Lord Outline

Thesis: William Golding uses Lord of the Flies to develop the idea that when man is removed from his normal surroundings, all morals are lost. In a sense the idea that man becomes a savage, is shown by the way Golding designs each character and the situations that he creates for the story. This represents the idea that every person is a savage inside, they just have to be exposed to the certain scenarios.

I. Golding develops each character to show the distance from society the boys have.
a. Piggy
i. Piggy lacks the looks of a leader, but has the leader mentality.
ii. Piggy is unable to blow conch because he has asthma.
iii. Piggy wears glasses, which is stereotyped as wisdom
iv. Although Piggy has committed savage type things, but is not characterized as a savage in this story.
b. Ralph
i. Ralph is well built, and a commanding voice and he wins the vote to become leader because of his physical attributes.
ii. Realizes it is necessar...