Lord Of The Flies Rhetorical Analysis

Divergent Paths Every human being has that cold-hearted side of theirs that can be identified as savagery. In the fictional story, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, a group of young boys are stranded on an island with no adults around. Ralph, the selected leader of the group, had the job of keeping everything in order and civilized. But instead, everything is disorganized and the boys are willing to follow their own paths. Although they face so many challenges such as disagreements and violence, they manage to find their way out of the island. In this story, Golding uses symbolism, invective, and imagery to show that humans are innately savage. Hunting can either be a good or bad decision based on what the hunting is for. Two twins

Ralph and Jack are demonstrating violence by fighting. Their anger for each other has caused them to hate each other even more and fight. Golding uses imagery to show that Ralph and Jack are extremely violent and both are innately savage. In chapter 11, Ralph and his group had gone to see Jack and his group at Castle Rock. Ralph had asked for Piggy’s glasses back because Jack and his group had stole them. Jack was angry and started fighting Ralph. When Piggy tries to talk about starting a fire using his glasses, Roger, one of Jack’s members, uses a lever to roll a massive rock down a hill and smash Piggy. The conch broke into millions of pieces. Knowing that there is not a conch anymore, Ralph and Jack fight again, “Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore the skin and flesh over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell in the water” (Golding 181). Jack purposely swung his spear at Ralph causing his skin to get torn. Jack is a violent person because he injured Ralph with his spear. Imagery is shown here because of the clear picture we are seeing when Jack and Ralph are fighting. In my mind, violence is not the way to fix problems. But since there are no rules, they have nothing to