In Webster’s American Dictionary, Hostility is defined as Deep Seated or Mutual Hatred. Do any of the characters in William Golding’s highly divisive book, Lord of the Flies, display true and utter hostility towards one another? My opinion would be no. Hostility is a mutual hatred, and according to me, no one on this island displays any symptom of hatred (hatred being defined as an intense animosity.) The way I see it, the …showed first 75 words of 434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 434 total…All in all considered, I applaud William Golding’s effort in portraying a version of our society without the supreme leadership we have, but I must deplore his way of showing hostility in this book, as his characters are not at all hostile, as I have mentioned time and time again, they are mainly insecure and aggravated by those feelings of diffidence. Not to speak for all the characters, but for most, this is true.