Back to category: Arts Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. your mum The Lord of the Flies takes place on an island during World War II. This is significant since the isolation forms a sort of civilization and community, a sort of microcosm to the real world. At the same time, the island lacks a society and the societal laws and rules allowing for the boys to run wild and show their true, ugly, inner selves. Since the island is a microcosm, Golding uses it to reflect our world and give comments on our world and his view of human nature. In this book, the setting is used less to create a mood than to put the characters in a particular situation The Lord of the Flies takes place o... Posted by: Jason Cashmere Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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