Golding's Lord Of The Flies: Character Analysis

“... Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through of the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy”(202). The evil that is innate in which is repressed in the bodies of humans are bound by the rules of society. When one is liberated from the restriction rules brought, it results in a free spirited person who cannot feel any remorse for their new excitement that is shunned by the taboo of the old life. People who liberate their repressions become savages as a result. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of British boys attempt to recreate society when their plane crashes onto a deserted island, during the midst of WWll. As time passes, the civilized morales becomes destroyed, a rivalry between Ralph and

By the symbolism of the face paint, it liberates oneself desires that demolishes innocence as a result of destroyed civilized morales. The development of Jack signifies how barbarity overcomes the repression which allows violent acts to be committed. By these aspects, it demolishes innocence of one’s mind. An example of this would be the Sandy Hook School shooting. This was the start to a continuous chain of similar events that are becoming a part of our daily lives. The news of the Sandy Hook shooting debilitated us, unpredictable act of hatred sprung upon children with families who had aspirations, a bright future that was extirpated in the hands of a shooter. However, as shootings became common in our world, the feelings we had fainted to numbness and lack of sympathy as it became second nature to experience these similar events. However, if it hasn’t affected those of the strong-willed, it creates a sense of hopeless, wishing for the evil to stop- but it is inherited, and instead the wishings of innocence to disappear becomes