Violence In Lord Of The Flies Essay

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How does violence influence the reader of the novel The Lord of the flies ?

To begin with, I want to tell you what violence means in the meaning I use for the writing. I look at violence as one kind of a powerful power, either threatened or actual, against itself, another person, or group or community that leads to or is likely to lead to injury, death, psychological harm, immorality or deprivation. Violence can for example be used as a power that prevents another person from performing, thinking or having the feelings she wants or getting others to do something against their will. The consequences of this power are divided into short-term and long-term consequences, but are, among other things, reduced to the opportunity to rejoice, behavioral problems, poor self-esteem and difficulty in trusting others. (Geneva, 2017)

There is a great deal of instances of violence in Lord of the flies. The Novel is written by William Golding in 1954, for young adults as a tragic parody of children's adventure tales, illustrating humankind's intrinsic evil nature. The reader is presented with an events leading a group of young boys from hope to
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The reader doesn´t have to read further than page 75 to experience violence, even two examples on the same page. ”’I cut the pig’s throat,’ said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it. ‘Can I borrow yours, Ralph, to make a nick in the hilt.” And “‘The was lashings of blood,’ said Jack, laughing and shuddering, ‘you should have seen it!’” (Golding, 1954). I would say that´s way too harsh for such a young boy to say. He´s ideas are morally wrong. If this story would happen for real, today. This boy would have been sent to a psychosis. Only few pages later the reader experience even harsher violence. “Jack stood up as he said this, the bloodied knife in his hand. The two boys faced each