Essays about: "William Golding"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words William Golding.

  1. 1. Stop Calling Me That! : A Reader-Response Analysis of Bullying in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, in Accordance with Theory of the Carnivalesque

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Per Nyberg; [2022]
    Keywords : bullying; carnivalesque; dignity; gender; literature; Lord of the Flies; masculinity; reader-response; students; violation;

    Abstract : In school bullying is a well-known problem and unfortunately it is not uncommon that adults do not see all the signs of a bullying situation. Bullying can be hard to detect and several factors are possible foundation pillars for a hierarchical subjugation of another individual. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rational Femininity and Emotional Masculinity in Golding’s Lord of the Flies  

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Stefanos Mavromatis; [2021]
    Keywords : gender; traditional gender roles; feminine thinking; masculine thinking; patriarchy; William Golding; Lord of the Flies;

    Abstract : This paper argues that in Golding’s Lord of the Flies feminine thinking is rational and masculine thinking is emotional. This essay provides historical background that presents the general patriarchal view of femininity during 20th century England of being seen as the inferior-emotional gender with intellectual limitations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Eliciting Empathy with William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Milana Amadova; [2019]
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    Abstract : Some literature creates fictional worlds similar to the one we live in and others create worlds that are very different from ours. By inviting us to identify with characters, literature raises empathy. READ MORE

  5. 4. "A pack of British boys"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hampus Siöland; [2016]
    Keywords : Golding; erasure; gender; Lord of the Flies; racism; sexism; humanity; human nature; William Golding; British; culture; class; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding is seen by many as a portrait of the violent darkness of human nature, and how all of humanity will revert to a savage state in the absence of civilisation. This essay argues that this is not accurate, since the book only presents the actions of a group of British boys, among which the majority of the violent acts are performed by boys who are most likely from an upper class background. READ MORE

  6. 5. Revisiting the children in the coral island : Cruelty and perversity represented in the children of William Golding's Lord of the flies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aminur Rashid; [2011]
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    Abstract : This essay aims at a group of little boys, aged between six and twelve, who once happen to meet in an isolated island having been cut off from their home. These boys are the characters of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Aiming at these children, this essay attempts to analyze their characters and actions. READ MORE