Irony in Lord of the Flies

Irony in Lord of the Flies

In Golding’s novel Lord of the flies the use of irony portrays his satire view towards society. As Golding experienced the Second World War he realizes that our ‘civilisation’ is anything but civilised. His satire is based on the civilized world, which is having a war and killing people in a “civilized” manner. This as Golding believes is due to the fact that all humans have an inner evil, however this evil is only portrayed when it is allowed to do evil, as for example during War. This fictional evil within the novel is portrayed by the real society, as it shows that the human nature itself is evil and comes out without society. Therefore we should ask ourselves what society actually is. Society can be rules for example the law saying what is right and what is wrong, and we get punished if we do something, and we can also be punished if we do not do something. However society can also be in ourselves, in form of our morality, and the way we have...