Restraint in Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness
Throughout Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness the importance
of restraint is greatly stressed. This being the restraint to remain human
and maintain sanity. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow was able to remain his
restriant despite how difficult it was for him. He was always surrounded
by cannibals and constant chaos. On the other hand, Kurtz was unable to
keep his restriant, as a result he lost his humanity and sanity, and
eventually died because of it. In Lord of the Flies, Ralph is able to
restrain restrain, and he therefore remains human. He found it difficult
though, because there was only one other person who was able to do the
same- Piggy. Ralph was determined to maintain order, and he was very alone
because of it. Jack on the other hand, gave in to the temptation of simply
hunting and playing, and lost his humanity in the process. He became a
savage - not a human being, but a savage with a painted body and strange
barbaric ways. In contrast, the cannibals in Heart of Darkness, (who are
starving) could have easily had many satisfying meals. After all, they
outnumbered the whites thirty to five, but they still had necessary
restraint to refrain from savagely feasting on some of the easily
accessible seamen. Towards the end of the novel, Marlow becomes becomes
very close to losing his sanity, but also has the necessary restraint to
maintain it. He confuses the beat of a drum (the call to man's primative
side) with his own heartbeat, but is still able to restrain from slipping
over the edge as Kurt did. Ralph in Lord of the Flies is constantly faced
with temptation to join Jack and all of the other boys, especially when
Piggy dies and he is all alone. This makes it even more difficult to
restrain from giving in to Jack and his animalistic tribe. Therefore, it
is evident how important restrain is in these two novels. The ability to
do so may be the difference between life and death, and the one who can
restrain himself teh most is the one who prevails in the end.
In conclusion, it is evident that the authors of these two novels
Throughout the course of my senior English career, there aren’t any texts I’ve read that have affected me as deeply as Lord of the Flies or Heart of Darkness. Not only are they shocking and saddening at face value, but once you realize the symbols represented by their most famous scenes, they become so much more than words on paper. These texts become testaments to the faults of humanity on a global scale. These aren’t your average symbols of some romantic idea. When the realization hits you, you can almost feel it. But, with how different these two works are, can they have similar messages about humanity? As a matter of fact, they do. The shared messages about the human condition in The Lord of The Flies by William Golding and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad are that there is evil in all of us, we all lose our innocence, and we are manipulative.
In “The Lord of the Flies”, William Golding uses several characters to symbolize two main sides of humanity. Jack, Roger, Ralph, and Simon are all characters who represent an important part of humanity in “The Lord of the Flies”, although not all of them retain their good nature. As Jack and Roger resort to their savage instincts, they begin to represent the ruthlessly savage side of humanity. However, they are opposed by the order and civilization that is represented by Ralph and Simon. As a result of this conflict, it is shown that savagery will work to wipe out the order in society and the good in humanity if it is allowed to.
Years later, the Telecommunication Act of 1996 triggered dramatic changes in the competitive landscape. SBC Communications Inc. established itself as a global communications provider by acquiring Pacific Telesis Group and becoming the new AT&T. The merger of AT& T and BellSouth, along with the ownership consolidation of Cingular Wireless and YELLOWPAGES.COM, will speed convergence, competition and continued innovation in the communications and entertainment industry, creating new solutions for consumers and businesses and positioned to lead the industry in one of its most signifi...
Lord Of The Flies is many things other than in the bookshelves of libraries, but it is also other things like a religious allegory. A religious allegory with rape and mutilation, the loss of civilization and the rise of savagery. 12-year-old savages couldn’t do THAT much harm except for commit arson, murder and several felonies. These actions just described may all be influenced by the devil, just like the Devil’s role in the bible.
In the book Lord of The Flies. There are many examples of both savagery and civility. There are so many differences between the two. One has the strive to keep themselves alive at all costs while the other keeps people alive while trying to keep within society's standpoint on things.
