In what ways does William Golding try to make the story believable? Is he successful; is
the story believable?
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Golding uses many tactics to make the story believable like the image he creates and the symbol that is made with the hair he uses many times on the characters. He is most successful in portraying a survival story that includes allusions to the real world and leading social problems today but still keeping the story believable.
The period of time that the story takes place is believable. At the beginning, the boys were ejected by a plane on fire. The fact that the story took place in World War Two made it believable that the plane was attacked. If it wasn’t a time period of war, people wouldn’t believe a plane would be attacked. Golding chose a good time for the book.
I agree with Ahra about the time period because to make the story believable the background setting had to be credible and since all the settings ´ dates, scenes and language was correct it added credibility to the story. I also think that the credibility of the story changes throughout the book, because eat first someone would find it hard to believe the events of the plane crashing and all the adults dying yet all kids living… Coincidence? But as the story goes along there are events that separately lead to the reader not being surprised anymore, for example after they kill Simon, it no longer seemed so horrific or unbelievable that the boys would also kill Piggy.
He tries to make the story believable by his descriptions of how the children behave at first. He does succeed because if something like this were to happen to a group of kids, that ending could very well be similar to theirs.
Golding makes the story realistic and believable by using feelings and ideas, along with actions, that children take in different circumstances.
As Ahra mentioned above, the setting of the story is understood easily and the reason of their unexpected adventure sounds realistic.
Golding tries to make the story believable by creating a situation in which the kids are trapped so there is no adult intervention, so you can see how their characters develop because they assume the needed leadership roles. He also makes his story believable by making sure there are the correct kind of influential characters that can lead to the different changes that cause chaos and destruction.
Golding is partly succesful because almost all of his story is believable. It isn't that hard to bleieve that kids become savages and kill pigs and even each toher. What I have trouble believeing it the ending.
William Golding tries to make the story believable with the time period. The time period of this book was World War II. Later on, he also used children of different ages and the way they would probably be acting when they are isolated on the island. Also, he used the reactions that most children would like be. Moreover, he also included the characteristics of the children such as some children are really selfish and don't think about the others. These are the ways in which William Golding made the story believable.
In my opinion I think that Golding tries to make the story believable by showing how a group of little kids cannot be left alone anywhere, because if they were to be left alone, then they would fight and get wild like in the book. I think that he is succesful because now kids are more wild that last and last and last year.
He tries to reflect on how regular boys can become monsters, and how it is a result of the acceptance of pure reality. He makes candid references to historic crises that we, as people, pledged never to forget but have failed in doing so.
Jack and his cronies were consumed by this insanity and power-lust that they would actually kill to ensure their victories. Golding wants us to know how easily that can happen, even with children.
I agree with Nate for several reasons. First of all, I agree that he tried to portray it in the children's point of view. Also, what would the children have done in those moments and what problems could have rose as time passed. For example, some people may be selfish which could lead into more independent work. Others may be more competitive which can cause problems for the others such as between Jack and Ralph. These are the points of why I agree with Nate.
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