works. The novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria

Remarque and Lord of the Flies by William Golding are both examples of

works that demonstrate their author's view of man, as well his opinion

Golding's Lord of the Flies is highly demonstrative of Golding's

opinion that society is a thin and fragile veil that when removed

shows man for what he truly is, a savage animal. Perhaps the bet

demonstration of this given by Golding is Jack's progression to the

killing of the sow. Upon first landing on the island Jack, Ralph, and

Simon go to survey their new home. Along the way the boys have their

first encounter with the island's pigs. They see a piglet caught in

some of the plants. Quickly Jack draws his knife so as to kill the

piglet. Instead of completing the act, however, Jack hesitates.

Golding states that, "The pause was only long enough for them to

realize the enormity of what the downward stroke would be." Golding is

suggesting that the societal taboos placed on killing are still

ingrained within Jack. The next significant encounter in Jack's

progression is his first killing of a pig. There

spade cleaves through his face. A second sees it and tries to run

asks for a sign from the adult world. Ralph does receive his sign in

horses and one of the French soldiers. The description that Remarque

belly of one is ripped open, the guts trail out. He becomes tangled in

farther, a bayonet jabs into his back."

however, Paul hesitates to toss the lethal weapon, as he now

narrator, Paul B„umer, is taking part in a war and killing others, he

Also, in their mimicking of adult society, one of the first things

an act of kindness and uncalled for altruism, something directly

as those who are isolated. The first example presented in the novel

government. The boys prize the adults that run the government as the

more than food. The action of killing another living thing gives them

novel two of the most striking are the descriptions of the dying

soldier who he is to throw a grenade at. Upon seeing his face,

deceleration of war should be a popular festival with entrance tickets

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