...Thesis: Fear brings out evil within humans because it is natural for people to make irrational decisions under the strong emotion of fear; thus, humans will lead to their own destruction through fear. This idea is true and can be proven not only in Lord of the Flies, but also in our world today. Paragraph 1: Under fear, people are easily motivated by selfishness to make evil decisions. In Lord of the Flies, Ralph oppresses Piggy because of his personal appearance and conditions, such as Piggy’s fat, glasses, and asthma. In the novel,’ “You told ‘em. After I said I didn’t want--- ”... “About being called Piggy. I didn’t care as long as they didn’t call me Piggy; an’ I said not to tell and then you wen an’ said straight out---” … Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy saw that he was hurt and crushed. He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult.’ (Golding, pg. 25) Ralph puts Piggy on the spot and makes himself seem more powerful; in...
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...Mar, Alexa Period 2 Mr.O The Lord Of The Flies Which is better, to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill? A symbol is something that has great value. William Golding wrote the novel, “Lord of the Flies”. His purpose in using symbolism is to send certain messages to certain people. He wants to send a message to make people realize that you can change for the better or for the worst. I believe the most important symbol in LOTF is the conch. The conch is the most important because it represents leadership and unity. The conch represents leadership. With the help of the conch, Ralph became the tribe’s leader. “But there was a stillness about Ralph…yet most powerfully there was the conch.” (pg.22). This shows that Ralph became leader mostly because of the conch. The conch was powerful to them. Ralph became their leader. In the article, the author states, “Ralph: leadership: order: Civilization.” This shows that Ralph is capable of being a leader. In society, leadership is important because without leaders, there will be no one to lead us to a great change. The conch represents authority. The stranded boys are deciding for a chief. “He lifted the conch. ‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.’” (pg.22) This shows the boys voting for a chief to have order. Anyone who has the conch may speak with no interruptions since it was tumult. On the article, the author states, “…Anyone holding the conch in...
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...When Children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief ~ Henry Fending Using children as a focus point, William Golding speaks of human savagery in his novel The Lord of the Flies. He shines a light on human nature and behaviors using children as a paradigm to show what human beings are inside; savages. In his novel, Golding uses Jack in particular to show how total freedom can affect a human being. When we are young, we grow up knowing that there are people who are here to protect us or here to cause us harm. The people that protect us are our parents, policemen and the members of our family. But those who harm us are the criminals, the bullies and the Jack Merridews of the world. In The Lord of the Flies ack poses as a threat to the rest of the boys. He is a natural bully and he has no respect for others; especially a young boy named Piggy. When he speaks to Piggy it always starts the same; “You’re talking too much… Shut up Fatty” (Golding 21). To Jack, insults were a way of life. Because he was not able to control the situation at hand, he felt the need to control everyone around him. He had taken this behavior from modern society. He learned that to survive in the normal world, he would have to be violent; he would have to hurt people. But as the societal bounds were removed from the boys, Jack felt the freedom of the island; and started to embrace the animal he really was inside. “Jack, his face smeared with clays, reached the top first and hailed Ralph excitedly...
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...“When Tears Turn to Blood” Even a slight loss in control can turn aggressive impulses into violent behavior. In Lord of The Flies by William Golding it shows that aggression is inevitable in all people and societies, and can be productive when handled in a healthy way, but when channeled improperly, can result in brutal violence. Most societies set up mechanisms to channel aggressive impulses so that aggression does not turn into violence, such as sports, the military and competitions. The hunters handle their aggression using some of these mechanisms which are helpful at first but end up causing unhealthy violence. When the boys first arrive on the island, the hunters are successful in tapping into their natural desire to channel their...
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...In both Lord of the Flies by William Golding and I’m the King of the Castle by Susan Hill, the authors have effectively used settings and locations in their novels. This is a great impact, as most of the settings and locations have a meaning, representing something to do with the plot. The writers have used certain locations in a way that affects the understanding and thoughts of the reader, ranging from calm, peaceful settings, to terrifyingly dark ones. Each novel has different high and lows to their story, and locations are effectively used to express this. In Lord of the Flies, the Island is the main location, and this is used as a symbol of isolation. The Island is in the middle of the sea, and the location is unknown. The boys are separated from the outside, and are isolated from society and rules, leading to no order. William Golding is trying to create a claustrophobic fear in the readers, one of the main emotional states shown in the book while the boys are on the island. The Island is the opening location of the novel, which is deliberately violent, as this is the setting of “the scar.” This instantly portrays the negative effect the boys will have on the environment of the Island. The influence this has by being at the very start of the book on the reader’s interpretation is that it will give a feel to the reader about how the plot will twist throughout the book. In I’m the King of the Castle the main location is Warings. Warings is a ‘gloomy,’ ‘entirely graceless’...
