Volume : 2, Issue : 7, July - 2013

Golding�s Free Fall, the Spire and the Pyramid : A Critical Study

Dr. Ranjit Kumar Pati, Dr. Pravat Kumar Mohapatra

Abstract :

William Golding’s writing explores moral dilemmas as the centre of human existence and he frequently places his characters in extreme situations to suggest a ‘mythological’ dimension to their lives. Free Fall is a study of human disintegration. It contains an endless amount of contradictions, oppositions and possibilities.The Spire is a study of dynamic human willfulness to a climax. Its medieval setting makes the recourse to imagery of angel and devil in conflict. The Pyramid is a combination of three realistic episodes with the presentation of a cosmic thing resulting in confrontation of two ideologies of mythic and rational.