The boys need fend for themselves and they all had to figure out how to survive. Eventually all of the boys soon turned into savages and went against one another by hurting the others. There are two main characters who took charge right away due to no supervision: Jack and Ralph. Jack was mainly in charge of hunting, and Ralph was in charge of shelters. Each of the boys are in competition for chief, which leads to lack of authority.
To make matters worse, the boys had a whole new lifestyle and concerns that they must cope with, added on top of their overwhelming emotions. For instance, the boys suffered from lack of nutritious food, unsecure shelter, lack of security, and adult supervision. According to Ralph, many of the boys’ are frightened because of the situation there’re in, which is causing them to have constant nightmares (Golding 52). Clearly, trying to cope with these lifestyle changes and concerns can
Ralph and Jack’s Decisions In the Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack both have to make some very big decisions. They make these decisions using ethical approaches that coincide with their values. Ralph uses two ethical approaches when he is making a decision: The Utilitarian Approach and The Common Good Approach. Jack goes against most of the ethical approaches such as The Rights Approach and The Fairness and Justice Approach.
Ralph exclaims this with what can be inferred as excitement. The boys clearly don’t have the developed knowledge to understand that they can’t survive on their own and how having no grownups with them is going to be detrimental.
The island can be compared to the world and these boys can be compared to leaders. Civilized boys such as Ralph and Simon use their power to protect the younger boys, while savage boys such as Jack and Roger abuse their power to
The very same people in the novel reflect society. In society, everyone seeks approval. Ralph seeks approval with the crowd of boys, Piggy seeks approval with Ralph, Simon seeks approval with his deeds, Jack seeks approval of his choir and of Ralph, Sam and Eric seek approval from Ralph. And all the boys seek the approval of Ralph, and then Jack. This seeking of approval is what drives the boys to initially work together, but ultimately fall apart.
In the books The Outsiders and The Lord of the Flies, Hinton’s and Golding’s approaches to the themes of challenges, choices, conformity all contrast. For example, in The Outsiders, Hinton’s approach to challenges contrast Golding’s plot and the way they affect the story. One of the challenges Ponyboy faces is the fact that his parents are dead and his oldest brother, Darry, is supporting the family. On page 3, Ponyboy says, “Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us get to stay together only as long as we behave.” (Hinton 3).
Ralph and Jack have split apart, making the other boys no longer have a normal perception of what to do or think.
The majority of the characters are boys who are on a plane that crashes in an uncharted island where there are no adult survivors. They learn more about government structure, hierarchy, good and evil, and leadership. Keep in mind that there is also a war between nations in the book, so the boys don’t have much of a role model to look up to. There is a constant power struggle throughout the book between two boys, Ralph and Jack. Ralph’s main goal is to get
During a violent crisis, a group of English boys are evacuated to escape attacks from Britain only to have their plane crash. The boys become stranded on an island and from the moment of their arrival, the boys begin to destroy the natural harmony on the island. In an attempt to maintain order, Ralph uses rhetoric and moral philosophy. He specifically uses formalism, logos, and pathos.
Ralph was the leader of the civilized group, and Jack was the leader of the savage and bloodthirsty hunting group. Important arguments between the civilized boys and savage boys come up in three important moments throughout the book: when the signal fire is allowed to go out and a boat passes by the island, when Jack leaves the civilized group to create his group of savages, and when the savages steal Piggy’s glasses to make their own fire. The first key moment near the beginning of the book shows the growing tension between civilization and savagery. It comes up when
Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, Stand By Me is a wonderfully directed screenplay that tells of four boys - Gordie, Chris, Vern, and Teddy - who go out into the woods to look for the body of their fellow classmate Ray Brower. From dodging bullies, firing a gun, camping out, and running on train tracks, the boys are given challenges that they are able to overcome. Throughout the movie, director Rob Reiner uses a myriad of sociological techniques that opens the viewer 's eyes to the problems society still faces today. After watching the movie, you begin to question the past and the present and you see how much has changed between the two time periods. Stand By Me is a movie of self-purpose and determination; of friendship and staying
Jack, the boy who is outvoted by Ralph causes most of the conflicts in the book. The boys try to figure out how to maintain their society by themselves, but due to their failure, the boys transform from being innocent to savages. The two essential components lacking from the boys’ island government are discipline and respect for one another’s property, which political Enlightenment philosophers Cesare Beccaria and John Locke believes are essential for a successful government. Since the boys do not establish these components, they ultimately face death and chaos.
But, as his time on the island increases, Ralph is quick to realise that being the authority figure over a multitude of boys, mostly younger than him, is not all it is cracked up to be. This novel starts off with a bang, literally, there was a plane crash with-holding several survivors, but only young boys. Under the circumstances, the boys do not realise what the extremity of their situation is. They do however, select a leader, Ralph.
The boys no longer had adults in their lives, and because of this void, they had to become responsible. They attempted to create rules, shelters, and a way off the island. They attempted to provide for one another, and eventually began to act a little like adults. “…The ground was hardened by an accustomed tread and as Jack rose to his full height he heard something moving on it.
