Stereotypes In Lord Of The Flies

In the Lord of The Flies a group of young english boys no older than of preteen age are stranded on an island after their plane that was flying over the pacific island crashes. Lord of the flies does not involve any female characters in the text and was written by a male author with the name of William Golding. We can infer that the author William Golding knows very well about stereotypes of both genders, or maybe he did not add a female character because with himself being a male it would be much easier. William had a specific message to give out with his piece of literature, if there were female character included or if all the characters were female instead of male this may have interfered greatly with the message William intended to give

There is also believed to be sexual imagery in The Lord of the Flies. One example of this is when they go after torture and kill a female sow. The killing of a female sow is only one of the horrors that occur on the island. The killing could be looked at in several different contexts, but there is one that stands out and that is sexual. There are no females on the island and when they find a female sow, they see a thing to violate. The boys see a female sow and decide to go after her. Even though Golding is not directly talking about sex, there are sexual overtones throughout it. The hazy summer day is a kind of “erotic” stimulant, and the boys are hot and tired. The word “hot” can be interpreted in several different ways, for example they could be hot due to the weather or it could mean that they are sexually aroused. When they go after the female sow, they are excited by the chase and the fear that she expresses. This is the first sexual overtone in that rapists feel a thrill when they are going after their victims. The boys stab the sow and then go after her. Seeing the tortured sow only excites the boys more and they focus on killing