Survival and Moralities in William Golding's Lord of The Flies and Ernest Hemingway's The Sun also Rises

نوفل, ساجدة إسماعيل (2018) Survival and Moralities in William Golding's Lord of The Flies and Ernest Hemingway's The Sun also Rises. Masters thesis, جامعة الشرق الاوسط.

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Abstract

This study involves a discussion that portrays the themes of survival and molarities by two novels, namely, Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. It focuses on analyzing the characters in the two novels and how they react towards different situations in their lives. Lord of the Flies talks about boys who get stranded on an island without any guidance from a responsible mature person. They device survival means which are contrary to good moral values to the extent of animosity towards one another. On the other hand, The Sun Also Rises is a novel that talks about events that the characters go through to the extent of changing their perspective of life. Main event is war, which traumatizes the characters leaving them unaware of how to deal with their life. Also, the novel talks about how women change their views towards life, a view that shall be depicted through Brett, who refuses to be a traditional woman and instead chooses to live like a man. The two novels are characterized by immorality and selfish survival tactics. Key words: Survival, Moralities, Lord of the Flies, The Sun also Rises.

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