Essays on William Golding

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…

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…

Control Through the Recognition of Needs At times, ‘good’ leaders and ‘effective’ leaders are not synonymous. The novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is about a group of British boys who are forced to hunt for food, create shelter, and develop their…

The loss of innocents among the boys in the novel Lord of the flies Medi Jones At the beginning of the novel, the plane carrying the boys crash lands onto a remote tropical island leaving a massive ‘scar’ in the once pristine and untouched wilderness….

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……