Selflessness In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

Galaya Villumsen
03/06/2023
English
Second draft: Societies Mistreat Their Saviors
Saviors are the good people of society, so why are they treated so badly most of the time? William Golding wrote the novel “The Lord of the Flies” in 1954. The book is about a group of boys that ends up stranded on an island alone with no adults. The boys establish rules to help them get rescued and maintain a stable society, but not long after, the boys become violent. Throughout the novel, we can see that some characters appear more right-minded, almost like they are saviors. These characters would be Simon and Piggy. Though, because of their selflessness, they typically end up doing stuff that will be harmful to themselves. Saviors of society are poorly

Saviors are selfless because they put other people's needs first and discard their own. In chapter 4, Jack and his hunters had killed their first pig, but Piggy does not get any meat and the reason for that is that he did not hunt. But Piggy quickly makes a point by saying Ralph did not hunt either, but he still received meat. “Shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy” (Golding 74) After the boys still do not give any meat to Piggy, Simon gives his piece of meat to Piggy. This proves that he is selfless because, even though he was hungry and needed the meat for nutrition, he still gave it to Piggy. Piggy’s glasses are used to light the fire. Even though he can not see that well without them, he still usually gives them up very easily when they need to start the fire. “‘I’ll come too.’” (Golding 73) In this paragraph, Ralph takes Piggy’s glasses and says that he will bring them back. Piggy responded by saying he would come, instead of protesting. In the beginning, Piggy was very stubborn with his glasses but over time he became used to it and did not say anything when the boys took them from him. “‘All day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else.’” (Golding 50) Simon selflessly volunteers to help Ralph build the shelters. All the other boys are either bathing, playing or just doing their own thing and enjoying themselves. He knows that having the shelters is important because they create a safe and secure place to sleep, and he is willing to work hard to make it happen. “A thing was crawling out of the forest” (Golding 152) Simon is the only one on the island that truly understands what the beast is. The other boys start to fear the beast more and more, thinking it was a physical being, but Simon understands that it is not real and that it is only created by the boy’s fear. When Simon comes out of the forest to try to explain this to the boys, they mistake him for the beast and end up killing him. Simon's