Lord of the Flies :: essays papers

Lord of the Flies stilted Restraints in Lord of the FliesGOLDING PUTS SO MANY ARTIFICIAL RESTRAINTS ON HIS STORY IN ORDER TO EMPHASISE HIS POINT, THAT THE WHOLE THING COMES place TOO NEATLY AND, IN FACT, REDUCES THE POWER OF HIS MESSAGE. I think that, age the boys experience immense bad luck due to the author, the story stock-still proves its point. It is still possible though, that the bad luck of the boys could have been experienced in real life-time. I think that without this bad luck, the point of the story wouldnt be as great, because without the restraints Golding placed on the boys, life on the island would have been too easy for the boys. The major constraint that Golding puts on the boys is the personality clash between rascal and Ralph. From the beginning, when Ralph is elected leader, Jack hates Ralph, and towards the fire of the book, the feeling becomes mutual. Without Jack and Ralphs problems, life would have been easy, and the darkness of globes heart wo uld not have been conveyed to the reader. Jack proves the darkness and if he and Ralph had just been friends, there would never have been an opportunity for Jack to show this darkness which lurked beneath the surface. Golding also uses the dead pilot conveniently against the boys - the path in which he is caught in the trees just in the right localize to be caught by the wind and look like the beast and the counseling the wind picks up after Simon has let him down from the trees and carries him out to sea, so that the other boys cannot see that it wasnt a beast. The author uses the boys fear against them, and although this could possibly happen in the situation, Golding uses it as a limb against them, their morale and their companionship. I think that the boys split up and go to Jack because of the fear - he can kill the beast, he can live on them meat, and if they ever get upset, he can start a spring and all will be fine.