Conflict in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
|Conflict in William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ |
|Pre-IB Extended Essay (English) |
Question: To what extent is conflict in literature derived from internal conflict?
Abstract
Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel ‘Lord of the Flies.’ He was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature in 1980 for his novel ‘Rites of Passage,’ and in 2008, he was ranked 3rd on The Times’ List of ‘The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945.’ His most famous novel, ‘Lord of the Flies,’ is about the things that a group of English schoolboys experience while being stranded on a deserted island. The novel not only focuses on the significant events that the characters go through, but also explores the transition of human nature, about how their social behaviour can change over time in extreme circumstances, and the extent interpersonal conflict can be derived from an individual, psychological level, caused by a possible collision of interests and values.
Introduction
British novelist William Gerald Golding 's famous novel 'Lord of the Flies ' is considered as one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. His work is highly valued and respected because of the fact that he uses fictional characters to express the transition of human nature from innocence to brutality, as well as using the desert island as a microcosm of society and the world that we live in. The entire plot of the novel depicts the time period that a group of students spend on a desert island and shows their change from innocence and organization to complete disorientation, chaos and savageness. It also explains the concept of crowd mentality.
Body
In the novel, there is a specific scene where one fighter plane is knocked down due to intense aerial bombardment, and a dead parachutist is seen coming down from the sky. This is one of the most significant
|Pre-IB Extended Essay (English) |
Question: To what extent is conflict in literature derived from internal conflict?
Abstract
Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel ‘Lord of the Flies.’ He was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature in 1980 for his novel ‘Rites of Passage,’ and in 2008, he was ranked 3rd on The Times’ List of ‘The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945.’ His most famous novel, ‘Lord of the Flies,’ is about the things that a group of English schoolboys experience while being stranded on a deserted island. The novel not only focuses on the significant events that the characters go through, but also explores the transition of human nature, about how their social behaviour can change over time in extreme circumstances, and the extent interpersonal conflict can be derived from an individual, psychological level, caused by a possible collision of interests and values.
Introduction
British novelist William Gerald Golding 's famous novel 'Lord of the Flies ' is considered as one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. His work is highly valued and respected because of the fact that he uses fictional characters to express the transition of human nature from innocence to brutality, as well as using the desert island as a microcosm of society and the world that we live in. The entire plot of the novel depicts the time period that a group of students spend on a desert island and shows their change from innocence and organization to complete disorientation, chaos and savageness. It also explains the concept of crowd mentality.
Body
In the novel, there is a specific scene where one fighter plane is knocked down due to intense aerial bombardment, and a dead parachutist is seen coming down from the sky. This is one of the most significant
Bibliography: Primary Resource - William Golding (1996). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber Secondary Resource -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Golding