Reacting against Victorian optimism and to the horrors of the 20th :: English Literature

Reacting against Victorian optimism and to the horrors of the 20thCentury, William Golding chose to express his anti-Utopian views just abouthumanity in noble of the Flies (1954). Explore how Golding crafts hisnarrative in order to voice his philosophical views about mansessential illness. To what extent do you agree with his views?Goldings dystopian views of mans essential illness be derivedfrom his possess of 20th Century warfare. Lord of the Flies is afable in which Golding displays mans flaws at bottom a microcosm. Thisdidactical work shows us that we have far to go, but thither is hope. Iwill study his novel to discover his views, and will finalise if Iconcur with them.Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911, and brought up in Wiltshire. His aim was a teacher and a socialist and his mother actively supportthe campaign for votes for women, so from an early age he was aware ofsocial and political systems and their influence on multitude. During theSecond cosmea War, Golding j oined the Royal navy and took part in thesinking of the Bismarck and the Normandy landings on D-Day. Hisexperience of the war had a profound effect on his view of the world.He learnt how brutal people can be.Although he was appalled by the evils of Nazism and the Third Reich,he verbalize in an interview in 1963 that everyone was capable ofinhumanity, not just the German or the Japanese. He saw Nazism as anevil system, and so surly that it could not be explained throughreason alone. Later on he looked for an explanation in the nature ofhuman beings, in their capacity for brutality and inhumanity.He read adventure stories such as The Coral Island, (1858), to hischildren, and wondered what would really fall out to children strandedon a desert island. He took the idea of an innocent experience on anisland and saw it in relation to the experience of Nazism and WorldWar Two.In Lord of the Flies Golding refers twice to R.M Ballantynes TheCoral Island. The writer deliberately wrote The L ord of the Fliesin direct contest with the The Coral Island. This is known becauseof an unpublished letter Golding wrote to his married womanWouldnt it be a good idea to write a book about real boys on anisland, showing what a mess theyd make?Golding then went ahead and wrote the book to turn Ballantynessimplistic assumptions and optimistic hopes on its head. Golding iseven dauntless enough to use identical names as Ballantynes for his maincharacters varlet and Ralph in both books are protagonists, and areReacting against Victorian optimism and to the horrors of the 20th English LiteratureReacting against Victorian optimism and to the horrors of the 20thCentury, William Golding chose to express his anti-Utopian views abouthumanity in Lord of the Flies (1954). Explore how Golding crafts hisnarrative in order to voice his philosophical views about mansessential illness. To what extent do you agree with his views?Goldings dystopian views of mans essential illness are derivedfrom his experience of 20th Century warfare. Lord of the Flies is afable in which Golding displays mans flaws inside a microcosm. Thisdidactical work shows us that we have far to go, but there is hope. Iwill study his novel to discover his views, and will decide if Iconcur with them.Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911, and brought up in Wiltshire. Hisfather was a teacher and a socialist and his mother actively supportedthe campaign for votes for women, so from an early age he was aware ofsocial and political systems and their influence on people. During theSecond World War, Golding joined the Royal Navy and took part in thesinking of the Bismarck and the Normandy landings on D-Day. Hisexperience of the war had a profound effect on his view of the world.He learnt how brutal people can be.Although he was appalled by the evils of Nazism and the Third Reich,he said in an interview in 1963 that everyone was capable ofinhumanity, not just the German or the Japanese. He saw Nazism as anevil sy stem, and so horrifying that it could not be explained throughreason alone. Later on he looked for an explanation in the nature ofhuman beings, in their capacity for brutality and inhumanity.He read adventure stories such as The Coral Island, (1858), to hischildren, and wondered what would really happen to children strandedon a desert island. He took the idea of an innocent experience on anisland and saw it in relation to the experience of Nazism and WorldWar Two.In Lord of the Flies Golding refers twice to R.M Ballantynes TheCoral Island. The writer deliberately wrote The Lord of the Fliesin direct contest with the The Coral Island. This is known becauseof an unpublished letter Golding wrote to his wifeWouldnt it be a good idea to write a book about real boys on anisland, showing what a mess theyd make?Golding then went ahead and wrote the book to turn Ballantynessimplistic assumptions and optimistic hopes on its head. Golding iseven bold enough to use identical names as Ballantyne s for his maincharacters Jack and Ralph in both books are protagonists, and are