Lord Of The Flies Rhetorical Analysis
Rhetorical devices in Lord of the Flies
On of the only reason why the world has not turned completely evil is because of the little good in humanity. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys are stranded on an island where they end up forming their own little society. Throughout the novel, two boys, Jack and Ralph, fight for power within the island. Several incidents happen later on, that causes them to bring out their inner nature.Golding manages to use rhetorical devices to convey the idea that there is so little good in humanity the evil overpowers and it turns humans into foul beings.
As the story goes on, Golding kills off two characters who represent the amount good in humans. Using only two people …show more content…
The boys acting as animals causes them to eventually lose their common sense. For instance, when Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric get into an argument with the tribe, Roger was described with, “with a sense of delirious abandonment” and he ended up leaning “his weight on the lever”(Golding 180) which released the rock onto the ground below. Golding used words like “delirious” to describe that Rodger had completely lost his mind which caused him to kill Piggy. It was unclear whether or not Roger had wanted to kill someone or just give them a scare, he still managed to kill another human being. Killing Piggy was an evil act and that is what Golding is trying to hint at. Another incident where it shows one of the boys losing their mind is when Jack goes hunting his eyes were described as “bolting and nearly mad.” (Golding 48) Jack was so bloodthirsty that killing a pig was all that was on his mind. Jack’s urge to kill something is evil because it’s not natural to want to kill something. Staying on the island unsupervised caused the young boys to lo
In short, the use of rhetorical devices helped Golding describe the true nature of humanity. The fact that humans are all evil deep down is proved through the use of imagery and personification used throughout the novel. By only having two people to represent the good in humanity it shows that evil is the most prominent in human
On of the only reason why the world has not turned completely evil is because of the little good in humanity. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys are stranded on an island where they end up forming their own little society. Throughout the novel, two boys, Jack and Ralph, fight for power within the island. Several incidents happen later on, that causes them to bring out their inner nature.Golding manages to use rhetorical devices to convey the idea that there is so little good in humanity the evil overpowers and it turns humans into foul beings.
As the story goes on, Golding kills off two characters who represent the amount good in humans. Using only two people …show more content…
The boys acting as animals causes them to eventually lose their common sense. For instance, when Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric get into an argument with the tribe, Roger was described with, “with a sense of delirious abandonment” and he ended up leaning “his weight on the lever”(Golding 180) which released the rock onto the ground below. Golding used words like “delirious” to describe that Rodger had completely lost his mind which caused him to kill Piggy. It was unclear whether or not Roger had wanted to kill someone or just give them a scare, he still managed to kill another human being. Killing Piggy was an evil act and that is what Golding is trying to hint at. Another incident where it shows one of the boys losing their mind is when Jack goes hunting his eyes were described as “bolting and nearly mad.” (Golding 48) Jack was so bloodthirsty that killing a pig was all that was on his mind. Jack’s urge to kill something is evil because it’s not natural to want to kill something. Staying on the island unsupervised caused the young boys to lo
In short, the use of rhetorical devices helped Golding describe the true nature of humanity. The fact that humans are all evil deep down is proved through the use of imagery and personification used throughout the novel. By only having two people to represent the good in humanity it shows that evil is the most prominent in human