Lord Of The Flies Savageness Quotes

Have you ever met someone who has turned savage? When someone turns savage, they hunt and kill like no other. Savageness can really affect some people if they are in the wrong position. For example, being left alone. In the story, there is a group of boys that get stranded on an island. They have to find their own food, and water and make their own shelter. Half of the boys are also smaller so they cannot fend for themselves. If someone is left alone for a certain period of time they can go insane and start to lose their mind. This can lead to savageness. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the theme of the absence of civilization leading to savagery is shown through Jack’s behavior, the conch shell, and the event of Simon’s

At the beginning of the novel, Jack is the leader of the choir boys on the island. There is another leader on the island who was chief of all of the boys and Jack did not approve, and this quote describes how they chose the chief. “Let him be the chief with the trumpet-thing.” (Golding 22) Jack is the kind of character that wants power and leadership, therefore he was jealous and wanted power for himself. Towards the middle of the novel, nobody agrees with Jack. They want to do different things than he wants to do, for example, he wants to hunt meat but the other boys want to make fires. He and a few other boys leave the group and make their own. The boys have been left alone for quite a while now and they are getting into fights and getting mad at each other. Jack's tribe is now back with the other tribe but they start to fight again. Jack only wants to hunt and kill and has painted his face with war paint. He takes part in killing one of the boys with everyone else. Even though it was an accident, he was very violent. These acts of Jack represent the theme that the absence of civilization leads to

At the beginning of the story, the conch shell gets picked up by a boy named Ralph and the boys elect him chief. The conch now symbolizes power and authority and created their civilization. During the boy's meetings whoever is holding the conch gets to speak. For a few months, they honored the conch and Ralph and thought that he was in control of everything. As they started to live and survive, they realized that the conch didn't mean that much anymore. A few days later the conch was destroyed by a rock. The boys went crazy and started being very violent. They were killing and hunting like crazy. This quote explains how the conch destroyed civilization. “The conch is gone— I’m chief now.” (Golding 181) They realized that the conch meant a lot more to them than they realized and without civilization (the conch shell), it leads to savagery, which is what happened with this special