Lord of the flies was written in 1954.
In this novel it is shown that violence is built in our system, into our genes
and in our blood, and that age has little to do when the innate violence would
erupt. In this novel Golding is saying that most of us see the struggling for
power , using any type of means whether it is wrong or right in the adult world
of politics but what he saying is that this drive is latent in all of us, even
as a child. The significance lies in the realization that any form of civilized
behavior and organization is only possible when lines of command are laid down
and discipline is maintained. In other words, man’s freedom has to be curbed
and if it is not he goes back to state of the savage in the jungle.
An air plane crashes on a desert island.
The only survivors are a group of school boys. No adults have survived the
crash of the airplane on the island, so we are getting a glimpse at humanity at
its purest or more adolescent state. The conch shell is the symbol of power and
the boys elect a leader. But they also begin the mythology “beastie.” At first
they enjoy their freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups. But the sense
of disorder begins to affect then and irrational fears take over. Violence
takes over, the group is broken up into factions, and each determined to wipe
out the other. As the book progresses, the boy’s initial innocence develops
into something much darker as they become “savages”.
The novel was good. In this novel the
reality of life is discussed that freedom should be given to man in limits. If
he is totally independent he creates disturbance in the society for the sake of
power. He uses the wrong means for getting power. This is in the nature of man.
This 1954 novel “Lord of Flies” fairly
directly states that human nature is violent and there isn’t any hope for
redemption from or tendency to destroy all that is good in our selves. This
view is , of course, the reason the Lord of Flies is so popular among teen
agers . Although they often encounter the book first as a school-reading
assignment, teenagers are pleasantly surprised that it offers a bleak
assessment of humanity’s chances for survival, an outlook that echoes their
often –gloomy world view. The novel can be described in one word that is brutality
and it’s shown in the novel that the beast is in our own hearts. It brings out
that despite the goodness of Ralph he too has seeds of violence. The
participation of Ralph in hunting and killing the Pig shows that the beats is
always present in all of us and human beings are beast by nature.
When I finished the book I was feeling
very sad because two innocent children died Due to the evil thinking of some
students. But the novel was based on the reality of life. Whatever discussed in
the novel was true.
The best part of the book was that when
Ralph gathered the students with the help of conch shell and the students
selected Ralph as their leader and decided to make some rules and regulations
and to obey them. Another part that was really beautiful and gave the lesson of
true friendship was that Simon and Piggy remained with Ralph till their death.
They remained with the truth till their last breath. But the worst part of the
novel was that when Jack and his gang killed Piggy and Simon very widely and
the body of Simon was thrown into the sea. That part of book was really
hurting. This shows that beasts are present in human beings.
The lord of flies is a study of human
society, what makes it work and what makes it breakdown. Golding has chosen his
characters to be young boys because this would help us in understand that the
elements that make it difficult to govern, peacefully and democratically are
present in us from childhood. Time and circumstances will bring out these out
on the surface and destroy the cohesiveness of the society. The ambition to get
the power leads to breakdown of the society discipline. This novel was a great
success in his often been describe as a great study on the nature of evil and
the form in which it is expressed in the modern society.
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