Lord of the Flies Marxist Lens How is power really determined in society? Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, a marxist lens connects in several ways, and many of the characters in this book have a sense of power, which shifts as the novel progresses. Reading the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding through a marxist lens reveals the change in power dynamics in the boys. The characters have different classes, and most of them are low-class, and Jack seems to be mostly middle-class throughout this book. A marxist lens views literary works as a reflection in which they originate. A marxist lens addresses human history and its many struggles with classes according to the theory of Karl Marx. Karl Marx was a theorist and a historian, and he examined many …show more content…
Also, when the officer came into the situation, the boys were not boys anymore, they were men, and acted like men, but as soon as the officer is gone, they are back to being little boys. 3. “He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up, He’s been” he giggled excitedly-- “hes been tied up for hours” Paragraph 3- This really shows what power can do to you, and shows your mindset when you have all that power, you have no care in the world. You think that your top of the world, and are better than everyone, and have authority over everyone and everything. Jack feels a sense of authority here, and thats why there is giggling because he is like “Gotcha now!” He is kind of rubbing it in his face a little bit. 2. Text Evidence: “Piggy I take to be Socrates, the voice of reason. Like Socrates, he is ugly, fat, and—to men unappreciative of reason—a bore, with a disinclination for manual labor. He is the “outsider.” He alone shows marks of intelligence; he can think; he has brains.” (Officer Quote) What does a Marxist Lens reveal about the novel The Lord of the