The Lord of the Flies and Lost
The Lord of the Flies and Lost have many alikes. We can see that even though The Lord of the Flies was written years ago, Lost is just like it we can see that they both deal with death and figuring out was it an accident? , Who was the murder? , who is guilty? , and who is innocent ?. They deal with simon and piggy’s deaths in the Lord of the Flies and in Lost the death of Mr.Mars. Was it murder? Or Was it an accident ?. Murder is defined as the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. ( Document A). Civilized is defined sd having an advanced or human culture, society ,etc.(Document B) We want to know if Piggy , Simon and Mr.Mars were murdered or was it an accident. In document D it tells us about Simon’s death from The Lord of the Flies. Simon was killed was killed from the group. Was this murder? Simon was killed on a stormy night due to that he had discovered the truth about the beast. In the document it says that when Simon was coming back from the mountain, he was on his way to tell the boys about the truth about the beast, but tragically the boy didn’t recognize him. Since it was a stormy and dark night the boys confused
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It was Piggy’s death.He was from “Lord of the Flies” . Was Piggy’s death a murder? Who was guilty? Piggy’s death was basically that he feel off a cliff and died.Raph had heard the rocks falling,dived and dodged it. In the transaction of that the boulder strikes Piggy. “The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” Then Piggy “fell forty feet and landed on this back across the square red rock in the sea.” I think this was murder because It was Ralph who heard the sound of the rock falling, dives and dodges it. That lead for innocent Piggy to die. Ralph was surely guilty, his action dove them to have someone
The setting of Lord of the Flies takes place in an unnamed island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in 1954, during World War II. In the Lord of the Flies, what does the beast represent? In Lord of the Flies, a message can be deciphered. The message “Without the guidance of authority, the youth of the world would become evil and self-preserving.”
Another characteristic of deindividuation is aroused emotion. They boys in Lord of the Flies are often in a frenzy and become one large group. [T] For example, when Piggy urges (v) Ralph to reassemble the group of boys, they come “together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolve[s]” (Golding 92). [6] The boys become one mass. [5] Because of aroused (adj) emotion, the boys are no longer individuals, but one unit (pn) of deindividuation. Also, when the pig game goes too far with Robert, he starts “screaming and struggling with the strength of the frenzy” (Golding 114). [2] In the pig game, the hunters reenact the killing of the first pig. The boys deindividuated within the large group because (cl) they become aroused by the setting,
In The 33, no on dies or is murdered. However, in Lord of the Flies, two murders are committed, with one of those confirmed as intentional. In Lord of the Flies Roger purposefully pushes a boulder that strikes Piggy’s head, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee, “ which killed him stone dead. Their situations are also similar in the way that they are stuck in a location unknown by the outside world. (Transition word)
The basic premise of Lord of the Flies is that humans naturally live in savagery and ignorance, without any idea of how to live together. The most terrifying death in the novel is that of Simon, who symbolizes the eyes of a blind and stumbling group of children digressing into savagery. As Christ lived, so lived Simon, as Christ died, so died Simon. Each died because human nature hates prophets, because humans naturally live in savagery and ignorance.
The group actually ends up killing a boy named Simon, who was very mysterious, but likeable character throughout the novel. Here is what Piggy, another literary character in Lord of the Flies, says caused the murder, “It was dark. There was that-that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!” (Golding 156). This quote shows that the boys were truly scared by Simon’s appearance and since they already had spears, their response was to kill. They thought that Simon was a creature on the island set to kill them. This means that they were scared to be killed by it, so they let fear tell them to kill it. The beast was not the only thing that used or created fear in the other boys. Jack also did
When placed on a deserted island, a group of strangers banded together to try to survive. They decided on a leader, problem-solved, fought off a beast, and formed their own society, even if it was somewhat flawed. This was the situation in the famous TV show, Lost. The Lord of the Flies and Lost are similar in these many different ways, with the exception that the show featured a tribe of adults instead of children. That just proves how difficult it is to maintain order in a society; even the adults struggled with keeping it peaceful and civilized. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding presents a broken society of savage boys fighting one another to suggest that man’s capacity for evil is brought out by the need for power and control.
