...Theme When establishing something new, it needs some sort of foundation to begin itself. We see an example of this in William Golding’s novel, Lord Of The Flies, as the boys begin to develop a plan of action to not only survive on their own, but to maintain a sort of control for themselves that they had been used to before crashing on to the island, in chapter two. By establishing all the rules, and only being open to them with the chance of being able to punish any rule breaker, the boys begin to plan how they are going to keep themselves in order. Besides the couple of worries that Piggy brings about the whole group to worry, the boy begin to develop a plan of action to make sure that whatever doubts they have, will soon be settled (34-35). Such as building a signal fire on top of the mountain and sending out people to hunt for food so that they can eat to survive, since they have no clue as to how long it will be until someone finds them (33, 37). In the society of today, we are always looking to create something new of our own in order to start fresh and have full control over the influence it will have overall. By creating a new civilization of just young boys and no adults, they were able to make that ‘picture perfect’ civilization they have in their minds, and establish easy going rules such as only being able to speak when you are holding the conch (33). We establish rules thinking that they will benefit us for better, however sometimes that may not be the case...
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...“What is an adult? A child blown up by age.” (Simone de Beauvoir). Is William Golding saying anything about the adult world in Lord of The Flies? William Golding says so much about adults it was an adult world he placed the boys in and the boys react in a way that adults very well can react. And In a way the power struggle, mob mentality, fear and violence represented in Lord of The Flies has played out many times over history. William Golding was not just comparing the two worlds they were one and the same represented by boys because really adults can be just as vulnerable and volatile they simply hide behind the idea of maturity which can quickly disintegrate when scared. This of course happened in Lord of The Flies the maturity disintegrated and they descended into savagery. It is simply human nature “I believed that the condition of man was to be morally diseased creation…trace the connection between his diseased nature and the international messes he gets himself into”. (Pg. 253) The symbolism in Lord of The Flies represents so many different aspects of society. The conch represents democracy and power it being the object that brings them together to vote, assemble and speak freely. As long as the conch exists the island is a place of order and fairness and with the conch comes Ralphs reign as chief. But when the boys begin to ignore the conch does Jack gain more power though he is still not equal to Ralph until the conch is destroyed the conch represented Ralphs authority...
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...History has shown life's mercilessness with the strongest surviving. In this game of survival, dishonorable tactics are used to climb the ladder swiftly with aspirations of attaining the pinnacle of power. Honesty and morals must be a mere memory if personal profits are to be achieved at a rapid pace. As a result, corruption and ruthlessness grows variably with the desires and cravings that haunt a person's psyche. Both Macbeth and Lord of the Flies give insight to the fact that greed engulfs people into malicious tyrants with the characters that are portrayed within these two novels. Thus, Jack, from Lord of the Flies and Macbeth, from Macbeth have both shown the world a crucial lesson that power and ambition are the root of all evil, as they carried out unethical action to achieve and maintain their respected goals. Each author, with immense captivation, portrays his respected characters with noble beginnings unadulterated of any corruption. Ambition has not yet overwhelmed the minds of these two respected characters, which therefore, gives them a chaste disposition. Jack from Lord of the Flies is introduced to the reader in a "holy" aura with the description of his choir; " Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast" (Golding 21) Conveying religion into Jack's first emergence shows the likely innocence encompassed in the boy's life prior to crashing on the island. The induction of Macbeth also renders an...
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...Defying Order Proves Costly Who is God? The answer has been sought for millennia. If one thing is certain, it is that He is the most intelligent and powerful being in the universe. God is a designation used to represent the highest authority over everything. Although many people may not be religious or even believe in God, artists may use a supernatural being allegorically, perhaps God or the Devil, in their works to represent order. In Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding, a group of boys become stranded on a deserted paradise island after their plane is shot down out of the sky. On this island it would appear a higher power is controlling the order. They boys start out civil by creating a political democracy, and are as children without sin. Sin, like adulthood or corruption, then enters into the group and the group is destroyed. The political structure the boys establish when they first meet on the island is also destroyed in the process. The group descends into chaos, with Simon and Piggy as casualties. In the end, Jack, the primary exponent of sin, burns down the island while hunting Ralph, which allows for the boys’ rescue. Despite being rescued, it was clear the boys were changed forever. Likewise, in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606), the country of Scotland is portrayed to be organized under the order of a higher being; a king. When Macbeth, a highly regarded thane, is tempted by a prophecy of being king, he acts on his temptation. Macbeth then becomes king...
