Golding is a Optimist William Golding is an optimist and a pessimist based on the writing he portrays in Lord Of The Flies. William Golding believes that mankind can become better and treat each other better, But also believes all people have savagery and hatred inside of them. Goldings shows his optimist point of view best through the character of simon. Golding’s pessimist views are shown through the savagery of the boys represented through the beast. One character who shows William Golding’s optimist views is Simon. Simon in the book behaves very unselfishly.
Simon is always helping others and protecting the littluns. He learns the truth about the Lord of the Flies. Simon could’ve been drawn into the conflict between Jack, Roger, Piggy, and Ralph but instead aways from it. Simon helps builds the shelters with ralph but because he wants, not out of a sense of duty like others would look at it. When simon learns the truth about the lord of the flies he goes back down to help the boys. Simon is then beaten up by mistake, Simons death is senseless and dies trying to save others. Simon’s character shows that not everyone is drawn to power and savagery like the others.
Williams Goldings pessimistic point of views are deeper and not the characters but mostly what’s inside the characters especially jack and roger. What Golding shows through this is that savagery and hatred exists in all people. Nobody would ever think such evil can exists in boys at the ages of 12, but without their parents and being separated from civilization the boys. Parents teach their kids not to hit others, but being away from them they realize there is no consequence’s. The part when Roger is throwing the rock at the little boy shows this.
The Essay on Lord Of The Flies Ralph Golding Boys
When anyone thinks of the word "evil" they do not think it is within themselves. In reality, without a structured and well-followed society, people are apt to follow their own corrupt desires and neglect the thought of consequence. In the allegory, Lord of the Flies, William Golding reveals that man's selfishness and sinful nature will be unmasked when the structure of a society deteriorates. As ...
At first roger aims to miss, but then he starts to throw it closer and closer, all the way until he rolls a huge rock on top of piggy. Roger was taken in by evill from being separated by civilization over time. I believe William Golding is both an optimist and pessimist. If Golding was only a pessimist then all boys would of most likely turned to beastly behavior but instead ralph and some of the littluns got rescued. If Golding was all a optimist then most likely jack and roger would of ended up changing for the better and realizing what they have become.
