Arrangement of Statuettes and Goldingfs Thinking Grades

The Venus of Milo, the leopard, and the Rodinfs Thinker-these are the statuettes mentioned in Goldingfs grading of thinking. His arrangement of statuettes changed three times in the essay, and they describe his changed attitudes toward thinking very well.
Goldingfs first interpretation of the statuettes illustrates his total ignorance. He didnft even know the names and meaning of them. At the same time, that he had no idea of what thinking was is well represented by the fact that the arrangement of statuettes was made by the headmaster, not Golding, in contrast to the other two. He did not think, just given the disposition and sermons, feeling or thinking nothing about them. He could not understand anything, looking only the surface of statuettes and othersf behavior. At this...