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...beings, the things people do everyday is actually following a goal, survive. It is the human nature, when people are near the death, that can do everything, just to let them survive. In the book “the lord of the flies”, all the characters are kids, so we can see a lot of real natural things of humans when they are near the end of their life. There are several events that show the ‘ mankind’s essential illness” , such as the people like to bully the people who is weaker than them，people are superstitious , and they are selfish. As Annie Bank said: “the weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.”(the daily of Annie...
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...Lord of the Flies - Essay Lord of the Flies explores the fact that children are savages by nature and without adult guidance or supervision; the entire idea of this would turn completely upside down. The novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ is written by William Golding shortly after the end of World War II. The novel tells us about a group of English boys who are stranded on an island during the period of war. They discover that the island is inhabited and therefore, they attempt to create their own society in order to sort things out while waiting for rescue. However, as time passes, things begin to spiral out hand and get out of control. This is because they are extremely young and plus, there are no adults to guide them on the island. In the end, although they are rescued, everything is in vain since they have lost most of the important things in life including their civilised way of life. The event clearly shows that children are not innocent as they are savages by nature. When the story begins, Jack and Ralph are such civilized lads that they don't even know how to start a fire without a match. For example, "Will you light the fire?” (Chapter two) This shows that back in England the boys had everything served to them on a plate. The main character in this novel, Ralph is described as having an ‘athletic’ figure and ‘handsome’ in some way. As the main leader and the main model of order and civilisation in the novel, he dedicated himself to convince all the other boys that they are...
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...games. The difference comes when there is no parental summons to bring these games to an end. -Fear of being alone, beast, being on island forever, fear of unknown, of the future, fear of one another -The urge to destroy -Misunderstanding, lack of communication -Worship of wrong gods- dark primitive gods- Devil -Fascinated by killing -Power in one person not democracy - Destruction of environment and civilisation -Ralph has not the charisma to keep them -Short term and selfish things - Jack’s way -Need to keep fire – Ralph -Ralph learned the lessons learnt in war -Ralph goes on trying to keep society together -Man suffers from his own nature. Jack- shows indulgence of power - Arrogant leader, ambitious head boy, schoolyard bully -While the rules contain him he acts admiralably - Defends the rules early on in the book -He never gives up the rules but gives up Ralph’s universal rules that are based on morality and comes up with narrow rules -Human motives – jealousy of Ralph’s popularity, need to be noticed, fear of own weakness -Talented, ambitious -Adolescent Macbeth – he gets what he wants but doesn’t know how to handle the power when he gets it. -His rules include hunting all day and having fun whilst Ralph’s are boring but are needed to keep them alive and to get off the island. Piggy- Understands the meaning of what is happening - Most intelligent on the island - His death- a painfully explicit and violent image. - Not as strong as the others -...
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...In the novel Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack compete to be the leader of the group since they first met. Ralph has completely different leadership views than Jack does. Ralph for instance, uses the conch to signify that someone is speaking in the group, Jack on the other hand believes that if someone wishes to speak that they should be able to. Between Jack and Ralph, Ralph is more suitable to be leader of the group. One reason Ralph is a better leader is he wants to focus on the most important things first. His first thoughts are fire for rescue, shelter to keep them safe through the night, and then focus on food and water. Moreover, Jack thinks right away that the group should be hunting instead of worrying about the fire. Secondly,...
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...Savagery vs. Civilization The civil and savage nature lies in all human beings, each instinct dominant when the other is not. This is the overall theme of William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. William Golding was a British poet, playwright, and novelist, most famous for Lord of the Flies. This novel is about the internal struggles of young boys marooned on a tropical deserted island. They fight to maintain their civil ways, in which each boy learned, isn’t all that easy. When civilization isn’t present in a person’s life, the savage beast inside them takes over. Roger, Ralph, and Simon all have entirely different struggles with the opposing forces within them. Some succumb easier than others. Roger lost the civilized life he was used to and because of that the natural savage instinct inside of him took over, and a bully and eventual murderer was created. In this quote, the sadistic Roger is beginning to blossom, but he still has a stronger civil instinct in control. “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of old life Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law” (Golding 56). Roger is so tempted to throw these rocks at Henry, a younger boy, but his socially acceptable standards at home are still burned into his mind, for he reluctantly backs down. The invisible...
