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Jessica Johnson 10h 7th June 2006 Lord of the Flies Coursework essay Question 13- "Show how Golding creates a world of increasing violence in the novel Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel, written shortly after the Second World War. It tells a story of school boys deserted on a island , and their struggle to manage, by an omniscient narrator who comments on setting and movement. This is similar to the story of Coral Island, however Golding is challenging the ideas in this, instead of the boys resorting to team work and success like expected, they resort to activism and create a environment of "increasing violence". By purposely setting the novel on a isolated island Golding can show his impression of the true nature of humans, and that he believes they would act sadistically and slowly become more and more distant from any means of civilisation. Golding manages to create a small world and community filled with violence by the end of the novel through a number of aspects; the settings, the characters and their behaviour, events, and general themes that run through the novel. Golding purposely sets his novel Lord of the flies on an isolated island so the boy's natural behaviour can emerge when taken away from rules or boundaries. This setting creates a small community, and the island is like a microcosm of the world. The first setting we are introduced to when
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Lord Of The Flies Chapter 4: Painted Faces And Long Hair At the beginning of this chapter the links with civilisation and moral order are still present. However the events of this chapter mark a turning point in the novel. There is a change in the boys behaviour. Earlier they saw life on the island as an adventure until they are rescued. They worked together and made decisions democratically like when Ralph was elected as the leader. They were organised and agreed to rules such as listening to each other and guarding the fire. Here only Jack shows a potential for violence as he wants to look at how rule breakers can be punished. As time passes on the island the link with the moral code and civilisation becomes distant. Roger and Maurice start behaving differently towards the littluns. They enjoy kicking their sandcastles and burying their flowers and scattering the stones they have collected. Maurice "experiences the unease of wrong doing". They would not have done this in their past life as they would have been punished by their parents and there were rules and laws to protect the young children. This suggests that although they are breaking away from their past lives they still have a sense of right and wrong but moral standards are under threat. In chapter 4 Jacks potential for violence becomes more obvious particularly when Jack puts on war paint as camouflage to go
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Lord of the Flies is a play about a group of evacuees who have had a plane crash. All the adults are dead and the group of boys are now left to survive by themselves on a desert island, that at first seems like paradise. They become split into two different groups. One group has Ralph as their leader and they try to stay civilised and normal, but the other group lead by Jack act like savages and at first they only kill a wild pig that is already on the island. The social influence of class divide on the island was shown well by the Pilot theatre company. It was clear to the audience who had a higher status on the island. They used their spoken language as one of the main differences. For example Piggy was from a lower class background and was therefore inferior to the rest of them. He spoke using very common language and the other boys teased him because of it. He was very much an outcast on the island and his clothes were like rags compared to the Public school boy's posh outfits. Piggy was never part of the group; he always stood slightly on the outside of the circle. One of the cultural influences on the play was a child's capacity to murder intentionally. This came out through Jack and his followers. The theatre company showed that like the James Bulgier killers they thought about who and why they were going to kill. Their reasons weren't good reasons but they were
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Although the readers's sympathies are usually with Ralph many of the boys decide to follow Jack. Explain what you think are the differences in what Jack and Ralph stand for and how they behave in the novel. William Golding has created a successful adventure story about a group of boys abandoned on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacidic Ocean. In addition th being an adventure story the novel has important dimensions morally, psychologically, anthropologically and even theologically. It can be interpreted as an allegory of the human urge to do bad, It also skillfully reworks the theme of Ballentyne's "The Coral Island", but with Golding making his own ironic commentary on its predecessor. The group of boys are victims of a war raging elsewhere which has caused their plane to crash. Golding shows how the boys adapt to the island learning how to make fire, to build shelters, tu hunt and to maintain discipline. Initially they relish their new freedom but under the strain of their total isolation they develop tensions which finally break out into a conflict. They reject their first leader, Ralph, replacing him with a boy, Jack, who is more able to withstand the hardships of the island. The community they develop around him is aggressive but also prepared to accept his absolute authority. When rescue finally arrives the boys have lost all touch with the 'civilised' values of
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Essay-Lord of the flies How Golding uses Symbolism effectively? Introduction: Symbolism plays an important role in Lord of the flies. Each of the symbols stands for something and has importance in the story. The symbols that we will explore are the Island, the Fire, Piggy's glasses, the Conch, the Names, the Beast, the Pigs Head and the fable. The novel is about a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain on a deserted tropical island and how they live their life without no rules and elders. The Island: The island is a tropical deserted island. It symbolises Isolated. 'Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island'. It symbolises Freedom because 'this is our island, it's a good island until the grown-ups come to fetch us, and we'll have fun'. This tells us that the boys enjoy their life without any grown-ups and spend their time doing anything they want like splashing in water, having fights and playing games. On the other hand, it symbolises Dangerous because 'he saw a shelter burst into flames'. This tells us that Jack's tribe set the island on fire because they wanted to kill Ralph when there is no escape. Names: Golding has used for each of the characters names to have a symbolic meaning. For say Ralph means 'council'. He is a listener, chief and a snob. The boys elected him to be their leader. Jack means 'one takes over'. He
