Golding’s the Pyramid: A Study of Class Hierarchy

Abstract

William Golding in his novel The Pyramid explores the conflict prevailing in the English society as an outcome of class hierarchy. The title The Pyramid itself refers to the pyramid of social hierarchy. This is because of the economic status; the conflict goes on and on. The struggle occurs between upper and lower middle class. The characters like Bobby Ewan stands for upper middle class whereas the characters like Oliver stands for the lower middle class. There is the tug of war between these two representatives of two distinct classes. Each of them struggle for the existence. It is the essence of Golding’s The Pyramid,which has been discussed in detail in this research with a number of critical opinions that claim Golding as the most socio-realist novelist.