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...How Are Power and Corruption Related? by Sebastian Sandoval "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord John Dalberg-Acton Macbeth and Lord of the Flies depict power and corruption. However in Macbeth's case it is his fear of being forgotten that leads to his ambitions for power and in turn corrupts him. In Lord of the Flies we see Jack's ambition to become chief corrupt him into doing whatever it takes to achieve that position. Both works seem to coincide with Hobbes theory that "man is naturally savage" and that savagery combined with the notion of power can only lead to one thing, corruption. In this essay the relationship between power and corruption will be explored through the lens of three texts: Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1623), Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954), and Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651). Let us begin with The Tragedy of Macbeth. Throughout the play, we see Macbeth change from a noble and brave soldier into a shadow of his former self. In the beginning we see an internal struggle with the decision to kill King Duncan. This is most clearly depicted in act I when Macbeth says, "We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late,"(1.7. 28-30 ). It is after the murder of Duncan that we begin to notice a sinister change. Macbeth begins to murder anyone who has or could get in his way even his friend Banquo. In act 3 Macbeth's plan is first revealed in his conversation...
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...Justin Sicheri 3/18/12 1 LOTF Poetry Project Poem excerpt | Insight | LOTF Excerpt | “The single clenched fist lifted and ready. Or the open asking hand out and waiting.Choose:For we meet by one or the other.” –“choose” by Carl Sandburg | In the same way that the poem “choose” is saying that the person must choose to be with or against but either way they will meet, So Jack on the island makes the boys choose between joining a tribe that is only concerned about being rescued and a fire or choose the tribe that is concerned about staying alive and hunting and protection. | “I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too.” He blundered out of the triangle toward the drop to the white sand.” (127) | Poem excerpt | Insight | LOTF Excerpt | “From the thunder, and the storm- And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view-“ “alone” Edgar Allan Poe | In the same way the poem says that when the rest of the heaven was blue, there was a demon in their view, so its saying that when everything else is okay there is danger right in front of you. In LOTF it shows the confrontation of the beast and the boys, so its saying that when they are stuck on the island with the beast everybody else around the world is doesn’t even know it’s happening. | “In front of them, only three or four yards away, was a rock-like hump where no rock should be. Ralph could hear a tiny chattering noise coming...
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...of human behavior. In Macbeth, once he had killed Duncan, he felt the need to kill any threat-no matter how insignificant(think Macduff's family). In LOTF, once the boys had a taste of bloodlust, they pushed the boundaries further until hunting pigs was not enough to satisfy them. could possibly be seen that once an act of savagery is committed it unleashes a drive to fulfill the dark side of human behavior. In Macbeth, once he had killed Duncan, he felt the need to kill any threat-no matter how insignificant(think Macduff's family). In LOTF, once the boys had a taste of bloodlust, they pushed the boundaries further until hunting pigs was not enough to satisfy them. could possibly be seen that once an act of savagery is committed it unleashes a drive to fulfill the dark side of human behavior. In Macbeth, once he had killed Duncan, he felt the need to kill any threat-no matter how insignificant(think Macduff's family). In LOTF, once the boys had a taste of bloodlust, they pushed the boundaries further until hunting pigs was not enough to satisfy them. could possibly be seen that once an act of savagery is committed it unleashes a drive to fulfill the dark side of human behavior. In Macbeth, once he had killed Duncan, he felt the need to kill any threat-no matter how insignificant(think Macduff's family). In LOTF, once the boys had a taste of bloodlust, they pushed the boundaries further until hunting pigs was not enough to satisfy them. could possibly be seen...
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...World War II was the most significant period in the 20th century. It caused the breakdown of the european empires, it cost more money, damaged more property far more than any other war in history. The Cold War was a state influenced by geographical factors after World War II causing striking out for advantage or expansion not only in Europe but all over the world. How is LOTF informed by the politics of the time during which Golding wrote it? Golding wrote LOTF in a noteworthy period of time that our world went through. The Cold War was influenced by World War II, from 1947 to 1991 the world experience the probability of a nuclear war. Why is this event still important today? The Cold War was the first time the world could have been destroyed...
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...He understands the power and respect that he has gained among the boys. Due to his power-hungry nature, he thirsts for more acknowledgement. He learns to use violence to his advantage and gain submissive followers in the group. This is shown time and time again, especially after he forms his own tribe. His brutality leads the other boys to obey him. He harms his own followers and takes advantage of them. At that point, Jack had become completely consumed by violence. After arranging Piggy’s death, he goes on to plan Ralph’s death as well. Ralph soon learns that Jack means to kill him, and fears getting caught. On page 198 of LOTF, Ralph wonders, “'What could they do? Beat him? So what? Kill him? A stick sharpened at both ends,’” Ralph can only imagine what Jack has planned for him. The sharpened stick implies that Jack will treat Ralph in the same way as he treated the wild pigs of the island by impaling his head on a stick. Jack has truly become the beast that the boys had feared in the beginning. He sees other people only as prey. He chases Ralph with murderous intent, and brutally murders Simon along with the rest of the boys while overwhelmed by...
