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Jack as a symbol of lord of the flies
Jack as a symbol of lord of the flies
Analysis of lord of the flies by williamgolding
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Critical Evaluation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies The novel that I am going to talk about is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I am going to show how this book entertains but also makes you think about a human issue. This book talks about how humans still have barbaric tendencies. The setting of the book is on an island, this has been chosen as a setting for the novel because Golding can make a new world. A microcosm of society. Children are put on this island by the author, he uses the theme of war to put them there, this theme is apparent later on in the novel. There are no adults on the island and no one knows where the boys are. They are stuck on an island with only their wits to rule them. As we start to get introduced to the characters we come across Piggy and Ralph: Ralph is a boy that is a typical young kid, he wants to have fun, he is a well-built boy who is very strong. Piggy is not. Piggy is fat, has asthma and needs glasses to see. In a kids world he is not taken seriously, anything he says is dismissed, Piggy is the nearest to the adult world on the island. The conch is brought into the story, the conch is what brings them all together, that is the one device that creates order in a world of chaos. The first crisis the boys have is who to choose as a leader, jack puts himself forward and automatically expects everyone to agree to him being the leader. As you can see in the story the boys start to call the leader chief, the chief is a primitive name for the leadership. They have already started going back to their barbaric roots. In chapter 2 the boys create a fire and have ... ... middle of paper ... ...o this, Piggy who was most of civilisation has been killed by the boys, who are back to their barbaric state. What this is saying is that the people in society who are most needing of society are normally hurt. In the end jack has become so aggressive that he wants power so much that he is willing to destroy the island to defeat the leader of the remaining civilisation. What happens is that jack destroys most of the island and the only thing that will help them now is civilisation. A naval boat rescues the boys; Ralph can now say again that he is the leader because civilisation has now been restored. The irony of the ending is that a warship, a ship that is meant to inflict damage, rescues the boys. What Golding is saying is that are we so civilised or are we just living in a form of sophisticated form of savagery.
The boys work together even though their opinions differ throughout the chapter. They work together to progress on ideas and ways to try and get off of the
This is the turning point for Ralph, not only as a person, but as a character in the book. Ralph goes from a somewhat flat character, to a round character, and with this transformation, he completes his dream, a dream which he had with him the whole time. Not only has he come to peace with himself and his accomplishments, he has come to peace with those around him, “Ralph watched the water fight with sadness in his heart, never guessing the scene would one day hearten him, as it did now.” (p296). Some may say that Ralph never achieved his dream. I say that he achieved his dream about half way through the book, he just didn’t realize all he had, and all he could lose until it was almost gone.
After realizing that they are stranded on the deserted island, a group of young boys establish a
There is evidence throughout the book that there is a war going on but the most prevalent one is when the boys are sleeping and there is a plane explosion in the sky that brings down a man in a parachute. The story most likely takes place somewhere in the late 1940’s to the 1950’s. A person can guess the amount of time on the Island by the physical appearance of the boys because the author, William Golding, does not specify an exact amount of time. All the author gives us to indicate the time spent on the Island is that the boys’ hair has grown rather long and their clothes are almost completely destroyed. The young boys, or littluns, have the appearance of malnutrition which suggests that the young boys have not been eating the proper food that they should been for quite some time. With this information a person could conclude that they have perhaps been on the Island for a year or just a little over a
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.
Ralph shows what the boys need by the way he handles the then. Jack considers the boys lower to him, meanwhile, Ralph treats...
...when he suggests an idea to get rescued. The reason for Ralph expressing his logic is that he comes from a civilized place just like the girls would. The girls would have suggested a way to get rescued and they probably would get rescued, using their knowledge and understanding, maybe not in the same way as the boys, but the same idea.
An Analysis of what went wrong on the island in the text The Lord of Flies
knows there needs to be order among the boys, so he suggests there be a chief
However, as the plot progresses, Ralph faces both internal and external conflicts; from those conflicts he greatly matures. Ralph always has the strong belief that all the children will be saved from the island sooner or later; he is so sure that he even insists that they should have fire at all times to signal. However, when the boys abandon the fire which is symbolic of Ralph’s hope of getting saved, Ralph faces an internal conflict that makes him fear about their future; perhaps they will not be rescued at all. By insisting that the children should keep the fire going, he creates an external conflict with Jack whose values are different. Jack is enjoying life as a leader of the savages, and he fears that fire will possibly end his authoritarian rule over the savages. Both conflicts are resolved when Ralph finally meets the naval officer.
Ralph, in some ways, parallels a school teacher. He always tries to do what is in the best interest of the community, but sometimes is over powered by the majority and gives in. In over words, he does his best to keep order and peace, but of course can’t all the time because of disagreements, stubbornness and rebellion.
Ralph tries to resists the urge to become a savage through out the book. Almost all of the other boys become hunters and forget what is important. In the beginning, all of the boys come to the assemblies and decide that Ralph should be the chief. Ralph is the authority figure of the group. He was the one who kept reminding the boys that the fire is the important thing(chpt 4). The hunters let the fire go out and a ship just happens to come along. Because the fire is out, they lose a chance to be rescued.
Northouse defines leadership as “A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (qtd in Bishop). In Lord of the Flies, Jack demonstrates his ability as leader since the group
At the beginning of the novel, Ralph, along with the other boys in the group, was described as young and innocent. His first reaction upon arriving on the island was one of joy and excitement at the idea of being
This is illustrated when he says "There was a ship… you said you'd keep the smoke going". Ralph's leadership is what keeps the order among the boys on the island. Ralph's desire for home is what drives him to lead the group of boys and to keep an orderly society on the island. Creating the signal fire was Ralph's only way to get home and it is clear he knows this when he tells Jack "No fire, no smoke, no rescue.