Thursday, November 15, 2012

Can someone please help me out with the historical time period for the novel Lord of the Flies?Can you suggest me two or more subheadings which I...

William Golding wrote Lord of the
Flies
based on his own experienes at the start of World War II. The novel
takes the reader through the torment of good vs evil similar to the Nazi vs the Allies.
The young boys digress from the good upbringing of the British society to the evil
destruction of each other and the island in the fashion of war. Other subheadings might
include Good vs evil, the destruction of man, perhaps the adults as the teachers of
evil, the older boys (Ralph, Jack, Simon) as the doer of evil, and the younguns as the
learners of evil. The continuation of life or evil based on what is
taught.

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