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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, is rapidly overtaking D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in campus popularity. The book's attempt to answer questions concerning the relationship of individual man to individual man is catching students' attention everywhere-perhaps because young people are impatient with easy answers. It is essentially a metaphysical novel, which has been interpreted in terms of original sin, as an allegory of the human condition, and as an allegory of English political history. To quote the author's own intention, the theme is an attempt to trace the defects of human nature. The small boy with the birthmark can, thus, symbolize original sin, that is, the sin of Adam and Eve with which all of us are born. The little boy's disappearance during the Hre on the mountainside can also be interpreted as the disappearance of original sin at the time of baptism. The boys are given a baptism of life, which removes the original sin, and leaves them cleansed. All sins from that time on are thus of their own volition. In the interpretation of the book as an allegory of the human con- dition, Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, the boy-leaders in this isolated community, represent different aspects of human society. Ralph represents legalism, with his insistence on parliamentary order and the division of labor. Piggy represents intellectualism, his eyeglasses can be regarded as the tools of intellect, which are used by society for survival, but which are also abused. Legalism and materialism are in constant conflict until the latter con- quers the former. The conflict is followed by an outbreak of savagery and the loss of order. ln the end, Ralph weeps for the loss of his innocence because he has learned that the shape of society depends on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system. As an allegory of English political history, Golding's book is trying to warn England that dependence on legalism cannot solve ethical problems. It is warning the English people that they may be forced to l-ind a new basis for civilization or face destruction. By the symbolism of the rescue of the boys from the island by a cruiser, the author might also be saying that England may have to be rescued by an external force. As harsh as Colding's view of mankind is, he seems to be saying, or wishing, that there is something inside man which cannot be pinned down by the senses. Golding views the relationship of individual to individual as a forge in which all change, all value, all life is beaten into a good or bad shape. He is pointing out that man has a potential for good and for evil, and that man will be overcome by his own evil nature if his natural impulses hold sway. His view of the nature of man, thus, is in sharp con- trast with the view that man is essentially good, which dominated so much of the English literature of the nineteenth century. DOTTIE Woon '63
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Come Ye As Little Children In one corner of the dimly-lighted room sat an old woman. The desk upon which she wrote creaked with every ounce of pressure she applied, and the three legs which supported the desk were on the verge of crumb- ling. The woman's back ached as she struggled to sit up on the crude three-legged stool, but she continued writing. ln another corner of the cold, sparsely-decorated room stood a bed in the mere sense of the word. Broken, rusty springs sagged under the ragged worn mattress, while four decrepit bed posts exerted their last effort to support the bed. The primitive stool, the aged desk, and the broken down bed were the only furnishings this small room contained. It was in this room that Mrs. lslorte had spent the last twenty years of her life. Although a petite woman, she was most attractive. Her snow white hair and soft, blue eyes presented an appealing contrast. Immaculate in her attire, she kept house in the same manner. Day after day, night after night, she remained in this room opening the door only to bring in the daily provisions left by the milkman or grocery boy. Mrs. I-lorte had endured this monotonous life ever since that fateful day when her daughter had left home never to return again, but Mrs. Horte had fulfilled a promise made to herself after realizing her daughter's intentions. She had not tasted a drop of alcohol for twenty years! Many times Mrs. Horte had written to her daughter and begged her forgiveness, but never was she able to summon enough courage to mail the letters, nor was she ever sure of her daughters address. Now, on this lonely Christmas Eve, she started another letter. On the other side of the city, in a fashionable home situated in an exclusive residential section, a young vivacious family was busy wrapping presents on this cold, snowy Christmas Eve. Mrs. Turner's face portrayed a warmth, happiness and radiance unknown to her for almost twenty years. Tomorrow she was finally to see her mother after what had been years of endless searching. Her Christmas present had been a telegram from the Burns Detective Agency with ten words on it: FOUND YOUR MOTHER STOP 13 BACK ALLEY STOP APARTMENT 1313 STOP GOOD LUCK STOP. Early Christmas morning, Mrs. Turner hesitated at the door of apart- ment 1313, the last obstacle which kept her from her mother. After a moment, she gently turned the handle and quietly entered. It was in that desolate room that Mrs. Turner found her mother's body. It lay on the bed and the face was buried in the small arms. ANNE I-IOCKMBYBR '63 i ii V it i i 1. it .w H H V: i r. 1. i 1 i AH
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