Lord Of The Flies Text Analysis

In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies,he uses his writing to portray many hidden messages. From demonstrating how man can be self destructive, to how our society can influence the minds of young children. The book which was written out of the tension of World War II, is about a group of British school boys who end up on a deserted island after the plane crashed when it was shot down. They boys find themselves with no adults and struggling to remain civilized and have order. One of the main messages that William Golding is portraying in this novel is his political views and how he believes a democracy is a better form of governments. He does this with the conch, the two separate groups, and
In the novel one of the first example to come up is the conch

Going through multiple wars William Golding had seen a lot of evil in his life. He had witnessed people resulting to savage ways with killing each other and allowing evil to take over. When writing the novel William Golding took his experiences of evil and barbaric humans and put them into this novel. Throughout the book there are times where the reader is able to tell the William Golding favors a democracy over totalitarian by the characters he uses to represent the two governments. He has Ralph, who represent a democracy, act as a boy who cares for the other boys and makes decisions he believes will be the best for them. Ralph is a leader who allows all the other boys to have a voice in the decisions that would affect them immensely. William Golding had Jack, who represent a totalitarian, be seen as an evil, selfish, and dictating person who does not care for the others. He shows Jack as a leader who would only allow his followers to do as he says and have no other choice. William Golding favors a democracy because he sees it as a better government for the boys on the