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...LOTF and LOST both explore murder vs mercy killing. In LOTF you could say two of the boys were murdered in cold blood vs in LOST where you could say they weren't trying to murder they were just trying to help. The definition of murder is the killing of a human being(doc A). This happened in LOTF when Piggy was killed by the rock. Where as Marshal’s death was more civilized(doc C) as they were just trying to help him. In LOTF I believe Piggy's death is 1st degree. It was a act of hatred from Roger. As the book says,”High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight onto the lever.”(doc F) As for Simon's death you can't really say because the boys were so involved in the ritual and didn't know what...
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... |fierce exhilaration, skill; and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense. Jack | | |transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the | | |plastered hair” (71). | |Quote 2 “….” (#). |How does this element develop the theme(s) in LOTF? | | | | |“I agree with ralph. We got...
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...“I learned that people can easily forget that others are humans.” This was said by Philip Zimbardo, the psychologist who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a simulation that showed what is our first human nature instinct, this was shown through guards and prisoners. The outcome was very clear to see how humans act behind a disguise. Or how sexual abuse is used as punishment. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of boys crashes on an island and figured out a way to keep civilization present, but somewhere in the middle civilization crashed and the young boys succumbed to their savage instincts. Both LOTF and the SPE reveal that in certain circumstances removed from regular civilization,...
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...sightedness in the passage stand in a violent contrast with the brawl, and are consequently shattered. If the laws and expectations of a society are founded to uphold its values, then why, in what should be a Western-like society, is there no law against Jack’s actions, and why does he receive no backlash from the other boys around him? When the boys disregard the wielder of the glasses, they disregard the clear sightedness he represents, and when the glasses are shattered the boys are quick to lose their sense of clarity. Through the symbol of the glasses, Golding represents that a society and its rules and values cannot operate without a respect for and a personal sense of clarity. A third representation for the fall of a society is shown in LOTF by the signal fire. The signal fire is a symbol for the boys’ connection to their home society. Ralph is the first who recognizes the importance of the signal fire, saying that the signal fire “can help them (the British adults) to find us”(38). He says that without the fire, “they may not notice us. So we...must make a fire”(38). When the boys make a fire to connect back to their home society, they display the signal fire as their inner connection ...
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...LOTF In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack and Ralph are very different. They have different views on how they think the group should be governed and disagree on what is more important. Ralph’s father was part of the army so he has experience with strong authority and having things in order. Jack, on the other hand, is very power-hungry and feels like he should lead everyone. Jack and Ralph are characterized differently in Lord of the Flies based on their ways of leadership, morals, and style of government. When the boys’ first get together, the first thing they do is choose a leader. On pages 22 and 23 of Lord of the Flies, the group votes for Ralph to be leader because he had the conch. To the littluns the conch held a certain power of authority so when they saw him holding it they automatically saw him as a leader-type. When Ralph blows the conch for the first time on page 17, he feels a sort of masculinity and power because of how strong and loud the conch was. Ralph didn’t forget to give Jack some authority. He told him...
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...GCSE English Merisha Suleyman Ganidagli Golding presentation of the island I personally think that William Golding presents the island mysteriously. This is shown when he describes the environment the quote “the long scar smashing into the jungle”. He wants us to realise that when the boys landed they “smashed” onto this island empty plain and destroyed the beautiful features of nature. At the beginning of LOTF the children were civilized and were in organised groups. But it did not take that long for most of the boys to lose structure, control and reasoning. This is seen by the boys becoming lazy and starting to do things as they pleased as show when “Ralph inspected the whole thirty yards carefully and then plunged in .The water was warmer than his blood…… This emphasises the temptation of the warm water and the comparison to the temperature of his blood indicating the start of a chaotic chapter for the boys in the story. This change transforms from an angelic atmosphere to a sinister environment. From the beginning of the of the story, the writer creates an atmosphere that makes the reader feel tension building by relating to colours.” A bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another”. This indicates the use of red for blood and foreshadows the upcoming danger. Yellow represents caution which also foreshadows the negative side of how the story progresses. The use of adjectives such as “long, deep...
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