"Civilisation is a veneer; we are all savages at heart" Discuss this statement in relation to The Lord of the Flies.
Title: "Civilisation is a veneer; we are all savages at heart" Discuss this statement in relation to The Lord of the Flies.
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 760 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Civilisation is a veneer; we are all savages at heart" Discuss this statement in relation to The Lord of the Flies.
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 760 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A veneer is something that hides something unpleasant or unwanted. In this case it is the savagery that is being hidden by civilisation.
In The Lord of the Flies this is best seen through the two main characters of Ralph and Jack. Ralph is the elected and respected leader of the boys whereas Jack is his rival who believes that he should be the chief. In my opinion the two boys represent the two competing …showed first 75 words of 760 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 760 total…is the kind of person that everyone would eventually become if left alone to set one's own standards and live the way one naturally wanted. He is strong and only the strong survive.
Ralph represents the ego of the human personality. He must compromise both the id (the 'if it feels good, do it' attitude of Jack) and the superego (the strict adherence to the logic and order of the adult world symbolized through Piggy).
