“Either wandering breezes or perhaps the decline of the sun allowed a little coolness to lie under the trees.” Certainly, this is a quote from William Golding's book “Lord of The Flies”. The book is about a group of schoolboys who were put on a plane escaping from the next war, and crashed on a deserted island with no adult supervision doing whatever they want, but a leader is chosen for the group and things go bad when it all gets unorganized. In most literature like“Lord of The Flies” by Golding, authors will use literary devices in their writing to convey meaning into their work.
Final Assessment Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is a book about boys who get stuck on an island. The main characters, Piggy and Ralph, go through many challenges. Piggy, who has Asthma, is also a little chubby and big. Because of this, he is always made fun of. Ralph, Piggy’s friend and the Chief of the tribe, tries to protect Piggy.
Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, was about a group kids, from Britain, who had gotten on a plane, and the plane was shot down. Before it had crashed though, the group of children jumped off and survived. It was good they survived but now they are trapped on an island. Together they must work as a team to survive until they can be rescued.
Imagine being on an island with unknown faces for an unknown amount of time. What would it take to survive? Become a civilization or turn against each other and become savages? In Lord of the Flies by William Goldberg, a twelve year old boy named Ralph tries to bring a group of stranded pre-teens together by just using a conch shell. Ralph had a plan to make a civilization and work together as a group to be saved from the island they were stranded on.
There are several qualities that make a good leader, william golding wrote lord of the flies which describes a leader named ralph who lead a group of boy who were stranded on an island by a fallen. The boy selected ralph over a raise of hands, over his opponent jack. Ralph was a better leader choice over jack because, of his better thinking, ability to prioritize, and selfless personality. Thinking is a fundamental trait, thinking can make or break a leader.
Name of student : Ethan Doeg Text Type - Title and Author : Lord of the Flies by William Golding In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, a common theme shown throughout the text is the balance between good and evil inside of every human being. This story is more or less a tale of good vs evil, order vs chaos etc. This conflict is shown in the form of the two main character. Ralph, who is seen as a kind but assertive leader, who is orginally “voted in” as the leader of the pack of boys, and Jack, who is seen from the start as a very aggressive person who is only interested in hunting, forms his own tribe, who are very violent and malicious towards anything and everything.
These are all large themes in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. When a group of young boys crash into and uncharted island they are rebirthed like a flower because there is no society to tell them what to do so they must come up with their own rules. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the falling of a leader, as well as irony, demonstrates that losing hope of rescue can drive people to savagery. In William Goldings Lord of the Flies the antagonist Jack, once the hunter of the group, turns to savagery and takes most of the other boys with him.
The reader learns how every human is in control of their own actions and feelings and that although they may be influenced by other people, they only fear what they let themselves fear. In other words, they control their future. In the case of Lord of the Flies, the boys’ lack of control over their emotions and specifically their fear resulted in the killing of Simon. In conclusion, Golding’s use of rhetorical devices has a significant impact on the development of one of the major themes. The reader comes to understand that they must remain in control of their emotions because the events which occur in Lord of the Flies should not ever occur in real
William Golding uses the theme that humans are naturally bad at heart, in the book Lord of the Flies to highlight that without the order and respect we choose to live our daily lives with our human nature will ultimately take us into chaos and savagery. Morals are what we choose to live by, this is what keeps us accountable. Morals do not appear overnight. Overtime they are ingrained throughout our childhood. Giving us a sense of right and wrong.
Human behaviors are easy to be changed by the experiences and environment. As the time passes by, the changed behaviors can be worse or better than before. However, most people become worse because of the specific experiences in their life time. In Lord of the Flies, the changes of behavior are occurred obviously in the characters of Jack, Roger, and Ralph.
In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, he created this book about a group of proper british boys to show that even the most civilize of all can turn inhuman and go savage. Also being in the war helped Golding to see what people were capable of even if they were good at heart. The themes in Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, were influenced by his childhood, his experiences in the war, and his view of human nature. Golding’s early life influenced the theme in Lord of the Flies.
In society, there are many standards that people must uphold to. In western society, it is uncommon for men to have long hair or for women to have short hair. Naturally, people will be conscientious of their differences between other people and try to change them or cover them up, and often times people who do not follow the standard are looked down upon. This leads to people trying to fit into the groups around them almost thoughtlessly. However, when people conform without thinking, it can lead to dangerous consequences.
In Lord of the Flies, Golding explores the idea that human nature, when left without the regulations of society, will become barbaric. As one of the prevailing themes in his work, the dark side of human nature is represented through the novel, not only in symbols and motifs, but in his characters as well. The dark side of human nature is an integral part of the novel 'Lord of the Flies.' William Golding, a British novelist employs symbols, motifs and characters to create the idea that human nature, without civilisation will become barbaric.
In the book Lord of the Flies, there were two small societies. The main one, which will be the one focused on, was made in the beginning. It was established with rules from the beginning. That then built the social hierarchy that is the group. There are different jobs and positions, these are what separates everybody and made the social hierarchy in Lord of the Flies.
As humans, we all have evil inside of us. We can choose to express our evil and let it grow stronger or we can maintain composure. The evil inside of us can’t always be maintained. Being isolated, being influenced by others, and human nature sometimes makes it not possible to maintain composure and hold our evil within. The author of the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding, shows readers how the little evil inside of people can be expressed in violent, savagery ways.
