Lord Of The Flies

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“There’s no one here. There are no houses, no cars, no people, no boats, no

nothing. Were on an uninhibited island.” This is a quote from a boy named Ralph,

and this is where William Golding places a group of British boys in the magnificently

written novel Lord of The Flies. This book takes every reader to the deep mind of a

child’s primitive thoughts, and explores every aspect of the possibilities that may occur

when you put preteen and young children in an island that is isolated from the rest of

the world. Frequent changes in the scenario keep you wondering what will happen

next, and chapter titles foreshadow the events of the pages to come. Symbolism,

outsiders, and the rise and fall of society are the three main points in the book that

eventually set up an amazing roller coaster beginning, climax, and ending.

A conch; a whitish cream covered shell is the stronghold to a society that is

continually deteriorating throughout the novel. This shell, in the mind of the

inhabitants of the island, is used to call meetings; and all attention must be delivered to

whomever is in control of the conch. Initially this rule is followed and respected by

each and every person. As the novel goes on though the honor and value that was

once given to the conch is slowly but surely gone and the shell is eventually destroyed.

When the sea crustation is shattered, the main symbol of peace and order of the

island goes with it, leaving the reader with a certain amount of anger and confusion

that is left until the final pages of the book.

William Golding created a number of characters in this novel with their own

type of physical, emotional, and spiritual traits. Having different types of traits may

also present problem’s when a certain association of children are interested in the well

being of their current state instead of their preparation and best needs for ...