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The Lord of the Flies
Title: The Lord of the Flies
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 759 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Flies
In Wiliiam Golding's book The Lord of the Flies, two running themes are innocence and the loss of it and the fear of the unknown. Another way to describe the fear of the unknown could be man ultimately reverting back to an evil and primitive
nature. The cycle of man's rise to power and his
inevitable fall from grace is an important point that book proves
again and again. Lord …showed first 75 words of 759 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 759 total…of his
cowardice and his quest for power. The novel proves this by throwing
together opposing forces into a situation that dowses them with power
struggles and frightening situations. By comparing mankind in general
to Biblical characters in similar scenarios, the novel provides images
of the darker side of man. This darker side of man's nature inevitably
wins and man is proven to be a pathetic race that refuses to accept
responsibility for its shortcomings.
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