Is adolescence really about fitting in or not standing out? Do you have any responsibility to those students who do not fit in? Do you hear that? Hush, and listen closely. Do you hear it now? The cries for help of the kids who don’t fit in with the crowd. The cries aren’t always loud. Sometimes they don’t make a sound. Stop and listen to them. Take responsibility for those kids and stand up for those kids who won’t stand up for themselves. In the book Lord of the Flies, there were multiple unanswered cries for help. Piggy, the character in the story with glasses, who was out of shape, and had asthma experienced hatred for things he couldn’t help. Piggy was singled out, not because he was another color or couldn’t speak well, but because he was out of shape. Piggy was unable to hunt due to his asthma, but was still discriminated. Jack said Piggy couldn’t eat because he didn’t hunt. “ ‘You didn’t hunt’ ” (Golding, 104). Jack was planning on not giving Piggy any of the food, but why? Even though he didn’t hunt, Simon didn’t and neither did Ralph. So why shouldn’t Piggy get fed if Ralph and Simon did? The answer is he was singled out. He is the odd one of the bunch because he is fat. Jack took a disliking to him because he wasn’t physically able to help out as much because he has asthma and was fat. Thankfully Simon took responsibility and gave Piggy some of his meat. Simon didn’t have to do this, but its the groups responsibility to lookout for one another. Cries for help usually go unanswered leaving the victim to think, “Why is this happening to me?” or “What did I do to deserve this?” Most of the time they have done nothing at all, but still are in a hurricane of thoughts trying to fathom why they are getting picked on. Some w... ... middle of paper ... ... when thats the path she chose to take. When you got outside at night and look up at the stars, which one catches your eye first? The one that stands out or the biggest brightest one. But why do we adore the one odd star yet discriminate against the one person that stands out? Why do we want to stay hidden away in our shells like turtles if people are attracted to the one that stands out? When we are little children you are constantly told “You can be whatever you want when you grow up,” or “You can do anything if you put your heart into it.” We are encouraged to stand out. Unfortunately when we hit a certain age in life we are told things like, “You won’t be anything in life,” or “You’re a nobody.” This causes us to stay in that shell and never want to come out due to the fear imbedded in us that if we stand out disappointment, fear, or sadness are sure to follow.
My Essay is about Ralph and and his Motivation’s and did he contribute to the tragedy in any way. Also about if he prevented any of the deaths and what would I have done differently in his situation. I defend Ralph’s actions as leader, He had tried his best but everyone fell apart. Did Ralph contribute to the tragedies? Ralph had tried his best but he was struggling at handling the problems on the island, He was unaware of the boy’s and what was going on. He had tried to contribute to all of the tragedies but there was too much going on around him it was just hard. What was wrong with Ralph too was that jack ignores everything and try’s to do his own thing the whole time instead of working together with everyone. All Jack wants is his way or his way to him there is no other way. So yes Ralph had try to contribute to the tragedies but Jack and other boys had just did what they wanted to do instead of doing what they should have done. So Ralph had really struggled dealing with everybody. In my opinion Ralph was doing a good job, Yes he kind of gave up for a little b...
Such as the rescue fire and huts being built. At first everyone wanted to help and get
of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The
Adolescent years are a time period in a human beings life where we search for a place that we are most comfortable. It is a time where we try to find friends with similar interests and those who will easily accept us for who we are. Once we are accepted by those friends, we tend to do more things with hopes of getting approval from “the group.” Trying to fit in during adolescence is a significant factor for self-motivation because it determines the level of being accepted and popularity amongst our peers. Through our year of adolescence we experiment and try to discover oneself as a person, but we also find what our strongest traits are that are used in order to be accepted, or to feel more popular. Popularity is defined as a state of being liked or accepted by a group of people (cite). As the group of people gets larger, so does that person’s popularity. For some people, popularity may come easy due to their charisma or looks, but there are those children who feel lonely due to their lack of popularity.
As an individual stuck amidst a foundation known for its propensity to breed social congruity, college has opened my eyes to numerous distinctive reasons why individuals decide to act in ways they wouldn't regularly act. Since they ordinarily aren't certain of their character, adolescents are more inclined to similarity than others. In the most essential structure, college is tormented with congruity through the generalizations that learners seek after and explore different avenues regarding trying to uncover their personality. There are two sorts of Conformity: the kind that makes you do your errands when your father authorizes you to, and the less than great kind in which you aimlessly take after the thoughts and tenets of an inner circle or gathering, without addressing the negative impacts it has upon yourself and the improvement of whatever remains of public opinion. Conformity is basic in that people strive for a feeling of strength and acknowledgement in their lives. As a result of this need, “we therefore figure out how to fit in with principles of other individuals. What's more the more we see others carrying on in a certain manner or settling on specific choices, the more we feel obliged to stick to this same pattern.” Despite the freedoms we are supposed to have in American society most adolescents find it difficult to have their own identity.
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
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.
Everyday, everywhere rules make our lives structured. Maybe you are not noticing it, but we live in quite squared boxes formed by some leaders. Yes, you read it right, leaders. And luckily there is not just one person with leadership. Questioning why? Then it’s time to look at the story of lord of the Flies that gives excellent examples!
The final scene in Lord of the Flies is one of despair. At the end of chapter twelve, the boys are found by a naval officer. Unfortunately, he has found them too late. Being taken back home is not going to erase all that happened on the island. Their sins and moral crimes will follow the group until the end of their lives. Ralph has lost all hope in mankind. He now knows how cruel and selfish humans can be: “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” (202). Before the island, these children were living in blissful ignorance; this event was their disillusionment. Not only has the group had an affect on each other, but they have greatly impacted the island
From the beginning of ancient time to the current days, every human being is not born good nor pure. Each person grows up being controlled under dication of the government and society which guides the individual to believe in strict morals and beliefs that shapes them into good citizens. Without the place of society’s rules, it lends people to resort to unusual behavior that would be seen as taboo under normal circumstances. This can bring light to a person’s evil flaw depending on how he or she acts under an anarchy and tear he or she down in that situation. Law abiding kids attending boarding school since childhood take a trip and happen to crash on a unknown island in Lord of The Flies by William Golding. Under the absence of adults to take
He stumbled over a root and the cry that pursued him rose even higher. He saw a shelter burst into flames and the fire flapped at his right shoulder and there was a glitter of water. Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with an arm to ward off, trying to cry for mercy.”
The great spasms of grief eventually weakened to blubbers and sniffles. Roger and Jack had been the first to regain their composure and slowly the rest of the boys followed. Eventually, he naval officer turned back around to face the snotty faced children, “Alright, well let’s get you kids out of here.” He led the group of boys to the ship.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies indeed has a happy ending in the literal sense. The boys are rescued as their foolish cruelty reaches its apex by the loving, caring, and matured outside world. On the other hand, by whom and what are the boys rescued? Symbolically, the "happy ending" is exactly the opposite. Far from sacrificing artistic excellence, Golding's ending confirms the author's powerful symbolism.
Once upon a time, there were three brothers living together in a small house. Jack, Henry, and Simon.
The work being criticized in this paper is the Lord of The Flies. The Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, is about the faults in human society as well as in human nature and it achieves this through its heavy use of symbolism. Many smalls symbols go into creating the overly larger picture and overall theme.