Essays on William Golding

Sigmund Freud states, “The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain, playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.” Freud theorizes that there are 3 states of consciousness in the mind. The superego, the…

If a bunch of boys were stranded on a deserted island. In Lord of the Flies midst an unspecified war only boys survive an airplane crash on a deserted island. At first social structure is established, but as the plot develops order erodes. Golding, mainly…

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” (Page 3). William Golding believes that human nature is inherently evil. Considering what Golding went through in World War Two, Golding has developed ideas about how cruel human nature is and how insensitive humankind can be. He…

Within the novel innocence is progressively lost through the boys. The boys were placed in a situation where they had no other choice but to grow up, and grow up fast. These boys were put in a very traumatic situation and they had to learn…

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (202) A group of English School boys are marooned on an isolated Island where they create an image of “The…

William Golding goes to great lengths to carefully describe the settings on the island on which the boys are stranded. The overall setting is an important aspect of the novel as a whole. “Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along……

In the living world, immoral can influence one’s point-of-view of the world depending on the community they are in. Immoraltality may sometimes not be shown by one’s actions but can show if needed for power. This is shown in a story named “Lord of the…

Are humans good, or are they bad? It’s a question philosophers haven’t been able to answer since the day humanity came to existence. And how about the acts of humanity, are they good or bad? Are we as good as we think we are at…

The text Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an excellent exploration of the dark side of humanity and the savagery underlying even among the most civilized individuals. The author intended to bring out the intrinsic evil nature of human beings and the adventure…

The author that wrote this incredibly symbolic book is Willam Golding. Willam was alive during World War II which led to the inspiration of the book. The book Lord of the Flies is based around the theme, society vs savagery and the fight of the…

William Golding is a British Author born on the 19th of September 1911 in Cornwall, England. The inspiration from his book comes from during WW2 with all the violence surrounding the world. He got the idea for the book from another Novel called ‘the Coral…

Themes are the hidden message in a work of literature that is indirectly or directly stated in the text. There are various themes in ‘Lord of the Flies’. The themes that William Golding, the writer of this novel, uses to help the audiences to understand…

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the utilization of imagery is uncovered through contemplations and emotions the young men have while being marooned on the island. The utilization of images, for example, the pig’s head, the mammoth, Piggy’s specs, the island, and the…

George R.R. Martin once stated that “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” In William Golding’s allegory Lord of the Flies, it highlights the idea…

Allegory is a symbolic fictional narrative that may have multi-leveled meaning, requiring a interpretive process to understand. Usually, allegorical works depict circumstances and events or convey abstract concepts about material objects, individuals, and behaviors. In literary allegory, the reader takes characters or narrative details as…