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Although classic texts may appear outdated and affiliated with obscure values and genres, they retain value for a modern audience as they contain an appraisal of universal themes and concerns, offer insight into a past context, and use aesthetic language to appeal to and engage the reader. Such masterful exploration of values, context, and language is clear in William Golding’s 1954 novel, ‘The Lord of the Flies’, as it delves into universal questions about religion and human nature that remain relevant in a modern-day context. In addition to this, present-day audiences can explore Golding's stances on human nature as he conveys the gloom and disappointment associated with WWII. Therefore, through the incorporation of universal themes, aesthetic appeal, and his context, Golding has created a novel with outstanding enduring relevance. The exploration of discerning the contrast between traditional religious bodies of worship such as Christianity, and the human tendency towards paganism elevates a text to the status of a classic, as it engages the universal need for religious guidance. In ‘Lord of the Flies,’ the stark reality of human frailty is vividly portrayed. Golding suggests that the transformation from innocent, pure young boys to barbaric, unhinged savages can happen swiftly. As the boys become more and more desperate to be found while stranded on the island and begin creating the fire, Jack’s quick decent into chaos and the use of fiery visual imagery in ‘The boys were dancing. The pile was so rotten, and now so tinder-dry, that whole limbs yield passionately to the yellow flames that poured upwards and shook a great beard of flame twenty feet in the air’ highlights the revolting and barbaric energy reflected onto the boys by giving into their instant response to survive. This energy represents the coherent connection between true human nature, paganism and the unavoidable, barbaric behavior it ignites within humans. While Piggy demands that he and Ralph search the island for the other children, Ralph’s attitude in response to Piggy and the suggested religious imagery in ‘Ralph said nothing. Here was a coral island. Protected from the sun, ignoring Piggy's ill-omened talk, he dreamed pleasantly.’ represents Ralph’s avoidance of Piggy and his natural and immediate capitulation into madness and barbarity and his dedication to staying pure. This highlights the allusion to the island symbolising the Garden of Eden as the island was an untouched, perfect paradise prior to the arrival of humans, much like the Garden of Eden and the connection back to the inevitability of human nature. As Ralph and Piggy finally spot Jack and the others brutally killing a pig by the shore, the use of religious allusion and satire in ‘A procession had appeared, far down among the pink stones that lay near the water's edge [...] The gutted carcass of a pig swung from the stake. The pig's head hung down with a gaping neck and seemed to search for something on the ground.’ highlights the contrast between the heavy theological influence behind Golding’s choice of wording and the evident barbarity of the boy’s actions, revealing the paganistic natures of humans, without an influence of Christianity, portraying the cruel, evil tendencies capable of humans. Therefore, novels that draw the audience into questioning and exploring the moral of their own nature become classics as they spark self-analysis of the audience’s humaneness. A novel's attainment of classic status is contingent on it providing a significant reflection on the setting in which it was written, as this provides the audience with insight into the events of the time period and the values of the population. Such an insightful examination of the prevalent values and faiths of the time, is depicted in Golding’s novel as he explores the devastating and depressing impacts of World War II, prompting reflection on the harrowing belief of the regression of humanity. The sinister zoomorphism as the fire escapes the mountain-top and spreads across the island in “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock” portrays the flames as a predatory and dangerous force, evoking the merciless destruction of World War II, which the world was still struggling to recover from at the publication of the novel. As the other boys hunt, ralph’s blissful yet ignorant daydreams of life at home before the crash and the implied use of flashback in ‘Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day” represents Ralph’s innocence at a time that he had the privilege to depended on his parents, evoking the prevalence of the flashbacks soldiers experienced on the front lines and the loss of comfort as a result of WWII. Leading up to piggy’s demise as jack pushes the boulder off the cliff, the final abolishment of the symbolic conch and suggested use of brutal imagery and symbolism in ‘The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.’ Highlights the unsettling image of loss of innocence and destruction of morality on the island as the boys surrender to their true nature, represents the loss of humanity that came about through the course of WWII with the horrors imposed upon the innocent civilians. Therefore, the elevation of Golding's text to the level of a classic can be attributed to it’s skillful portrayal of the surrounding circumstances, which sheds light on the inherent extremes of human behavior and prompts contemplation on the fragility of human morality. In spite of the fact that classic writings may show up obsolete and subsidiary with darken values and classes, they hold esteem for a present day group of onlookers as they contain an examination of widespread subjects and concerns, offer understanding into a past setting, and utilize stylish dialect to offer to and lock in the peruser. Such unbelievable investigation of values, setting, and dialect is obvious in William Golding’s 1954 novel, ‘The Lord of the Flies’, because it dives into widespread questions around religion and human nature that stay significant in a modern-day setting. In expansion to this, present-day gatherings of people can investigate Golding's positions on human nature as he passes on the anguish and disillusionment related with WWII. In this manner, through the joining of all inclusive subjects, tasteful request, and his setting, Golding has made a novel with exceptional persevering significance.