This is a place for us to discuss openly and honestly the literature we are reading. Here we are all just communicating our thoughts on what we are reading. There are no right and wrong answers. However, you are expected to be polite, mature, and on topic.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Theme of the Island
What theme, of the many Golding presents, had the greatest affect on you as you read? What line or passage helped you to see this theme? Explain how you come to feel about this theme as you read this novel?
The theme of survival stands out mostly to me. I feel that Golding was able to convey this theme well due to the setting of the book. When Jack says "bollocks to the rules," he is only thinking about himself and his survival. This theme made me interested in the book because everyday life is a survival, just not to such extremes. IH
Golding's theme of maturity is the theme that stood out to me. I easily noticed how Ralph matured in the absence of adults. For example, he celebrates to be parent-free in the beginning, both joins in dancing and says they "ought to die before letting the fire out" in the middle, and weeps in the end. This theme allows me to appreciate that I am not the oldest and in charge of everyone younger than me; i now appreciate being a "littlun" in actual society.
I really was in touch with Goldings theme of betrayal. From the beginning of the novel when Ralph was elected over Jack, I knew he was going to betray him in some way. Jack was jealous of Ralph and wanted power all to himself.He hated Ralph and did everything thing he could to make him look like a bad leader. Jack wanted it so bad that he thought he had won everyone over when he ask "Who thinks Ralph ought to not be cheif?" In the end Jack makes his own tribe and even has one of his men kill Ralph's friend and try to kill him. This theme goes to show you that you have enemies everywhere and they can be so close to you. - Athena
I thought the best theme of the novel was Golding's vision of society and how corrupt it can be. I thought that it was ironic that the officer invited the boys to the ship at the end of the novel. It was ironic because the hunters were in a "war" with Ralph and the ship is probably a warship. Society's "sickness" is not just on the island, but in the outside world too. - Dan
The theme of maturity is the major theme that stood out to me. Ralph matured from a child excited that there were no adults around to a man who "wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." He finally realized why society needs things such as laws. This theme allowed me to see that metamorphosis can occur in everybody.
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The theme of survival stands out mostly to me. I feel that Golding was able to convey this theme well due to the setting of the book. When Jack says "bollocks to the rules," he is only thinking about himself and his survival. This theme made me interested in the book because everyday life is a survival, just not to such extremes. IH
Golding's theme of maturity is the theme that stood out to me. I easily noticed how Ralph matured in the absence of adults. For example, he celebrates to be parent-free in the beginning, both joins in dancing and says they "ought to die before letting the fire out" in the middle, and weeps in the end. This theme allows me to appreciate that I am not the oldest and in charge of everyone younger than me; i now appreciate being a "littlun" in actual society.
I really was in touch with Goldings theme of betrayal. From the beginning of the novel when Ralph was elected over Jack, I knew he was going to betray him in some way. Jack was jealous of Ralph and wanted power all to himself.He hated Ralph and did everything thing he could to make him look like a bad leader. Jack wanted it so bad that he thought he had won everyone over when he ask "Who thinks Ralph ought to not be cheif?" In the end Jack makes his own tribe and even has one of his men kill Ralph's friend and try to kill him. This theme goes to show you that you have enemies everywhere and they can be so close to you. - Athena
I thought the best theme of the novel was Golding's vision of society and how corrupt it can be. I thought that it was ironic that the officer invited the boys to the ship at the end of the novel. It was ironic because the hunters were in a "war" with Ralph and the ship is probably a warship. Society's "sickness" is not just on the island, but in the outside world too. - Dan
The theme of maturity is the major theme that stood out to me. Ralph matured from a child excited that there were no adults around to a man who "wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." He finally realized why society needs things such as laws. This theme allowed me to see that metamorphosis can occur in everybody.
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