Human nature is more complex than society can understand. People can be honest, yet deceitful; kind, yet heartless; loyal, yet treacherous. However, one thing that can be agreed on is that when someone is above authority, his or her core self becomes apparent, because it has been proven time and again. In the book The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, this transition is outlined, showing, over time, a decadence from society into their natural state, be it civil or savage. Golding uses symbols such as Jack, Roger, and the choir to show that hunger for power and violence is inherent, and when removed from law it spreads and grows, like wildfire.
Jack, William Golding’s antagonist in Lord of the Flies, reveals through his experience on the island that it is an individual’s assertiveness, manipulative abilities, and charisma which dictate who commandeers power and privilege over others, and that possessing these traits often negatively impacts the lives of the people leaders seek to control.
The same author who wrote Lord of the Flies, once mentioned in an article, “When people are afraid they discover the violence within them and when they are afraid together they discover that the violence within them can be almost bottomless” (Golding). Even though everyone around him was losing their humanity, Ralph did not let the temptation win him over. It would have been a lot more easier for him if he became a hunter, like Jack. Although, Ralph knew becoming one would destroy any possibility of being rescued. Ralph and Jack our polar opposites, one is pure and the other has nothing but darkness within him. In an article called, Why Boys Become Vicious, it is said, “If it is true, as it seems to be, that there is a simplicity about human goodness, then it is just as true that there is a corresponding complexity about human evil” (Golding). It is almost as if William was solely writing about Ralph and Jack in this particular line. Jack seems to have many layers, as you dig deeper, his evil identity begins to reveal itself. Ralph on the other hand, has a non complex and ordinary righteousness about him. Jack was not strong enough to fight the evil within him, but Ralph
William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies is a story about how a small group of young boys, ages 6 to about 12, survive on an island without any parental or societal guidance When they arrive, the boys are quick to try to come to order and live in a perfectly civilized manner before help comes. Unfortunately, authority and order does not last very long. As one leader, Ralph, slowly becomes insignificant to the group, a boy named Jack rises to the occasion and becomes the new “chief” to look up to. However, after just a few weeks, the boys are chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” while they make a ring and close in on a very small beast as it screams about the real and true beast that was on the hill (Golding 159). As control on the island becomes more chaotic, the boys must look up to something, or someone, on what they should do and how they
Without laws humans could commit countless of unforgivable crimes. The hierarchy of courts trying to decide the vile, vigorous mistakes humans has created. What would happen if there were no laws? The novel “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding published in 1945, after World War II. Through the novel, it expresses Golding’s views on human nature and shows how evil and barbaric humans are. It starts off with a group of English boys who has been washed up on an isolated island. At first they celebrate their freedom without adults and created their own rules. However, as time passes on the island their order collapse and it becomes a world of terror and fear. “The Lord of the Flies” conveys civilisation through Ralph and savagery through
Cruelty can ruin people and destroy their morals and humanity. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, British schoolboys begin to become savages after they have inhabited an island without adults, rules, or order. They regress from being proper boys into inhuman savages all because they don’t have any rules to keep them in order. The novel proves that everybody needs rules, order, and intelligence because it is easy to lose one’s humanity and become cruel and evil without those three things.
reputation of being the best in the industry. To do this they focused on and
Global Communications is a telecommunications company facing a changing market and increased competition. The leadership team has come up with a plan to outsource some call centers to other countries and create an alliance with a satellite company to provide additional services to their customers.
There were three main distribution channels for batteries: discounters, 52.5% of sales; drug stores, 23.8% of sales; and supermarkets, and 23.7% of sales.
Global Communications is a financially struggling telecommunications company. Its stock has depreciated fifty percent in three years. Currently, the organization is faced with too much competition within the telecommunications industry. Local, long-distance and international markets are all competing for the same business. In addition, the industry suffered a huge blow at the hands of the cable companies, who stepped in to provide complete solutions encompassing computers, televisions and plain old telephone service (POT).