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Lord of the Flies: Golding Reduces the Power of his Message
I think that, while the boys experience immense bad luck due to the author,
the story still proves its point. It is still possible though, that the bad
luck of the boys could have been experienced in real life. I think that
without this bad luck, the point of the story wouldn't be as great, because
without the restraint's 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 Jack and Ralph. From the beginning, when Ralph is elected leader,
Jack hates Ralph, and towards the end of the book, the feeling becomes
mutual. Without Jack and Ralph's problems, life would have been easy, and
the `darkness of man's heart' would not have been conveyed to the reader.
Jack shows `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 way in
which he is caught in the trees just in the right position to be caught by
the wind and look like the beast and the way 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 wasn't a beast. The author uses the boy's
fear against them, and although this could possibly happen in the situation,
Golding uses it as a weapon 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 get them meat, and if they ever get
upset, he can start a dance and all will be fine.
The whole message of the story is about the `darkness of man's heart',
which exists in everyone. To emphasise this side of human nature, the
author had to make a situation where it was possible to display these
characteristics. It would have been impossible for Golding to get his point
across without these constraints, and even if it is thought that the story
comes out too neatly, I think that the story was written to make a point,
and Golding has achieved that.
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