Why me? what did I do? I try to increase the chance of rescue, keep everyone safe and now I'm forced to hide in this dark, wet, jungle. I am absolutely terrified and I feel as though I am a small animal being preyed on by a gigantic beast. I can hear footsteps and quiet chanting in the distance; the noises are getting closer. All I can do is wait for my inevitable death. If it wasn't for that imbecile, Jack, I wouldn't be in this situation. In fact, we would probably be rescued by now. I try to increase the chances of rescue by telling jack and his choir to keep the signal fire burning. What does the asshole do? He goes on a rampage screaming kill,kill, kill . I realize that we needed food, but those morons forgot about what was important; …show more content…
What if Jack and I hadn't fought? Would Simon and Piggy have experienced the same, painful death? That intelligent, but weak and defenceless boy didn't deserve to die, I should have been crushed by the rock instead. When I stepped out of the mangled wreckage of our plane, I actually thought that rescue would come. I believed that with democracy, rules, order and teamwork, everything would work out. I thought that by trying to take care of everyone, they would do the same. I have nothing to believe in anymore. Humans are inherently evil and only the fittest of us can thrive in this world. Those who are inferior, such as me, are destined to suffer. The chanting is becoming louder and I can hear the bushes rustling in the distance. I've done the best I can to increase the chance of rescue, but now, after everything I've done to help, I am surrounded by savages, on this tiny island, hundreds of miles away from civilization. No one knows what is happening, rescue isn't coming, and evidently, we are forever forgotten. I can't help but wonder what Simon was thinking before and during his murder. What if he had made a discovery that could have reunited our tribe and brought peace to us all? Would I be in this position now? …show more content…
The ironic thing is that I am about to experience the same trauma and suffering as I have inflicted;I am a murderer, I have sinned, my soul is damned to the darkness of hell. To be honest, even if rescue came, I know that I wouldn't be able to live. I have seen the demonic force that powers human nature. All that society does is prey on the weak to gain power. I can't feel emotions anymore. If I returned to society, I would just be miserable; unable to form relationships, unable to love and unable to enjoy life in general. what is the point of life anyway? You compete for power, money, and resources while causing harm to others. You do the same monotonous things day in and day out, for years on end and gain nothing. That's all that life is, just a pointless competition. In the end, no one wins. There is only one fate, death! Oh sh*t, those idiots are getting closer! My only protection is the darkness of night and the dense jungle bushes that surround me. Of course, those little imbeciles had to choose to join Jack, after all I
Throughout the novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the character Jack finds his true identity through a clay mask of his own making. At the beginning of the novel, Jack is unable to kill a pig for food, however, he later puts on a mask in order to blend in with nature and not drive the pigs away. To the contrary, by putting on this mask Jack gains a newfound confidence that was nonexistent in his own skin. For example when Jack first put on the mask he “looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger” (63). By putting on a mask Jack is able to lose his identity a little bit and act and feel like a whole new person. This idea of taking on a whole new role when putting on a mask can be seen in many modern tv shows and movies.
Simon’s secret place in the jungle brings him comfort and peace. However, once he has the profound realization of the inescapable evil in every human, Simon becomes delirious and ventures into a clearing, where he finds the parachutist, and eventually the beach, where he is brutally murdered. This shows the escalation of the level of savagery of the boys on the island. It is no coincidence that Golding put Simon’s death in a place where he was vulnerable – out of the comfort he felt in the jungle. In the passage that describes Simon’s death, he is described as “a thing…crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly” (Golding 152). This shows that Simon is not his true self when he is separated from nature, and that he was uncomfortable and confused. Simon’s good, genuine character is shown best when he is directly connected to
Well, my escape plan failed. I was able to escape to the woods but later that evening I realized I could never make the long journey alone in the woods with no food or water.
Furthermore, nobody checked to be sure that Simon was not the beast. As the text states, “A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly….The beast stumbled into the horseshoe.” (Golding 141). This proves that no one checked to be sure that the beast was not Simon or anybody else. In their fear and madness the tribe assumed that Simon was the beast. This supports the fact that this is nothing but involuntary manslaughter on the part of the tribe because of their inattentiveness in not checking to be sure that the beast was not Simon and this supports the fact that they were not in their right minds at the time. If someone, whether it be Jack or the tribe, had checked to be sure that the beast was not Simon this entire event
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.
