'Lord Of The Flies': A Literary Analysis

Our argument can be further strengthened by taking a look at the setting of both the novels. Enas subhi in his article “ civilization and savagery in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness with some references to Golding’s Lord of the Flies” quotes Robert Serif as “One of the principle things one “sees” in Conrad’s fiction is the relationship between man and his environment. Put visually, this is the linkage, by image and symbol between inner and outer landscapes. External landscape is itself, in most cases, symbolic. Whether river or sea, jungle or sprawling city, it serves as representation of the inscrutable and labyrinthine complexity of human experience and the power of the irrational in Conrad’s universe (p, 4).” The beginning of the novel shows the main theme of the novel as “civilization and savagery”. Marlow when arrives in Brussels he says “I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a

There were no grownups and no restrain of society on them. The use of children as characters of the novel is very important because they represent innocence and the second thing is that they cannot hide their reality. When the novel begins, two children Ralph and Piggy encountered each other. Piggy says "This is an island. At least I think it 's an island. That 's a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren 't any grownups anywhere” (Golding). It is an environment completely aliens to the boys them. The island contains thick jungle and dense undergrowth with plentiful food, and there are pigs which roam. This similarity in setting of the novels shows that we can compare Congo in Heart of Darkness to the isolated island of Lord of the Flies. The Congo and its surrounding represent lack of restraint; order and civilization while the remote island shown in Lord of the Flies also represent lack of restraint, civilization and