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Utopia In Lord Of The Flies

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A utopia is a prominent thought in all of our minds, but simply cannot be possible among the boys. To have a perfect society, the kids need to work, and listen to each other while fulfilling their needs in order to accomplish their goal of a utopia. When the boys first gather on the island, they want to be independently free, but still seek rescue. As soon as Ralph saw the lagoon, “he inspects [it] carefully and then plunged in” (Golding 12). Ralph, diving into the lagoon represents freedom, but rescue means work must be done along with the others. To start the formation of a perfect world, the boys elect a sustainable leader to guide them to their main goal. Chosen by vote, Ralph takes the throne and “the freckles on Jack’s face disappeared
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The longer the boys stay on this island the more savage they will become and another person is going to die. This savagery assists the deterioration of their civilization. Ralph, who is considered to be the protagonist of the story, considers the boys savages for their inabilities – inabilities to keep order, to build a fire, to have meetings. He focuses on what they are not able to do because it is easier than looking at what they have proven themselves capable of.

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Ralph’s role in the island is civilization and order. At the beginning of the story, most of the boys are focused on the fact that there are no adults on the island. The boys are unfocused on the task at hand, and they are trying to have fun. On the other hand, Ralph is focused on getting the group rescued and safe. Here’s a quote of Ralph taking control of the group, “By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded” (Golding 23).

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This shows the human nature of children and men when they are away from society and order for a long time. If they do not get what they want, then they will drive themselves crazy trying to fight and in turn, become savages, who are focused on killing and hunting. They are blinded by their anger and illusions that they forget about the real point, which is trying to escape from the island and their new goal is to kill each other off so they alone can be the chief of the island, but eventually all the boys will have to end up dying from natural causes or battles if they are not saved by a ship. Their morals are ruined and this leads to further chaos on the island. Once the chaos starts to happen on the island, Ralph also starts to rethink his idea of being chief.

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In the beginning of the novel the boys showed fear of being alone. When the boys first arrived on the island some of their first thoughts were what they were going to do without grownups. They were worried and they feared the idea of being alone. During the first chapters Ralph says that “We’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it.

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These boys felt that Ralph was not providing the rights that they needed. On the other hand Jack was. This was a reason to form a new government. The boys wanted fun, food and protection, which was nothing Ralph provided. Ralph’s main goal was to get off the island, where the boys wanted to enjoy their time.

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Did you know Utopias pose as nice and peaceful places but under the surface there is upsetting and controlling problems that Affect their lives? In the book Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) MS Phelps has been acting happy but after Montag read a poem her real feelings started to flow and she starting to cry. Ms. Phelps was posing as a carefree, happy person but she was actually hurting and in pain. The state is not a utopia because the citizens are covering up their pain by posing as untroubled people.

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Originally it goes smoothly but over time it starts to crumble and collapse. Arguments and fights occur more frequently and eventually Jack decides that “I’m not going to be part of Ralph’s lot-” (Golding,140) This quote shows how Ralph tries to be civilized but over time the more freedom the boys have endured, the quicker their version of civilization crashes. Jack and Ralph both want different things but their ideas clash. Like how in the real world we have different political parties with different beliefs behind them.

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The boys must survive on the island and fend for themselves to survive. No adults are left on the island, it is simply just kids who strive to create their own society. To create their own society,

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The boys' disdain for order reveals humankind's descent into chaos when they are taken from a stable environment. After working all day on the island building huts with only Simon and Piggy, Ralph says, “‘They’re hopeless, the older ones aren’t much better… They're off bathing,

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Although Jack expresses strong desire to become chief, the boys elect Ralph as a leader, suggesting an air of charisma that made him worthy of his position. He believes a leader has to “think, be wise… grab at a decision”, someone who can look after others and keep the group in

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A detached society: Utopia or Inferno? How would the world change if all people were absolutely equal in every condition. In this cutting edge short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the world is finally amounting up to America’s first amendment which is enforcing that everyone is created equal. In this society, the masterful, strong, and pretty are required to wear handicaps. Thus, these restrains leave the world evenly matched, from brains to beauty. With the world constantly pushing for equality for all people, Vonnegut comes up with a world that society is ardently working toward.

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Nevertheless they had to find ways to collaborate and manage their way through the island by exploring. The boys had to use their survival instinct to survive through tough situations, though they had no rules or punishments and the island changed the way they lived. There

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Utopia, a word that has been known to mean a perfect world filled with everything you want it to be. This is not entirely the definition of Fahrenheit 451, for instance, a ‘perfect’ world doesn’t cause people sadness, doesn’t cause people to hide, which are some of the things that are happening in Fahrenheit 451 just so they can keep their books. Citizens must hide their books because if they were found, their books would be burned, and they would be forced to burn along with them. Therefor this is not a utopia because knowledge is what everyone wants and what would make people happy, Montag is an example because he states that nobody was happy because their happiness was trapped inside the books, that happiness being the knowledge written on the pages.

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The island itself was their society that corrupted them because of being stranded on the island at a young age. The boys’ fear was larger than anything and the idea of

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All utopias are different. People have different concepts of utopias and they can be good or bad depending on their ideas. The examples of utopian societies that we read in class, like the well- known novel Animal Farm, and the lesser known short stories “The Most Dangerous Game” and “Harrison Bergeron” were all different examples of utopias, but none of them sounded fair or humane. One was murder, one was a twisted concept of equality and the other was taking advantage of blunt mindedness. In Animal Farm the leader Napoleon convinces the other animals to turn on the humans.

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