SANA NISAR,
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
CATCH LINE
Introduction
William Golding
Modern age
Lord of the flies
Themes symbolic representation of power in lord of flies examples reference from text
conclusion reference list
“Lord of the flies” is the Modern novel written William Golding. Modern period consists of half a century, (1880-1930). Modern period broke away with previous literary and every day traditions and culture with a slogan “make it new”. Modernism is characterized by development, …show more content…
The cause of modernism was this lust for power, which can be seen in many aspects. It can be divided in two main categories, lust for economic power, and lust for rule. This aspect of covetousness of power is very prominent is modern literary works. Though Golding’s lord of the flies inculcates all modern aspects including clash of civilization with savagery, fear of unknown, identity crises, survival issues and most important the corruption of power. Power is the ability to control and influence someone. Mainly power of two types are practiced, the democratic and the dictatorial. Former is the one which includes public in its working while later is one man rule. This struggle can be seen in history of the world as well. This idea of hunger of power is central