The Spire: How Does Golding Show The Contrast Between The World Of Faith And The Real World In Chapter 2?
The theme of faith versus rationalism is very prevalent throughout "The spire" by William Golding. Golding seems to present the ideas of faith and rationalism at odds with each other (In chapter 2 at least) with Jocelin representing what could be described as blind faith, whenever confronted with the cathedrals lack of foundations and the seeming impossibility of building the spire he responds with "god will provide". Conversely we have Roger Mason, the embodiment of practicality and rationalism whose very description envisions solidity: "His hands were on his waist, thick legs astraddle, sturdy body in its brown tunic leaning forward a little". The arguments between Jocelin and Roger over the foundations work on many different levels. The comfit is almost symbolic of the struggle between faith and rationale and the issue being one of foundations enhances the poignancy of the debate.
The idea of Faith and Rationalism being two different worlds is first made apparent to us by......
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