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 of war.

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 is a description

only on the underlying causes of war, Remarque goes on to explain its

that followed the killing that the act of the hunt provided the boys with

recognizes that this soldier is a person probably much like himself. This

murder of the sow. Golding describes the killing almost as a rape. He

in name. This is again an act of kindness and uncalled for altruism,

in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in

the atrocities of war. While there are countless examples of this in the

in no way responsible for their situation, will earn the reader's sympathy.

Lord of the Flies, those of Piggy and Simon, the killers do not care about

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