William Golding, Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 1144 Words

As humans, we see life flash before our eyes and many things we take for granted and do not give a second reasoning on. Little thought goes into to what effects; we actually have on nature and what consequences that has on our own nature. For this there is literature, which helps unravel human nature and explain what can result from this carelessness. Golding and Marquez highlight the negative impacts on human nature, through dialogue and setting. The authors want readers to believe, that there is more wrong doing in today’s society, than there is good. To start out, at one point in everyone’s life they have most likely wanted to be famous or be involved in leadership. Too much of this treatment may lead to greed, which is a downfall of human nature. Two authors Golding of, Lord of the Flies and Marquez of, â€Å"I Only Came to Use the Phone†, depict this through Jack and Maria. In Lord of the Flies, greed is shown through Jack believing that he should be leader, instead of Ralph. â€Å"I ought to be chief,† said Jack with simple arrogance†¦ (Golding 22). This line proves that Jack is already not fit to take the throne; he is self-centered and only cares about his position among the others. He has a lack of concern about the other people on the island. Golding sets another example of greed, when Jack discovers a huge pink rock for the first time, he manages to point out how it towers over everything on the island. Jack gives the overbearing rock the name Castle Rock, because of itsShow MoreRelatedReflectio ns on Society in Literary Works865 Words   |  4 PagesIn Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s I Only Came to Use the Phone and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies characters experience dehumanization through isolation from society. While some might believe that Marquez and Golding use the trapped characters’ actions to criticize society, it they are actually doing the opposite. All immoral behavior done by characters in these literary works are done in the absence of society, showing that the authors are actually portraying society as the stabilizing element ofRead More Censorship in the Classroom Essay2774 Words   |  12 PagesRELIGION anti-Christian: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez    New Age religion and witches: Impressions Edited by Jack Booth et. al. The Witches by Roald Dahl Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LEngle Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam