Savage In Lord Of The Flies

George R.R. Martin, an author most famously known for his novel Game of Thrones, once said. “there is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” Everyone has the ability to become savage, but only when you give your inner “beast” the tools and allow themselves to be savage. This philosophy is also revealed in the novel Lord of the Flies and articles describing the Stanford prison experiment. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses Jack’s interaction with blood to demonstrate that when man gains power over others, he becomes savage and loses his morals along with a change in civilization. This idea is also depicted in psychological experiment, such

A group of British schoolboys, ranging from six to twelve years old, are stranded on an island after a plane crash. With no signs of any adults around, the boys have to take care of themselves. One of the oldest boys, Ralph, meets Piggy, who finds a conch shell on the beach. Ralph blows the conch to gain the attention of the other boys on the island. Among the many different boys, there is a group of choir boys lead by Jack. All of the boys vote on who should be chief and decide on Ralph, as he was the one who held the conch. Jack felt that he should’ve won, he was already leading the choir boys. When Ralph wins all the boys applaud, even Jack’s choir, and “the freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification” (Golding 23). Jack wanted to be chief and have the power, but when he doesn't get it, he doesn't act out in anger. Instead, he’s embarrassed, hiding under a “blush of mortification”. Jack feels ashamed that he had confidence and thought he could easily win the vote. He seems too scared to assert himself into a position of power at this time. Ralph, Jack, and another boy, Simon, go out to explore the island after the meeting. On their adventure, they discover a piglet. Jack claims

In the Stanford experiment the guards quickly became savage, losing civilization. While Jack and the hunters are searching for the “beast” they believe is on the island, they find a mother pig. They chase her down, in a very lustful way, more than just killing a pig for food at this point. Soon, they come to a clearing and Jack slits her throat. Blood pours over his hand and he “giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks” (Golding 135). Before, Jack couldn’t cope with the idea of killing a piglet, and now he’s practically bathing in the blood. The blood used to be “unbearable” to Jack, yet it has become a celebration with giggling and laughing. Even though Jack has “reeking palms”, which are not typically acceptable in their old society. They don’t care about morals anymore, they’ve become numb to the fact that they’re covered in blood. Maurice even lets Jack rub “the stuff over his cheeks”. In the short time the boys have been on the island they have changed Analysis. Not to long after killing the sow, Jack decides he has had enough with the power struggles between him and Ralph. Jack yearns to be chief and leaves to start his own tribe. At first no one follows him, but slowly the hunters join and the other older boys. At Jack’s new tribe, they have a feast where a “great log had been dragged into the center