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| Essay 3 |
| Lord of The Flies A struggle is present throughout the novel Lord of The Flies. Conflicts between characters with other characters is the core of the novel. Characters struggle to gain dominance over other characters, and try to destroy the resistant characters. William Golding, the author, uses this to describe his view of society. He uses the character Ralph to show a civilized human being, that is trying to maintain a socialized environment. Ralph is not a hunter, yet he is a civilized leader who can keep and order on the island. He is overthrown by Jack, a character who is a savage, dark and evil, who does not believe in a civilized world. The tribe obeys Jack because he is a savage hunter, who can provide for the tribe. Order is lost when Jack takes control and Ralph is exiled from the savage society. Two characters Piggy and Simon, also represent a civilized world. Piggy shows the intellectual way of life. He uses his intellect instead of relying on his savage instinct. Simon is used by Golding as the peaceful, religious human. Golding uses all three characters to illustrate how dark and savage humans are. Those three characters are civilized and peaceful, and can help preserve a rational society on the island. He wants to show how peaceful and socialized people, who can benefit society, are dominated by savage humans. Wars are fought by savage humans, who try to dominate each other. The way Golding illustrates how society rejects peace is by the death of Simon. Simon is wise and peaceful, and could have led the tribe into the light of peace, but he is rejected. This is exactly like Jesus Christ. Simon like Jesus could have helped their society, but society does not want peace. William Golding uses this small island society well as a symbol of the entire human society. He shows the way human conflicts arise in every society. The characters who could have brought peace to the society were alienated. He shows that the entire human society can live in peace, but it doesn�t because the peaceful are dominated over by the savage. This novel shows how the human race can do nothing but destroy all things under itself. |