Why did Golding write Lord of the Flies?

Posted November 20, 2007
Filed under: Essays, Lord of the Flies, NCEA, Uncategorized | Tags: , , |

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Golding wrote ‘Lord of the Flies’ to show a very pessimistic vision of mankind. In the past some writers tended to take the view that if left to their own devices man would organise himself into effective groups that would act in a civilised manner. However ‘Lord of the Flies’ chillingly explores what Golding considers to be the reality. That is if there were no laws and no authority then man would descend into savagery and exploit the weak. The group mentality would swamp individual morality with terrible consequences. Ralph weeps for the loss of innocence because he is faced with the knowledge of just how horrific man can be.

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  12. Essie Slaughter on January 7, 2009

    omg! this helped me a ton with my book report….its kindof a hard book to understand. well…its hard to understand the base of it all.
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