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Lord Of The Flies : Human Savagery And The Flow Of Power

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Lord of the Flies is a chilling work about human savagery and the flow of power. Golding uses symbolism, characterization, and description to illustrate the occurrences and the underlying themes in the novel. The work has an ominous but irresistible tone that Golding lays out through his description of the island. Golding makes the island seem sinister and irresistible by writing,” The shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air . . . Behind this was the darkness of the forest proper and the open space of the scar.” (Golding 4-5) His description of the palms being feathered gives an enticing pull to the beach, but the darkness of the …show more content…

The boys are arguing about what 's more important, meat or shelter. This argument is paramount to the boys because they had to choose between messing around and playing versus building a place to live and finding meat. This argument was included because it shows the difference in the style of civilizations between savagery and strategy. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” (Golding 82). This quote is used in various ways to celebrate and threaten. The quote was put in the novel to show human nature at its worst. The chant the boys use invokes a feeling of savagery. “Hasn 't anyone got any sense? We 've got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack did you? Or don 't any of you want to be rescued?” (Golding 127) The boy who said the quote is named Piggy, and he is considered the voice of reason in the novel. Golding included this quote because it shows how hard one party is working to achieve rescue and get back to normal life, while the other party is neglecting the idea of rescue and rational thought.
“‘Who’ll join my tribe and have fun’
‘I’m chief,’ said Ralph tremulously, ‘and what about the fire? And I 've got the conch—’
‘You haven 't got it with you,’ said Jack, sneering. ‘You left it behind. See, clever? And the conch doesn 't count at this end of the island—’” (Golding 191).
The boys separated into factions with

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