Savagery In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

Savagery and Civilization: 2 words that are the complete opposite. Savagery being an adjective of fierce and cruel, civilization meaning the stage of human social development and organization, that in a way is the culture and the way of life. The book with a allegory to WWII, Lord of The Flies presents the ideas on civilization vs. savagery. This book about the british schoolboys up against nature after the unsuccessful plane flight, makes for a tragic story. This book by William Golding, carries closely to the actually events around WWII, teaches Goldings views on society right after the war, as well as a moral we can learn from this tragedy. 1954, was the year the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, was published (Lord of the flies and WW2). In very similar ways one of the main characters, Jack, represented Hitler. Ralph, the original leader of all the boys on the deserted island, was to look out for all the boys and set rules. As time passed Jack seemed to become everyone's favorite and gained many of the boys loyalty because he promised to give them

Gaining the people's control, Hitler's “Bands of Nazis attacked Jewish homes and businesses, looting, beating, and killing people” (Lord of the Flies and WW2). Jack and his team did a very similar thing. “A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe. ‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood” (pg 152). The mistaken beast was actually Simeon, one of the boys; and quickly with the controlling rush of excitement, Simeon was killed before Jack realized what happened. Although Jack didn’t seem to be the hero in this situation, people followed him because he got rid of what seemed to be people's nightmares or