Nature Vs Nurture Lord Of The Flies Essay
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Mrs. Schneider
Pre-IB English 9: Block 3
Lord of the Flies Essay
William Golding, the author of the book The Lord of the Flies uses multiple literary devices such as setting, symbolism, imagery, and characterization to convey the theme. Golding also uses the ideas of nature versus nurture in The Lord of the flies. Through out the numerous chapters and conflicts one main theme portrayed itself as something that should be noticed. The theme of this book is, once a person is taken from the judgment of society their true character emerges almost as vividly as a sunrise in tropical skies. Back home Ralph was the leader and things were functional, but when placed in savage like situations Jack begins to lose all senses of civilization. Ralph is logical with his decision where as Jack is not. Despite savage like behavior some remained sane, but ones true character comes out when they are placed in unusual circumstances, because in some the conscience is stronger than the current freedom. An excellent example of the use of imagery is when Golding said “ the pink rocks” inferring that the rocks are not actually pink, this is giving a clue to what time of day it is. Since the color pink is most often seen in the sky at dusk and dawn this makes …show more content…
Whether the transformation was necessary to survive or they were just enjoying not having society’s laws, and regulations. Like the man with the trumpet the conch represented power and order. The conch was like the awareness of society, and as the conch lost it’s power so did the awareness of society. Also the “beast” symbolized that the boys were becoming afraid of themselves. Earlier in the book when the beast is first mentioned the boys were still under the influence of society and were not as afraid of the beast. As the book progressed so did their fear of the beast, and they were beginning to obtain more primitive
Mrs. Schneider
Pre-IB English 9: Block 3
Lord of the Flies Essay
William Golding, the author of the book The Lord of the Flies uses multiple literary devices such as setting, symbolism, imagery, and characterization to convey the theme. Golding also uses the ideas of nature versus nurture in The Lord of the flies. Through out the numerous chapters and conflicts one main theme portrayed itself as something that should be noticed. The theme of this book is, once a person is taken from the judgment of society their true character emerges almost as vividly as a sunrise in tropical skies. Back home Ralph was the leader and things were functional, but when placed in savage like situations Jack begins to lose all senses of civilization. Ralph is logical with his decision where as Jack is not. Despite savage like behavior some remained sane, but ones true character comes out when they are placed in unusual circumstances, because in some the conscience is stronger than the current freedom. An excellent example of the use of imagery is when Golding said “ the pink rocks” inferring that the rocks are not actually pink, this is giving a clue to what time of day it is. Since the color pink is most often seen in the sky at dusk and dawn this makes …show more content…
Whether the transformation was necessary to survive or they were just enjoying not having society’s laws, and regulations. Like the man with the trumpet the conch represented power and order. The conch was like the awareness of society, and as the conch lost it’s power so did the awareness of society. Also the “beast” symbolized that the boys were becoming afraid of themselves. Earlier in the book when the beast is first mentioned the boys were still under the influence of society and were not as afraid of the beast. As the book progressed so did their fear of the beast, and they were beginning to obtain more primitive