An Analysis Of William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Hook: In the wake of WWII William Golding reminded us that though we were horrified by what the Nazis had done in the Holocaust, “every single one of us could be Nazis.”

This lead Golding to start writing his nobel prize winner novel, because this historical event is significant to Lord of the flies, since the characters in the novel become trapped on an island after their plane crashes. Throughout the novel Golding explores a seemingly civil society can break apart, because of few leader’ decisions, In this passage, Golding has described the boy's reaction when the naval officer came, and how Ralph & Jack are losing their leaderships. While Golding continuous describing the boy's reaction and the island, Golding used irony, imagery and diction,

At the beginning of the story the boys got caught up in who was going to be leader, so they began to act like adults when they were really children, When it comes to the real world they don’t actually have the power or the authority, (paradis) and all it took was standing next to a naval officer to realize that “the hunters” were just dirty painted up children, with sharp sticks in their hands.

Point 2: We can tell from the end of the story, the boys lost track of the idea of being rescued, they believed that the island is home.

Example 2: for example, when the naval officer showed up, it was clear that the boys are getting rescued, and they are getting back to reality, however what the boys did with Piggy and Simon is awful, and some of the boys realizes that they could not live with the fact that they killed two of their friends in a wilderness island.

Analysis 2: The boys know that they have to return back to society with blood on their hands. No matter how far they are, the amount of distanced does not undo the murders of Piggy and Simon. With the officer being there it made it official that some boys are no longer innocent, because of what they did, as Golding said “ Ralph wept for the end of