Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding displays the theme of morality and the dependency of the defects of humankind’s ethical nature on society through his vast use of stylistic devices. The perplexing set of ideas Golding portrays evince the faults of society back to the faults of human nature. By creating symbolism, presenting allegorical references, and offering allusions, William Golding displays the flaws of human nature and its relationship to the flaws of society. Golding
Charlotte Brönte’s Jane Eyre, and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies are British novels dealing with issues of chaos versus order, societal mistreatment to their respective protagonists, and the authors’ realities compared to their written fiction. Although both novels explore
children as innocent and pure, but, can they become wild and behave like uncaged animals, too? Certainly. In the book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the majority of the characters are represented as barbaric individuals striving for power. But, do we, humans, chose evil, power, desire, and conquer, or do we pick the less appealing, but good, side? The difference in the leadership styles of the two leaders in the book in the absence of law and civilized order is what creates the plot,