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Tuesday 9th March 2004 Lord of the Flies Lord of the flies is a story about a group of boys stranded on a remote desert island and how they cope and survive. The story starts off with Ralph and Piggy coming across a conch and deciding to blow it, in hope those survivors will come to the calling. Thankfully no one is lost in the crash and they all eventually join up and decide to elect a chief to command the group. After a quick discussion Ralph is chosen to be chief and his first act as of being in charge he allows Jack to be leader of the choir and appoints them to be the groups hunters. Throughout the story you recognise Jack change from being a typical happy boy to a quite a vindictive cruel child. Jack is not just a plain evil boy; it is due to the fact of him being alone on a desert island, which has a bad effect on his way of thinking. First sign of Jack's aggressiveness is when he kills the wild boar and finds it fulfilling and thrilling. " Jack stood up, holding out his hands. He giggled and flinked them" Pg.149. Jack's evil side comes about through the whole story, he feels that he should be listened to and obeyed by all the boys. This is expressed fully of Jack telling the 'littleluns' that the 'beast' exists and even if they give the boar's head he wont be happy. Jack does to build on the children's fear, so they only feel safe with him. Another example of
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Lord of the Flies, which tells the story of a group of English boys marooned on a tropical island after their plane is shot down during a war, is fiction. But the book's exploration of the idea of human evil is to some extent based on Golding's experience with the violence and savagery of human beings during World War II. In exploring the breakdown into savagery of a group of boys free from the imposed moral constraints of civilization and society, Lord of the Flies dramatizes a fundamental human struggle: the conflict between the impulse to obey rules, behave morally, and act lawfully and the impulse to seek brute power over others, act selfishly, behave in a way that will gratify one's own desires, scorn moral rules, and indulge in violence. The first set of impulses might be thought of as the "civilizing instinct," which encourages people to work together toward common goals and behave peacefully; the second set of impulses might be thought of as the "barbarizing instinct," or the instinct toward savagery, which urges people to rebel against civilization and instead seek anarchy, chaos, despotism, and violence. The novel's structure and style are extremely straightforward. The book largely excludes poetic language, lengthy description, and philosophical interludes. The novel is also allegorical, meaning that characters and objects in the book directly represent the novel's
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Megan Davies Lord of the Flies Simon says, "maybe there is a beast" Ralph says, "maybe there isn't a beast" Jack says, " we'll make sure when we go hunting" How Does William Golding use the "beast" in the novel as a whole? The beast symbolizes the evil residing within everyone, the dark side of human nature. It is internal, inside the soul and mind of every boy. The beast evolves gradually throughout the novel, into The Lord of the flies, physically represented by the head of the slaughter sow. The boys have different ideas what the beast is, and there are various physical representations for it. All the boys apart from Simon see the beast as a real object on the island. The idea of a beast is brought up in chapter 5, at the point when the boys begin discussing their fear, from here on the boys become preoccupied with this idea or a beast which they believe to be some kind of animal. To begin with Jack refuses to believe in a beast, he immediately insists that he has explored everywhere. " There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island." Piggy's initial reaction is to disbelieve in the beast, because it can not exist in a world with science. However as the novel continues eventually all but Simon, become frightened by the beast. He is the only boy who realizes there is no beast. "It's only us". He believes that it is just a force of savagery or evil inside them,
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Lord of the flies Character List: Ralph: The protagonist of the story, Ralph is one of the oldest boys on the island and becomes the boys' leader. Golding describes Ralph as tall for his age and handsome, and he seems to preside over the other boys by a natural sense of authority. Although he lacks Piggy's overt intellect, Ralph is calm and rational, with sound judgment and a strong moral sensibility. He is susceptible to the same instinctual influences that affect the other boys, as demonstrated as Ralph's role in Simon's death, but Ralph remains the one character who remains civilized through the entire novel. With his attention to justice and equality, Ralph represents the liberal democratic tradition as chief. Piggy: Although pudgy, brusque and averse to physical labour because he suffers from asthma, Piggy, a nickname that he dislikes intensely, is the intellectual on the island. Piggy is an outsider among the other boys, accepted only grudgingly because his glasses are the key to starting fires. However, his clear thinking and ideas soon endear him to Ralph, who comes to admire and respect him for his clear focus on the main objective of securing their rescue from the island. Piggy has a clear concern for remaining civilized and consistently reprimands the other boys for behaving as savages. Roger murders Piggy by dropping a rock on him. Jack Merridew: The leader
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Lord of the flies Whilst superficially simple, Lord of the Flies is in fact a highly complex novel. Golding uses the story of a group of English schoolboys marooned on a deserted tropical island to explore the existence of evil and violence in human nature. However this novel is not simply a statement of Golding's political views; rather, it is an imaginative exploration of human nature. The atrocities of the Second World War reflected a pessimistic view of humanity on William Golding. Different characters in this book symbolize different groups or systems in the world, Simon for instance, a Christ like figure, which is spiritually and morally superior represents a minority in the world. This essay will explore and analyze the symbolic significance of Simon. Simon is morally superior and is presented as a 'Christ like figure' but he is inarticulate, this is his only real weakness. This enables him to express his ideas, and this gives him no power to talk and give his opinion to the other boys. I think that Golding has symbolically used the character of Simon to teach the readers that moral and decent human beings have no power in society and they are always unheard of. Simon is presented as a Christ like figure because of his good qualities. He's caring and compassionate, "we used his specs," said Simon, this is jack is blaming piggy fore not helping with the fire, and
