Lord Of The Flies
is a story that revolves around a central theme, which is that human nature is savage-like and anarchic without the confines of society. The story begins when a group of British school boys crash on a tropical island while being transported to a safer location during war time. Ironically, the only adult on the Island, the pilot, is dead. At the beginning of the book, a boy named Ralph finds a conch and blows it. Immediately the boys group into an assembly, and discuss who should be leader. Ralph is chosen as the leader, even with the strong disagreement with a boy named Jack. During the first part of the book, the boys strive for order and organization, but this soon starts to ...
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should be kept going at all times on the mountain on the island, so that they have a better chance of being rescued. They seem to be unable to accomplish this task, for many of the boys do not care about keeping the fire going and would rather go and play. They use Piggy's glasses to accomplish the task to lighting the fire, and the glasses become a very important symbol of power later in the book. Jack and his choir group, who are now known as "the hunters"
become increasingly obsessed with hunting and killing pigs. To them, it is the most important task on the island. All the young children are preoccupied with the Beast, which they believe in as some kind of animal living on the island. Jack says that he's been everywhere, and there is no beast, and Piggy says that a beast can't exist in a world with science. During an assembly, Jack tries brings up the fact that Ralph isn't a good chief, because he can't hunt or sing. Piggy and others are against the idea, but Jack is ...
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a officers comes out, the boys are ashamed of how they have become.
William Golding was born in Britain in 1911. As a child, Golding loved to read. Some of his favourite novels were Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Coral Island by Robert Ballantyne, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. At about the age of twelve Golding decided to become a writer. Golding’s first writing attempt was a twelve-volume work on trade unions which he planned out and started. However, this undertaking turned out to be an enormous task and Golding never did complete it. After finishing secondary school, Golding went to college. He studied reading and literature. When ...
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