“Lord of the Flies”, the first of many novels by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. Although Golding’s first book started off sluggish, it later lead to a greater accomplishment, and was given many titles from different magazines like TIME, and media companies like BBC. Today “Lord of the Flies” is considered one of the finest modern classic books. Goulding wasn’t just an author but he was also a part of the royal navy in world war two, and was involved in the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. When scrutinizing the book’s cover there are many assumptions that can be drawn of what the novel is going to be about. From observing the cover page, one can get a hint of how the story is going to be, for instance one can use the description
As Simon was trying to tell the boys that the beast did not exist, his death symbolises that mankind can’t face the truth about their inner desires.
Ralph believes that Simon's death was murder, but Piggy doesn’t. Piggy was in denial and says: “you stop it!”(Goulding 156) Piggy said this after Ralph said, ”that was murder,” (Goulding 156)Piggy said that because he didn’t want Ralph to think like that.
“Viva La Vida” by the band Coldplay can easily be related to Ralph’s situation as the end of The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. At the start of the novel Ralph is instantly chosen as chief over Jack. In fact the boys are so excited for him to be chief that they shout his name repeatedly. This chanting is similar to how the people in the song sang praises to their king in “Viva La Vida.” However, much like the king in “Viva La Vida,” Ralph’s kingdom eventually crumbles. Early on in the book the idea of a beast is brought up by a little kid, but soon more and more of the boys begin to fear and hunt it. Even Ralph begins to fear the beast, he goes exploring on the island to “put the beast out of [his] mind” (Golding 109). Finally, at
Ralph, the first character introduced to the audience, is probably the most likable character in the entire story. Although he does not ponder such deeply like Piggy, is not as spiritual like Simon, or as energetic as Jack, there is something in him that attracts the audience. Ralph serves as the protagonist of the story. He is described as being a playful, innocent child in the beginning, but towards the end he matures significantly. In the first chapter where he takes his clothes off and goes swimming like any child would do, he seems to be Adam in the Garden of Eden, a child left to play with the nature.
In William Goldings, The Lord of the Flies, an illegal killing took place. Unlawful homicides vary from First degree murder to Manslaughter. Second Degree, murder is a killing which is deliberate and planned in combination with felonies. When Piggy had gone to Castle Rock to retrieve his glasses, he ended fighting Jack. While the boys were disputing a rock was thrown at Piggy subsequently making him fall and die. Jack then proceeded to scream to Ralph that that’s what he deserved, approving Piggy’s murder. The Jury should find Jack Merridew guilty of Second Degree Murder in the death of Piggy.
As Jack hunts his “frustration seemed bolting and nearly mad” which shines in his slowly deranging eyes (Golding 67). In Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, stranded boys struggle to find order and civilization on an island with no other humans. After their plane crash lands, a few boys, such as Ralph and Piggy, are quick to set up standard rules. But, not everyone agrees that rules and rescue are what is most important. Jack, a boy who cares more about hunting, disrupts the goodness and order that remains in the boys. When a simulated hunting influenced and led by Jack goes awry, the boys kill Simon. The now deceased Simon is the purest and kindest of the boys. Jack leads the elimination of the only good left on their island. Whether it is his intention to kill him or not, Jack should be held responsible for Simon’s demise because he leads the group to kill him, regardless of his age.
People are privileged to live in an advanced stage of development known as civilization. In a civilization, one’s life is bound by rules that are meant to tame its savage natures. A humans possesses better qualities because the laws that we must follow instill order and stability within society. This observation, made by William Golding, dictates itself as one of the most important themes of Lord of the Flies. The novel demonstrates the great need for civilization ion in life because without it, people revert back to animalistic natures.
In the end, even though he failed to inform the other boys of it, Simon through his use of spiritual power was able to recognize the truth. He stood strong against evil even though it consumed the island after his death. People can look to him as an example of how to act in real life. And to be honest, Simon is an important character to Lord of the Flies by William Golding, not just for all this, but because he is what every person should wish to be. In the book the others bully him because they do not quite understand him, but Simon in all reality is a role model for the world. Don’t you think that the world would be a much better place, if we all tried to act a little bit like Simon?