Social Criticism in Lord of the Flies
At the time Golding wrote the novel, Lord of the Flies, the world was caught in war with itself. Certain events during WWII such as the holocaust led people to begin to question civilization and human nature. Golding uses the Lord of the Flies as a social criticism which analyzes how a civilized culture can still commit primitive and even barbaric atrocities. Golding uses symbolism to create a social criticism. In Lord of the Flies, the conch represents democracy and order. Initially, the conch is perhaps the boys closest link to civilization, it is their form of government. Where Golding wrote, “Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence.”(23) shows how the conch calls for respect towards the beholder. However, the farther through the story the conch holds less and less power, symbolizing how the boys are slowly reverting from their government and order to a more primitive savage state. Therefore, it can be inferred th
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Approximate Word count = 636
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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