Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Lord of the Flies William Golding’s novel Lord of the flies shows his theory on how human nature in itself is stubborn, uncivilized, evil, destructive etc. Golding tells a story about a group of British boys stranded on a deserted island during W.W.I. As time goes by the behavior of these boys worsens from being nothing but good school boys to ones who would kill an animal even worse one of their own. The changes that happen to the boys on the island represent the changes that the world and its people are facing while evil is in control. On the island Ralph, Jack, and Roger are the characters who show Goldings pessimistic theory the best. Golding shows a pessimistic attitude about the future of mankind through the boys changing of values, who is chosen for leadership, and though savage behavior of his characters in his novel. The boys on the island start to alter the values and rules they started with. After Jacks hunt returns from his hunt he goes to the beach to find an angry Ralph... Posted by: Tricia F. Doyle Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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