Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies is a fictional book written by William Golding.

At first Lord of the Flies appears to be a book written about nothing more than a bunch of kids that are stranded on an island, it however has much more meaning than that. In this book Golding wants to answer the question "does human instinct lean toward order and government or chaos and anarchy?" He does this by placing children stranded on an island. He then procedes to have them act in the manner in which he felt they would (I believe he did this accurately) given the situation. Through the use of many examples he clearly shows what he believes our nature is. When the children are trying to build huts on the beach they all helped for the first one, fewer for the second, and only Ralph and Simon worked on the last one. This shows that even though they know they need the shelter at night they choose to play instead. When the group is at castle ro

ck and the "beast" comes out of the bushes it is beaten and stabbed to death only to discover it really Simon. Had the children stopped to look and not acted as a crazy mob this wouldn't have happened. When Ralph returns to castle rock he is met at spear point and chased and hunted down like a dog. All of the following examples indicate that in the lack of order and government the human nature turns to chaos and anarchy.

Foreshadowing tells what may happen, its like hints at what will happen, It can also be used to throw the reader off. There are many times when Golding adds something in to help the developing plot. One example would be when Simon says "I think you will all make it back alive." There are also many times when the kids are disagreeing and there is some hint that they may split up. In the last chapter there is some too, the twins tell Ralph that Jack has sharpened a stick on both ends. At this point you think that Ralp

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Approximate Word count = 633
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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