Dbq Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

It was a day like any other day, but for the boy with fair hair, it would change his life forever. This is the beginning to the novel, by William Golding, that would surpass any other novel. And thus the book begins, marooning a group of English boys on an island, destroying their innocence, forever. This novel is like no other: Exploring the ideas of fear, war, and humanity’s evilness. So let’s begin. Fear. You hear it all the time. And we can experience the sudden emotion in our daily lives. Any time of day there can be Fear: when watching a scary movie, getting lost in an amusement park, or being alone in the dark. But in this novel, fear takes on a whole other meaning. In Lord of the Flies, you see the characters for whom they truly are.

The main characters in the book; Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and Simon, go through this emotion. In the beginning of the book, the birthmark faced boy, exclaimed to the older boys that he had seen a “Beastie,” A snake-thing (Document B). The only catch, was that he saw it in the dark. The boys didn’t believe the birthmark boy, because they believed it was just a night terror. Then Jack told the birthmark faced boy, that when he went hunting for the pigs that he would hunt for the snake-thing to. This made the boy even more scared, because it took away everything Ralph had said. This is a prime example of fear. Furthermore, when the boys went to hunt the beast, they found a dead soldier. Which they previously thought was the beast, because he was found in the dark. The strings from his parachute got caught in the tree, which made him move. This made the boys think that he was the beast. The dead man being in the dark, made the boys scared because they couldn’t see him. This is an example of the dark representing fear.

It goes on around us everyday. We don’t even think about it half the time. War can be good a good thing; Soldiers fighting to keep us safe and from harm. But it can also be a not so good thing; people intentionally harming one another. As the definition of war states, “ a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state”(google). So pretty much, war is not a good thing. Especially in Lord of the Flies, and unfortunately the characters have to experience the “not so good” definition of war. For starters, In the novel the boys are asleep. Twins Sam and Eric find a beast. But in reality it’s only a dead parachutes, who had died in the war that was happening above the camp. The War took place, “at ten miles” height.” (Document D). Because of this, children weren’t aware of the war, due to the fact that they were all asleep. This leads into the example that the explosion, and the dead parachutes falling down was the sign from the grownups of War. Also in the novel, their is a rivalry between the main characters, Jack and Ralph. It all began when Ralph was chosen for chief instead of Jack. Ralph taking on chief, made his leadership more of a democracy, while Jack made his leadership more of a dictatorship. For example, Ralph used the conch, a symbolism of democracy, to bring everyone together to decide on what actions they should take to further the chance of rescue. While Jack, thought his opinion about