Developing Flies

Lord of the Flies embodies multiple themes and might be interpreted from a political, social, and/or religious perspective. The novel takes a black-and-white perspective of the world-at-large, for which the island stands as a microcosm. Within this perspective, there is good versus evil, order versus chaos, and intelligent humanity versus evil. Golding uses narrative as a means of provided each of the storyÆs characters with some aspect meant to illustrate the struggle between order and chaos, democracy and anarchy, and good versus evil. Written during the era of World War II, Lord of the Flies maintains the view that only clear-sighted intelligence and ordered democracy can save the world from destruction. Through their actions on the island, RalphÆs loss of innocence stems from his recognition that within each of us there is the potential for both good and evil. The battle that will erupt between Ralph and Jack is one of friend to friend or even brother to brother, speaking from a humanitarian reference. Chaos and destruction will come through

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ot care about order. While Ralph promotes activities that increase the boysÆ chances for survival, Jack runs wild and hunts, enticing the others into playing instead of working. Ralph is more developed morally than the others. Aside from Piggy, he understands the value of maintaining order and rules in order to have civilized social interaction. KohlbergÆs moral development stage maintains that, in middle childhood, use a conventional moral reason whose description sounds like Ralph could say it within the context of the story, ôrules are necessary for maintaining social orderö (Weiten 1989, 403). Piggy is intelligent and has clear-sighted vision. He is overweight, suffers from asthma, needs his glasses, and cannot bear chaos. He works to maintain order to no avail. From the start, he attempts to construct a civilized society when things get out of hand, ôIÆm calling an assemblyö (Golding 1954, 160). Simon is pure and his positive attitude keeps him torn between seeking solitude in the woods and helping the others if needed. Other characters of significance are the patently evil Roger and a pair of twins who betray Ralph and remain loyal only to one another, not the others. Symbolism There are a number of symbols in th
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Approximate Word count = 2131
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)