Loss of Innocence in Lord of The Flies by William Golding

"I think this is the real innocence that you really lost, the first time you encountered the limits that limit your possibilities" (Steve Tortz). In the last quotation, Steve Toltz explained about the transition from innocence to corruption. William Golding's Lord of the Flies tells an innocent loss through various roles: Jack is suffering from pride and power aspiration; Roger sucks for pain and use by others Robot of fear of dominating a boy , Simon, the most cruel purity of humanity, Ralph depicting a struggle that could not be tolerated when trying to be civilized near barbarians, piggy who suffers because of his unique skill

In this lesson, we will explore the core theme of the entire story or the literary theme which is a concept. The literary theme of William Golding's classic 'Lie of the Flies' is innocent loss. As in life, the innocent loss of literary work may happen suddenly or gradually. The only constant is that it will happen. In this novel, the innocence of a boy comes from male students of civilization thirsty and barbarians and two friends who murdered them. These events are tragic, but the author did not write it as a literary tragedy. Instead, Golding regards it as a logical result of a human being unaffected by legal and social customs.

In the book "Lord of the fly" it is important to remember that the writer William Golding did not describe the innocence lost by these boys as a tragedy. On the contrary, when human desires and minds are not dominated by social rules, he describes them as "natural" events. That is almost the same as he said to us. Golding is not surprising about losing his innocence if we think of the background of his work. Like the rest of the world, he experienced a worldwide innocence end caused by the atrocities of World War II and the first use of nuclear weapons.

William Golding's "King of the Flies" has plenty of obvious themes. One of the most obvious themes through this novel is innocent loss. As the story goes on, the education they receive is the only way to maintain the true nature of human beings, so the innocence of children gradually disappears. Due to the lack of civilization teaching, the children of the islands are trapped, violent, cruel and primitive, showing the essence of a writer who prefers to use in novels.