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...How does Golding establish the mood in the first 3 chapters of the novel? Introduction Willam Golding creates an evil mood in Lord Of The Flies. But how does he do it? He does it in 3 main ways. Read on to find out more. Chapter 1 In chapter 1, Golding introduces the novel's major characters as well as its theme: that evil, as a destructive force in men, society and civilization, is in all of us. To illustrate this theme, Golding uses several motifs: civilization vs savegery, human nature vs animal nature, technology vs nature, and the intellegent vs the physical. As the characters interact with each other and their environment, so do the forces they represent. By making the characters interact with these forces, it allows Golding the opportunity to compare and contrast between both forces and characters. The novel opens with a description of “the long scar smashed into the jungle”. This signifies to the audience that the plane has crashed on an island without civilization. It also makes the forces contrast between each other (technology vs nature). This is a persuasive technique used by Golding to make the audience want to read more. Ralph is elected as leader for superficial reasons. He is a a charming, handsome boy who appears to be in charge because of his use of the conch, which functions for him at the moment of his election as a symbol of authority. Although it was Piggy's quick thinking to use the conch to summon the others, hampered by asthma, he must allow...
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...Lord of the Flies Essay The darkness in man’s heart comes from having power. This really shows in the characters Jack and Rodger. For Ralph it was never about being in charge, but about getting home. To Jack having power was everything. Rodger hadn’t really cared about power at first, but took advantage of his power in the end. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys on the island slowly lose their sense of rationality because of the power Ralph, Rodger, and Jack have. Power never really got to Ralph the way it got to Rodger and Jack. He began to lose sight of what was truly important to him, which was being rescued. “’We can help them find us…So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire’” (38). Ralph thinks the fire is the most important thing for the boys to keep going. He begins to forget about the fire, Piggy starts to finish Ralph’s sentences for him because he cannot remember the thing most important. “He tried to remember…At last Piggy spoke, kindly…’Cos the smokes a signal and we can’t be rescued if we don’t have smoke’” (173). Without Piggy, Ralph would have gone just as crazy as the others in the same amount of time. Rodger did not begin to get power until Jack set off on his own to make his own tribe. At first Rodger was nothing more than a bully. He seemed unlikely to lose his sense of reason. “Rodger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones” (60)...
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...heart. Dio : Why don't you just let me save you, inferior human?! Line 56 Dio : Mama! Dio monologue : Human life is very vulnerable. Sudden death. The future is very limited. Only eternal life can bring endless hope. Dio : Hey, how many nights has it been since you last slept? Jonathan : Time is valuable Dio : Is it because of the exam again? Jona : Nah. Recently, historical understanding of things are quite limited Line 61 Jona : So I have to put in more effort, dedicating my life for it. It's a little embarrassing to say it. Dio : And then what? Line 63 Then to put it nicely, human's value is only its flesh and blood. Jona : Fly little bird. You can do it! You can do it! It seems there is a problem... Dio : What are you doing talking to yourself? Jona : A few days ago, I found this little black bird that can’t move nor fly. Dio : So cute. Do you intend to make it your pet? Jona : No, I'll release it. Dio : Release it? If you release the wounded bird soon, then why bother saving it in the first place? Jona : You say weird things. Whatever its future is, at least for now I can save it. Try to survive! You...
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...An issue going around for many many years lately has been the abuse of power. It is not always abusing power, it is sometimes abusing rights. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the abuse of power and rights was represented by only a few characters and was portrayed all over the place. Ralph and Jack were the two main characters, Ralph the protagonist and Jack the antagonist, and they both abused their power by controlling the actions of the groups they controlled. Golding illustrates that having too much power can lead someone or something into the wrong direction. This meaning that Jack and Ralph were put with the task of being in charge of the two groups and controlling everyone's beliefs and idea of survival. Throughout the paper,...
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...mom told me to the boys took advantage of it. They thought that went I didn't react to them that I was okay with and it got worse and worse. Like at my school in Lord of the Flies Jack and his hunters violent actions escalate out of control. In William Golding's “Lord of the Flies” Jack’s violent sense of identity administers an uncontrollable savage response to the boys island culture. This cultural collision directly influences William Golding's purpose to prove that all humans are born evil. Previously to his arrival on the island Jack’s beliefs were firmly rooted in his upbringing of british culture. An example of this is on page 38 Jack says “We’ve got to have...
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