “The Lord of the Flies”, in which the lack of order drives a small group of boys to embrace a savage-like lifestyle, and forces them to behave immorally. E. L. Epstein’s reflection is an extremely well written piece that goes…

In William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies, he uses symbolism to express his ideas through items and characters. Symbolism is a process in which an author uses things or ideas to represent something with a larger meaning. In his book he uses things like glasses of one of his characters, a knife, a conch shell, a beast, and a fire. William uses items as symbols to represent the significance of human civilization vs savagery. William Golding was a British novelist and poet, who was born in 1911…

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the boys who are stranded on the island come in contact with many things that symbolize ideas. Through the use of symbols such as the beast, the island, Simon and Piggy’s specs. These symbols represent that humans when freed from society's rules allows their natural desire for evil to dominate their personality. One of the symbols throughout the story was the beast. In the minds of many of the boys, the beast is a source of evil on the island. However, it…

William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, reveals the events that occur among young boys stranded without any adult supervision. It also portrays the constant battle between civilization and savagery. The whole idea is a spectrum with civilization on one side and savagery on the other. Depending on situations, even human beings of civilized communities could behave primitively. Young children are seen as a symbol of innocence, purity, and are portrayed as evil in desperate…

In relation to human behavior, William Golding suggests that people follow what the majority of others around them are doing. On page ninety-one of Lord of the Flies, continuing onto page ninety-two (chapter five, Beasts From Water), there is a quote that relates to this idea ,“He gave a wild whoop and leapt down to the pale sand. At once, the platform was full of noise and excitement, scramblings, screams and laughter. The assembly shredded away and become a discursive and random scatter from…

Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding after his navy service during World War II. To use experiences was what Golding did to develop a story full of themes about life and tyranny. Schoolboys find themselves on an island in the middle of nowhere after a crash while on their way away from the Blitz. The boys begin with civilization; after some time, though, they slowly become savages until all of society if gone. Jack and Ralph’s conflict symbolizes the battle of tyranny and democracy…

In literature, characters' surroundings can affect them greatly. This is especially true in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The novel's true villain, Roger, is transformed by the island's complete and utter anarchy. As a result, he begins to act upon his sadistic desires. The Island's lack of adult leadership, hunting mentality, and Jack's savage leadership create an environment where Roger's sadistic tendencies can thrive. Roger wastes no time before causing trouble in his new, adult-free…