Lord Of The Flies Reflection Essay

The lord of the Flies by William Golding is an outstanding novel, filled with suspenseful and factual events. Throughout the novel he uses a vast amount of imagery to show the disturbing change from civilization into savagery. Golding shows in graphic details stage by stage the change in each one of the boy’s, from the beginning to the end. He often speaks of the behavioural and attitude shift the boy’s experience, as well as their appearances. Although they were trapped on a island they attempted to remain hopeful that they would soon be rescued, though that begins to change. Which contributed to the heinous actions they committed at the peak of their drastic transition.

This novel tells of the different changes the boys endured, while attempting to adapt to their new surroundings. The three

It seems as though the longer they’re stuck in the island the more ragged and filthy they become. In chapter 5 Golding says “with a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay; understood how he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes”(pg.82). In turn gave us a sense of how disgusted he was feeling within. The behaviour transition the boys endure while learning to live with no adults in a natural environment, is something you would accept kids to commit. Especially such a young boys who were only 6-12 years old, inflicting such pain on a innocent children and the mothering sow. You can feel the sadistic enjoyment Roger felt while he tortured the sow. For example, in chapter 8 he says “Roger found a lodgement for his point and began too push till he was leaning his whole weight. The shoes moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a high pitches scream” (pg.149). Which gave us an exact image and feel of how being helpless on an island can change a person’s mental state so drastically even in such little