The American government has been around for centuries. There have been many debates about the perfect way to run the country and have to keep everyone in line. Well, not all of those ideas have worked, and there are many downsides to every idea. The novel “Lord Of The Flies” illustrates how the government has acted, and demonstrates how the author (William Golding) thinks the government will act in the future. Lord Of The Flies is about a class of British children whose plane gets shot done while flying somewhere. All of the adults are killed in the crash, so the children are left alone. Two kids, Ralph and Piggy, find a Conch shell alongside the beach and use it to call and assembly. Everyone follows the sound and vote for Ralph to be the …show more content…
Firstly, the Followers, the kids, really have no power, except for voting. They have the power to choose who they want as their Leader and that will have an outcome on the story (Pg. 22-23). Exactly like in America, civilians get to choose who they want to have as their leader by voting on election day. And although they might not have many powers, their votes will decide who will the running the country and how it changes the future. As a result of choosing who their Leader is, they are assigned different tasks to do and they must follow them if they want to get off of the island (Pg. 42-43). Similar to those in America, they are offered jobs and they are expected to do them if they want to get paid and have a better life. Lastly, the kids eventually get too caught up in hunting for food, and they suddenly start listening to what Jack is telling them to do instead of Ralph (Pg. 62-64). This relates to how some people can act when they get too caught up with what a certain politician is trying to get across. Some people may listen too much to what they have to say and throw away their own thought and beliefs on a certain topic. All around, the book is an allegory for the American government because it demonstrates
In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding connects a disaster to a bunch of little English kids with the government and civics. There are at least five different ways William Golding connects the civics and the boys that were stranded on the island. Some of the events are reflected directly from our government. The Constitutional principles tie into the book a lot by the popular sovereignty, limiting powers, sharing powers, separation of powers, and protecting against tyranny. There are many different elements of the government which includes voting, symbol of government authority, and committees which are of the most important.
Authority plays a vital role in the modern world through contrasting forms of government and the struggle for power between leaders. The leader of a society asserts power over its citizens with the aim to create the laws, which hold the society together. Once authority is demolished within a community, the power spreads to its citizens in which total chaos collectively overtakes the society. The process of law-making and a struggle for power takes precedence in William Golding’s allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies, through the conch shell found upon the shore. The conch grants superiority to one member of the group over the others, it is used to call assemblies and assists in choosing the speakers during important meetings. When the conch
Lord of The Flies, written by William Golding is an action packed novel written in 1954. The novel starts off with one of the main characters, Ralph, stranded on an island, with no idea of what happened and not a clue if he is the only one there. Later he meets a character named Piggy, who is one of the more interesting characters because he is different from all of the other boys in contrast to his physical appearance. Ralph and Piggy meet up they find a conch shell, this is one of the most important items found in the novel that symbolizes lots of things later on. They carry on to meet up with all of the other boys and decide to form a government, the idea was given by Ralph, whoever was holding the conch should be the only one speaking and
What would an ideal government look like for a group of boys stranded on an island? In “Lord of the Flies” a plane crashes on an island stranding a group of young boys. They have no adult supervision, so they try to create a civilization themselves. They use a conch to symbolize power and use glasses to start a fire. This civilization does not work, for they can do anything they want and get away with it. The government falls apart in “Lord of the Flies” due to the lack of the boys’ effort to use founding ideals, create citizens’ rights, and establish a formal government.
The author, William Golding uses the main characters of Ralph, Jack, and Simon in The Lord of the Flies to portray how their desire for leadership, combined with lack of compromise leads to the fall of their society. This desire for leadership and compromise led to the fall of their society just like multiple countries during times of wars.
In the movie, Lord of the flies, there is an unstable and chaotic government because people can't agree how to run it. John Locke would not approve of this because the government on the island was unreasonable because the power was in one person's hands, people had different opinions and thoughts, and Jack did not think Ralph could run the island.
Once the tribes formed, democracy was abolished. Jack didn’t have everyone under his rule so, he was still unhappy. To get the children of the island to follow him, he went to the extent of murder. Simon and Piggy were victims of two different governments colliding together. After the death of Simon and Piggy, Ralph was alone. The democratic group was finally gone. The dictators had taken over.
