William Golding s Lord Of The Flies - 1326 Words

In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, a few dozen boys are stranded on an island after a plane crash. The six to twelve year old kids turn to savages under the lead of the older males, and ultimately cause their own deaths. However, the smaller boys, such as Piggy and Sam and Eric, are the hope and reason of the group. Golding’s purpose of writing the book was to show that the defects in society originate at the defects in human nature. Golding allows the little ones to have no identities or personalities. This is symbolically showing that in society, the ignorant and innocent children are the only hope to a humane society. Innocence is purity, and the innocent children, in which are not corrupted by the bad people and things in the†¦show more content†¦He was muttering and about to cry†(Golding 35). Golding describes this unknown boy by his appearance and nothing else, similar how to society would view him, and tear him apart. Golding used the word â€Å"fierce† while describing the publicity the child was getting. William Golding hints at his views of society through mentioning publicity as fierce and then discussing how it made the child want to cry. The scared child began to whisper his thoughts, as the older boys laughed over him. Golding states: â€Å"At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but by then the blow of laughter had taken away the child’s voice. Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting the assembly. ‘He wants to know what you’re going to do about the snake-thing.’ Ralph laughed, and the other boys laughed with him. The small boy twisted further into himself. ‘Tell us about the snake-thing.’ ‘Now he says it was a beastie.’ ‘Beastie?’ ‘A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it’†(Golding 35). The little child was immediately disregarded because of his age, which shows the standards of society. He was judged strictly on his time on Earth, when he could be presenting a large issue. The little boy’s fear in the beastie shows his innocence and ignorance. As he is solely concerned on being protected from this creature that many know does not exist, he is