William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Hannah Blair Lord of the Flies Story Elements essay 5/16 Imagine being stranded on an island with a group of kids. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding is a story that took place in the 1950s about a group of children not survive a plane crash and have to learn how to survive alone on an island. Golding uses story elements to show that without society's rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light. Character development was a major aspect of the story. In the beginning of the book one of the main characters, Ralph, gets voted to be the "ruler" of the island, so he was in charge of many other kids. Ralph was a 12-year-old boy and from how he was described in the beginning of the story, “He looked critically at Ralph's golden …show more content…
As a story starts to develop, Jack starts to gain more control over the boys on the island. Ralph's voice of reason starts to die out and he can no longer use the conch to control the other boys. Once Ralph lost his power, the boys on the island pretty much started going crazy under Jack's rule, the boy started hunting and killing each other. These character developments showed that without Ralph's rules, without a strong leader, anarchy and savagery can come to light. The setting was also an important element in Lord of the flies. The whole book took place on an island, but the different settings on the island were relevant to what was going on in the book. While Simon was in his place that he would go pass out in the story was calm, “Up there, for once, were clouds, great bulging towers that sprouted away over the island, grey and cream and copper-colored.” (Page 157), even though intense things were happening, that setting represented Simon and how he was the voice of reason. Another scene where the Setting directly related to what was going on was when Jack's at the island on fire when he was hunting Ralph. That scene was very intense, just like an actual

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