Developing Theme.

A theme that Golding makes apparent in the novel is that: mankind can't survive with only one kind of intelligence. William Golding slowly brings this to focus by giving each character a time where they can show their personality in a different setting. Like you cannot a civilizations with only a leader. You wouldn't have someone who actually does the thinking. another way he brings this to focus, is by Jack and Ralph's dispute over who is chief, because Jack does not like not having control of everything. This shows that they have clashing personalities and don't really mix well.

If both boys and girls had been on the island, things would have been very different. To begin William Golding would have had to add in some thoughts to change some of the events that happened during the course of the novel. Another thing he would have to do is put more perspective in his writing, because girls would have a very different view of what would need to be done than boys, most girls would not be as violent anyways. Non-violent girls would therefore change the theme of the story, so it is probably a better idea that he kept them out.

Decisions on Lord of the Flies

One of the decisions William Golding had to make the first page of the Lord of the Flies is to have Piggy clean his spectacles right away. By doing this he draws attention to this major symbol that last throughout the book. Also when Piggy starts to clean his glasses you can tell that Piggy is a very orderly person, and that cleaning his glasses is kind of a nervous habit for him.

William Golding adds raindrops failing from the tree leaves adding a nice touch to the setting, so the reader can picture what the boys see. Also if you associate the raindrops with emotions the raindrops foreshadow sadness that stays through a lot of the novel. The night that Simon is killed it is raining so it also foreshadows to danger too. So by adding in the one little detail of the raindrops William Golding really added in many details.