Write an analysis of the opening chapter of Lord of the Flies. How effective is it at introducing the characters, concerns and language of the novel?
In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding, suggests that without adults, children will grow up fast. Some are followers and some will rise to the occasion and become leaders. All of these children have one thing in common: they all grew afraid and lose innocence because they have no are boundaries that are set up by adults. This is best shown through the character Ralph in Lord of the Flies. The book is about a group of boys aged between six through twelve whom are trapped on a desert island because their plane was on fire. They have to form a society with structure and order so they could survive until someone come to save them.
Your clients were paranoid. The boys were stranded on an island, left with only their deepest human instincts. They had to learn how to survive on the island. Being kids, they did a decent job, but along with their youth comes a childish imagination. Their imagination lead them to believe that a beast inhabited the island. This caused mass paranoia, with all of the boys ready to kill the first thing they see that in any way embodies the beast. The boys ended up killing the beast. But the thing is, beasts don't exist. The boys killed Simon, committing the act of murder.
A group of kids got stuck on an island after their plane got shot down and they all have many different personalities. Being stuck on an island usually brings out the worst of people.But, there were two characters in novel, “The Lord of The Flies” that had good morals. These two characters were Ralph and Simon. Ralph and Simon weren’t intimidated by not having any adults around, instead, they tried to bring out the best of themselves and not take part in any horseplay the rest of the boys did.
He revisits Sam and Eric; the guards to Jacks tribe only to be told that come daylight they are planning to kill him. The next day the boys spend hunting Ralph like an animal almost like a pig. He hides and runs in the forest for as long as he can but they intend to push him out with the use of fire and they set the forest ablaze, stupidly. Ralph then comes across the piece offering left for the beast and destroys it. Defeated he runs towards the beach where he collapses and the other boys follow. As he looks up he notices a captain looming over him. The British naval officer tells him that he saw the forest on fire from his boat decided to have a look around. He then asks the boys who their leader is to which Ralph loudly responds that it
Jack fails to realize that the boys need security, stability, and order on the island Jack was a leader of the choir before the boys landed on the island. These boys, who were in the choir, still want to follow Jack; however, they have no discipline at all. The only thing that is on Jack’s mind is hunting. He doesn’t care about anything else, except capturing and kill the pigs for some food.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a peculiar story about boys stranded on an island, and the plot and characters relate to many prevailing events and problems. A specific problem that is currently occurring is the mutual hatred and enmity between North Korea and South Korea. This is a current event, but the North and South’s hostility has been ongoing since 1945, when Korea was split into North and South, Communist and Capitalist. When the 38th parallel(Border between North and South Korea) was created, Kim Il-Sung ruled the North, and Syngman Rhee ruled the South. As of now, a power hungry dictator, Kim Jong-un rules the north, and an optimistic president who wants to see change was recently elected in the South, named Moon Jae-in. In Golding’s book, Ralph is a character who aimed to keep everyone alive and to stay together. Jack on the other hand, wanted to have fun and hunt, and although he also wanted to be rescued, he made no effort to help. In this sense, North Korea is a clear representation of the character Jack and his quest for power, and opposingly, South Korea is a representation of Ralph and his strive for order, democracy, and civilization.
Simon’s death is a horrific ‘accident’ that kills whatever civil knowledge was left in the savage boys, “The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over… At once the crowd surged after it [Simon], poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws”(153). They tried to destroy what they believed was the beast, unfortunately it was the opposite of a beast. The innocent boy was mercilessly killed because the others were so caught up in fear that they had no intelligent judgement left. Fear has full control of their lives and it is beginning to have extreme
Simon represents all kindness, decency and all that is good in the boys. When Simon is murdered, it is a turning point as all civilisation is destroyed and their world has degenerated to complete savagery. Rules, law and order as they knew it is gone. Ralph and Piggy realise that they need to be afraid as it is now Jack’s tribe that has become the evil beast. It is humanity and the underlying evil within man that has destroyed
“‘I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some. ‘Course there isn't a beast in the forest. How could there be? What would a beast eat?’ ‘Pig.’ ‘We eat pig.’ ‘Piggy!’” In the story, the group is having a meeting next to the fire after the hunters had let the fire go out. During this meeting between the boys, a topic about the beast, that all the boys fear, came up. In this conversation, the boys end up saying that the beast eats pig and then another boy screams Piggy to gain everyone's attention. This is all that's really happening in the story, however, there is a deeper meaning behind this quote.