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The Retrogression into a Savage-Like State Throughout Lord of the Flies, Golding illustrates a viewpoint many have labeled unlikely or impractical. He argues that all of mankind is capable of a behavior unlike society’s belief of normal human conduct. Society could truly be capable of retrogression into a savage-like state. Although the young boys in the novel are perceived as being the embodiment of innocence, their stay on the island depicts exactly how capable they are of such behavior. The novel paints a story that holds a deeper meaning than what the words on the page are attempting to reveal to the reader.
The children find themselves between two extremes: the honor they hold for the conch, and the savagery developed from the hunt. On the civilized end of the two extremes, the conch is a symbol of a functioning society. Ralph to further organize their meetings decides, “‘[He’ll] give the conch to the next person to speak,’” stating firmly that, “‘[the member] won’t be interrupted’” (P.33).
The boys all came together and voted for a chief, Ralph was elected. Ralph then creates a rule that the conch shell which they shall hold when you speak. Later, the boys speaks without the shell
(Chapter 4) Time has passed after the plane has crashed and the boys have set up rules to make themselves more organized and productive. By afternoon, the sun becomes hot, and some of the boys lost their sanity due to them they seeing mirages over the water (which are illusions that the mind images but aren’t really there), but Piggy ignores them because he believes, with past knowledge, they are the effect of the sunlight hitting water. But, as night time comes, some of the boys called the “Littluns” have nightmares and bad visions of a “beastie” which they said hunts in the darkness. These boys were usually to themselves and kept their privacy, but one and a while they got “bullied” by some of the boys. Like always they would usually get some fruit and eat them, however as they chomp down at fruits the Littluns suffered diarrhea and many other stomach diseases.
I had wondered what Jack’s tribe is like from when the two boys split up. Ralph was having lots of problems after simon died. Piggy, Simon, Samneric, Ralph, and I have been getting attacked by Jack’s tribe. I decided I would see all all the hype with this infamous leader is all about. I snuck away from the civilized tribe to the savage enemies atop the Castle Rock.
In this part of Lord Of The Flies the boys have finally received a chance to leave the island, but are surprised that the fire they spent so long telling of its importance, has withered away to a small trail of smoke. The surprise of the disappearance is not apparent for long they notice that “A procession had appeared” consisting of the boys who were supposedly caring for the fire. The group is then seen carrying the carcass of a pig that, pre-mortem, must have caused them enough excitement for them to leave a duty that was vital to their future survival.
In a life or death situation people will go to great lengths to survive. A fire burns in them which pushes them to keep trying. This characteristic is found in most stories we read and in everyday life. It can be found in Lord of the Flies, In competitions and sports, and in everyday life. One thing that people would do to survive is kill.
Everyone is so afraid of the beast and Jack, Ralph, and Simon say that they have seen the beast. On top of that, all of our food is musty. We are all very frightened after hearing that. So today we were all just sitting at the fire have fun and playing when we heard something in the woods, we were not sure what it was so we all very quickly grabbed are spears and waited for whatever it was to come walking out. All of us took our positions, but when the thing came wobbling out of the woods no one knew what to do besides attack it.
Authority keeps a society in order with little to no consequences. Without proper authority and social order a society can have a bad downfall. With a downfall, major problems could occur such as mixed social order, looting, and false voices. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies symbolism is used to articulate the theme of The downfall of a society without consequences through the symbols of conch shell, the fire, and the Lord of the Flies. The conch was chosen as a symbol of reasoning and order.
No Return The brain is a complex organism to understand. It can get damaged over time by having to go through stressful situations such as war. As it gets damaged changes the way the brain works and functions. The kids in this story to pushed to the end of their limits, and we see witch ones break and give into the bad and which ones can make it.
People think that you cannot pull out a specific quote that makes the story, but here are three quotes from Lord of The Flies by William Golding that make the story what it is. Lord of the flies is a book with a lot of symbolism, and with this symbolism there comes many turning points. Turning points bring many important sentences throughout the book. The three important quotes that make up the story are “We saw your smoke. What have you been doing?
During World War II, a plane crammed full of boys from England, are being flown over the Pacific away from the war, when struck down in the process. The pilot of the plane is killed in the crash along with several other boys, but some of the boys luckily survive the crash and find themselves deserted on an island, where they are alone without any girls or adult supervision. The first two boys introduced in the book are Ralph, who is among the oldest of the boys and Piggy is a pudgy asthmatic boy with glasses who holds a keen intelligence. Ralph finds a conch shell, and when he blows into it, the other boys stranded across the island gather together to see what it is. Among the boys that come to the sound of the conch is Jack Merridew, an aggressive
With no rescue in sight, the increasing authoritarian and violence-prone Jack starts hunting and eventually finds a pig. Meanwhile, the fire, for which he and his hunters are responsible, goes out, losing their chance of being spotted from passing a airplane. Piggy chastises Jack, and Jack strikes him in retaliation, knocking his glasses off, and breaking one lens. Ralph is furious with Jack. Soon some of the boys begin to talk of a beast that comes from the water.
I’m frightened myself, sometimes; only, that’s nonsense! […] Then, when we’ve decided, we can start again and be careful about things like the fire [Ralph believes the fire is the only thing that will help the boys be found]” (82). By this reminder, Ralph demonstrates his
During this meeting, Jack breaks off into his separate tribe. After Jack departs from the original group to form his own tribe, Piggy attempts to restore hope by proposing that fire does not have to be necessarily atop the mountain but instead could burn on the beach. Ralph, still possessing an adverse mindset, contemplates the situation but soon comes to a conclusion that because the beast is guarding the original fire, the boys will be unable to create a new fire. Ralph, then says, “Of course the smoke won't show so much, not be seen so far away. But we needn't go near, near the--”(181).
