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Savagery Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding is a dystonia novel, taking during World War 2 in the blitz attack. When a group of British boys plane crashes on uninhabited island. At first the island appears perfect but soon the true dangers will be discovered. Savagery is natural part of being human because of natural instincts like to stay alive, to dominate, and self-defense. Savagery is a natural instinct like trying to stay alive like when Ralph was being hunted. When the other boys were hunting with Ralph, he must become savage to stay alive and hide from the boys. " Ralph was looking straight into the Savages eyes. Do not scream... He's making sure. A stick sharpened." Golding 199. This shows Ralph is seeing himself in an out-of-body experience. Which makes him see what he has become to survive and outlive the other boys. Ralph has realized what he has done to survive on what seemed to be a perfect Island at the beginning. …show more content…

Jack made a different group and he said he would give them food in return he wants them to follow him. The boys worship Jack like he is a god so he wants to dominate them which he does.“ a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack. Sat they like idol” 149. Jack sitting on a log made it look like he was sitting on a shrine and the boys were treating him and acting like he was a god. With the boys worshiping him, he felt the that he dominated the other boys. The last reason the boys became savage was due to self-defense. When they were killing Simon they thought he was the beast which was self-defense. The boys also wounded themselves up like when they were dancing. Also, it was dark when they thought they saw the "beast". "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” 152. The boys were so round up with them chanting the song about killing the beast it is blood they did not realize they were killing time and not the

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