'Lord Of The Flies' By William Golding: Character Analysis

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is about a group of British schoolboys that are sent away from their home because of war. As if war isn’t bad enough, they end up crashing on a deserted island. wWhere they are left to try and survive completely on their own. It doesn’t take long for them to turn on each other. wWhich causes them to get completely out of hand. Through this, Golding shows that the defects of society can be tied back to the defects of human nature. Because of this, we can see some aspects of our own flawed society. The happenings/activities doings on the island started off peaceful and innocent. For example, the schoolboys tried to figure out how to go about things the way the adults would. They took a vote foron a leaders, and even tried to assign …show more content…
Simon was killed in a sort of dog pile, getting torn, bitten, and clawed to pieces. The group was scared because they thought that he was the beast (Golding 153.) In reality the way he is killed symbolizes that they are the beasts, and kill him in an animal like way. It shows a glimpse of their and our dark sides. The way Piggy is killed is also very symbolic but is ironic as well. Piggy was crushed by a rock that Roger had rolled off of their “fort” (Golding 181.) This is ironic because, before, Roger was throwing rocks at little kids. He didn’t hit them, but as time went on, people began to change and he ended up crushing Piggy. The reason Piggy was the one crushed is because he symbolizes intelligence as well as “the adults perspective” or logic. He is always saying what people should and shouldn’t be doing. Once Roger kills him, things turn into a mad house. In fact, by the end of the book, Golding shows Jack and “his army” chasing after Ralph in an effort to try and kill him to put his head on a stick. They were doing whatever they had to do, including setting the island on fire which made everyone start running and

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'Lord Of The Flies' By William Golding: Character Analysis