William Golding "Lord of the Flies": Formation and Degradation of the Major Characters

Эссе на английском языке на тему "Становление и Деградация Главных Героев" (по мотивам романа Уильяма Голдинга "Повелитель мух") 

Lord of the Flies is on its surface a simple story, but the depth of its characterizations and the extent to which it deals with the most pressing problems of man and civilization have opened the story up to a wide variety of interpretations.

William Golding once said that in writing Lord of the Flies he aimed to trace society’s flaws back to their source in human nature. By leaving a group of English schoolboys to fend for themselves on a remote jungle island, Golding creates a kind of human nature laboratory in order to examine what happens when the constraints of civilization vanish and raw human nature takes over. In Lord of the Flies, Golding argues that human nature, free from the constraints of society, draws people away from reason toward savagery. The makeshift civilization the boys form in Lord of the Flies collapses under the weight of their innate savagery: rather than follow rules and work hard, they pursue fun, succumb to fear, and fall to violence. Golding’s underlying argument is that human beings are savage by nature, and are moved by primal urges toward selfishness, brutality, and dominance over others. Though the boys think the beast lives in the jungle, Golding makes it clear that it lurks only in their hearts.

Some critics see in Golding’s masterpiece an affirmation of the theological doctrines of original sin and total depravity, while others argue for a portrayal of the Freudian concepts of the id, ego, and superego. Some see a deep-seated criticism of Western civilization and the attitudes that led it to the brink of self-destruction, while others see a repudiation of Rousseau’s concept of the noble savage. In other words, the story provides such rich soil that it tends to grow whatever plants the critic sows there, so that often the interpretation given to the novel tells more about the critic and his mindset than it does about Golding’s intentions.

Here, in our essay we’ll consider the process of formation and degradation of the major characters, namely Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon and Roger. 

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