Lord of the Flies:
Of all the characters, it is Piggy who most often has useful ideas and sees the correct way for the boys to organize themseives. yet the other boys rarely iisten to him and fiequentiy abuse him Why do you think this is the case? In what ways does Golding use Piggy to advance the novei‘sthemes?
The sow‘s head and ‘he conch shell each wield a canaln kind of power over the boys. In whai ways do these objects’ powers differ? In wha‘ way is Lord ofthe Flies a novel abauk power? About the power of symbols? About the power ofa person to use symbols to control a group?
Perhaps to create a perfect society was beyond the boy’s capability in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, but could it have realistically gotten better? How did it fall apart, and could the society have been fixed? Write an essay that discusses what crucial errors the boys made that they actually could have nade different and, thus, made a better island society.