Lord of the Flies

Humans are just a bunch of animals without society. Without the rest of the world having an influence over the boys, the boys lean toward their animal- like instincts. William Golding crafts the conve…

"Simon discovers the pig's head and decides it is the Lord of the Flies because flies surround its decaying, bloody head" William Golding, Lord of the Flies. Book covers have a way of telling people …

Fear has been irrevocably imprinted in everything from birth to death, and it is essential for mankind's preservation. From the dawn of time, fear has been used as a protective mechanism; however, it …

Can you imagine being in a plane crash during a war and then landing on an island with nothing but children and the children include you? This is the exact scenario that a 12 year old boy named Ralph…

Time is the only thing that the boys had on the Island. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, takes place during World War II. A plane full of young Britain school boys comes crashing down …

"Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head."(Golding 1). In the New World Encyclopedia it s…

Peace can be perceived in multiple ways. One example is a dove. An angel can also be an example of peace and purity. Chaos and evil can also be represented in different ways. Darkness is a common way …

A terrifying scenario: no supplies, no help, and finally no adults. Will a stranded group of boys hold themselves together, create rules and conquer nature, or fall to primal instinct. This is the sce…

In Lord of The Flies, the conch represents authority within the society the boys create. When the conch is present in the boys' society there is organization and obedience. Ralph is often seen with th…

Throughout the events in William Golding's, Lord of the Flies, the actions and feelings of the boys coincides in many ways with a familiar novel by the name of, The Body, a novel written by the infamo…