This democratic society does not last very long as the children (especially Jack) have a lack of respect for the conch and the rules. We can see this when Jack decides, “We don’t need the conch anymore, we know who should say things.” As the conch represents democracy, we can see that civilisation on the island is breaking up and savagery is starting to take over. We can also see a break up in society when Jack says, “Bollocks to the rules!” Here we can see that Jack contradicts himself while managing to diminish the assembly and the power of the conch.
The Lord of the Flies is one big allegory, the way the boys are formed on the island is similar to different governments our world has had before, and currently have. The type of government that the island has, changed throughout the book. In the beginning the government is a democracy, but towards the end it changes to a dictatorship. This dictatorship is run by Jack who gathers followers when he promises pig meat, and fun. This idea is shown throughout the book, in many places, through objects, and actions.
When the children become stranded on the island, the rules of society no longer apply to them. Without the supervision of their parents or of the law, the primitive nature of the boys surfaces, and their lives begin to fall apart. The downfall starts with their refusal to gather things for survival. The initial reaction of the boys is to swim, run, jump, and play. They do not wish to build shelters, gather food, or keep a signal fire going. Consequently, the boys live without luxury that could have been obtained had they maintained a society on the island. Instead, these young boys take advantage of their freedom and life as they knew it deteriorates.
The political system that they had on the island was corrupt. It wasn't the system but the individuals who were responsible for corruption in society. At first they had a leader, Ralph. He made rules, held meetings and tried to keep things in order. Soon Ralph's rules are being ignored and questioned. Jack was too concerned with hunting, to worry about the other things that can keep them alive, like the signal fire that would get them rescued, Madness came into his eyes. "I thought I might kill." "But you haven't yet (51)." Soon, Jack decides he's had enough of Ralph, "I'm not going to be part of Ralph's lot. I'm going by myself. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come (127)." He lures the other boys away and makes a tribe. Ralph's community deteriorates. Jack is responsible for the corruption of their society.
Without government, society degenerates and people lose their capacity for moral behaviour. Survivors in Haiti say that if other countries had not provided aid and restored order, there would be much more violence and everyone would only serve themselves. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author uses the events on the island to demonstrate that people require government to restrain their impulses. The creation of a democratic government with Ralph as chief allows the inhabitants of the island to make decisions together and take everyone’s viewpoint into consideration. Soon, however, the democracy begins to be disregarded. When Jack creates a dictatorship, he fails to restrain the impulsive behaviour of the boys, which demonstrates the superiority of Ralph’s government.
As the story opens, the boys are stranded on the island without any type of authority and must fend for themselves. A meeting is held and the chief, Ralph, is quickly named. A reader at once can notice there is already a power struggle between Jack and Ralph but this is overlooked when Jack says rational and sensible remarks about what should be done. The stability of civilization is still apparent when Jack says, “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things,” (Golding 42). The boys are still influenced by the restraints they learned from a controlled society. Joseph Conrad asserts that “there exists a certain ‘darkness of man’s heart’ that is suppressed by the light of civilization” (Introduction to Lord of the Flies 2). “Although Golding suggests the harmony of an ideal society, he does not indicate any faith in its creation” (Kennard 234). The more meetings that are held the more futile they become. “ ’We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don’t get done,’ ” (Golding 79). The boys realize that there are no punishments for what they do and disregard their priorities. “The idea that the absence of the restraints of civilization can lead to a subversion towards savagery” (Introduction to Lord of the Flies 2). The makeshift society that the boys have created is already starting to weaken.
During their stay on the island, the government starts going out of control, and people's lives suffer because of it. In the movie when Jack comes to steal some fire, things got out of control
In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies,he uses his writing to portray many hidden messages. From demonstrating how man can be self destructive, to how our society can influence the minds of young children. The book which was written out of the tension of World War II, is about a group of British school boys who end up on a deserted island after the plane crashed when it was shot down. They boys find themselves with no adults and struggling to remain civilized and have order. One of the main messages that William Golding is portraying in this novel is his political views and how he believes a democracy is a better form of governments. He does this with the conch, the two separate groups, and