Lord If The Flies A Reflection

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period. The first being the Democratic power, represented by Ralph in the novel. He is a natural leader, the sort of intelligent, well adjusted, athletic boy who easily becomes the idol of his schoolmates. He is quick to assess the situation of the boys in realistic terms. He sees what must be done for their survival and rescue and sets about arranging parliamentary meetings, this is evident early in the novel when they are about to choose a cheif "Jack started to protest but the clamour changed from the general wish for a cheif to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself" (18). With rational leadership he encouradges choises and desisions to be shared among the many. Ralph is reflecting the U.S. government of the time period because of his form of Democratic leadership and rational thinking . Secondly there is the Authoritarian power, represented by Jack. A cruel and ugly bully, who early develops a taste for violence. He is a leader of the choir at first, and then of the ...

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nor could they let go of the idea. When Golding shows the boys sharpening their spears he is remarking on the arms race during this time period. They are trying to become more powerful than the other by obtaining more weaponry, this is shown jack is trying to build superior weaponry for use in the hunt, he says, “Next time I’ve got to get a barb on the spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out, If we could only make barbs-“(52) .Their quest for superior weaponry is mirroring the Soviet during the Cold War. Hence peoples fears of the unknown new technology during the Cold War is reflected in Lord of the Flies.
In Lord of the Flies the theme is that evil is present as a ...

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