Years later in an interview tiha reporter from the New York World-Telegram and Sun (1963), Golding insisted that the novel’s primary purpose is to serve as a warning of man’s potential for brutality to his fellow man. He said, “I learned during World War II just how brutal people can be to each other. Not just Germans or Japanese, but everyone. I tried to point that out…Some have said that the brutality of the novel is impossible. It’s not. Look at any newspaper.”
What do you think? Do you agree with Golding's theme? Offer evidence one way or another.
(ok, i could not figure out how to do a new post so I am commenting on this post even though it has nothing to do with it)
ReplyDeleteThrough out the book simon is considered the "christ figure." Going along with this, the bible says that who ever believes in christ will be saved and protected by him. There is an interestign part near the end of the book, after Simon has already died, when Ralph is running from Jack and the rest of his tribe. Ralph is running through the forest and looking for a place to hide. Coincidently enough Ralph finds a place in the forest thats hidden from view and is like a "mat" on the forest ground. This just so happens to be Simon's "sitting place" whenever he would go out into the forest alone. This protects Ralp from the others at first until he runs out. Just like in the bible, who ever believes in christ, he will be protected and just like Ralph believed in Simon, he was protected as well.
-Luke Brubaker
I agree with Luke. If you think about it, in the bible there were those that followed christ and those that rejected him. That aspect applies here as well. Piggy and Ralph always listened to what Simon had to say while everyone else didn't pay attention to him and just blew him off. So when Ralph was running, Simon "protected" him from Jack and his savages because thats what christ did for those that believed in him.
ReplyDelete-Matt Cucciarre