Responsibility In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

Responsibility is a fundamental aspect of life, as it carries the weight of the actions and consequences that follow. The book Lord of the Flies focuses on the idea of how humans take on responsibility and use it for better or worse. A. When a group of boy’s planes crash on an island, they have to figure out how to survive. At first, the boys are focused on being rescued. But as the story progresses, the boys lose hope in being rescued and everything turns to chaos. B. The leaders in the book have a lot of responsibility in making decisions that determine the survival of the group. Every decision that is made has a positive or negative effect on the group. C. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack makes many decisions that have a strong impact.

A. The “‘Rescue? Yes, or of course! All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first.’ He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground” (Golding 53). B. “‘If I could only get a pig!’ [said Jack] ‘I’ll come back and go on with the shelter.’ [said Ralph]” (Golding 55). C. “‘If you’re hunting sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if--’ He flushed suddenly. There's nothing in it, of course. Just a feeling of a. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle’” (Golding 53). Another decision that Jack made was to separate from Ralph’s group and make his own. A. “‘I’m going off by myself. He [Ralph] can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too’” (Golding 127). B. “‘And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing’” (Golding 91). C. “‘We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe, come and see