Lord of the Flies begins with friendship and ends with violence. How does Golding present this change and what do you think is shown by it?

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Lord of the Flies begins with friendship and ends with violence. How does Golding present this change and what do you think is shown by it?Friendship and violence are things of opposite ends of a spectrum. Friendship is the loyal, good act that you give to someone; violence is harsh, brutal and not something you’d wish on your friend. However different the two things may be, Golding timelines these traits across Lord of the Flies as he professes to us how a group of friends can boil down to violence and even worse death.Firstly, at the start of the novel, we, the reader are greeted with a sombre looking island that is described as being ‘paradise’ like. Tranquillity is depicted at its best as “the nearer acres of rock flowers fluttered… the breeze blew cool”. The imagery used by Golding shows us the ‘adventure’ and the ‘fun
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times’ the boys were going to have, though you and I know otherwise. The boys arrive on the island with an air of calmness about them and they were masked by the innocence and of course, friendship. Looking at the first portrayal of modern day elections, we see a democratic view that the boys have. Obviously here, we gather that the boys in fact believe in fairness. This could be a reason why the use of the conch as a form of order provides a good way of knowing more of Golding’s views on the boys. Moreover, the boy’s belief ...

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A very good essay which gives intelligent and mature reflections on The Lord of the Flies. Golding explores some complex religious and social ideas within the novel and this student shows that they have not only understand these concepts but can analyse them well. A logically structured essay with a good introduction and conclusion. More topic sentences would be an improvement and there are some errors in lexical choices. ****