The Cyclops: An Unusual People
The Cyclopes were unique and unusual mythical people. They had very interesting lives. They had an unusual beginning and they had an unusual lifestyle. Also, the Cyclopes appeared to be completely different when described by opposing viewpoints. Overalll, the Cyclopes were an unconventional race in mythical legends.
The Cyclopes had an intriguing origin. They were the eldest sons of
Mother Earth, Gaia, and Father Heaven, Uranus (Evslin 1). While the Cyclopes were still in the womb of Gaia, Uranus got jealous of the babies. He sent a bat to eat one eye out of each baby to make them hideous and thus make everybody hate them (Evslin). Because of what Uranus executed, the baby Cyclopes were born with one eye. They grew to be of gigantic size (Hamilton 65). This beginning of the era of the Cyclopes proved to be a unique situation.
Although the Cyclopes were born disfigured they led attracting lives.
The Cyclopes had a brother named Cronos who killed his father Uranus (Evslin 13).
Since everyone was afraid of the Cyclopes (2), Cronos punished them by tricking them into imprisonment. Zeus, the son of Cronos and the new god king, freed them after Cronos had imprisoned them (31). The Cyclopes were very good smiths (12). They forged thunderbolts for Zeus because he freed them (Schmidt
74). A war was in the midst so the Cyclopes made armor and weapons for the gods of Olympus (Evslin 39). Even though the Cyclopes performed all of these good deeds the people still disliked them so much that they were forced to return to their smithy in the middle of a volcano for eternity (71). The Cyclopes lives were filled with helpfulness to others, but they were still shunned and hated.
The Cyclopes were basically good people, but there were other Cyclopes.
Homer wrote of Cyclopes that were extremely bad. They were downright savage shepherds (Schmidt 74). They were so savage that they did not give a thought before they devoured humans. They almost ate Odysseus, the main character of
take there land away from them . He was not happy because himself and his
This quote is significant because it represents what Jack is and what he has done. Ralph calls Jack these names before they lose their temper and are about to fight. In this quote, Ralph has called Jack out, that he is the reason of all the misfortune that has happened on the island and that he is the beast. That he was the reason of all this savagery and that he caused the evil within the boys, he brought it on through his need for leadership and his want for hunting and killing. Ralph calls him a thief and a swine because of his behaviour towards Piggy. He stole his glasses and turned all the boys against Ralph and Piggy who were the only good people on the island. As well as for making the island a fearful place for the boys. I feel that Ralph is right in everything he has said to Jack. He created the fear on the island all because of his need to be chief. As well as turned everyone against each other at the ending of the novel.
One way he had trouble was showing his innocence and not being naive. Ralph being himself not know which step to take closer to civilization fell, tripping over himself by one action “lugged off his shorts and pants and stood there naked” (Golding 10). This shows immaturity because his clothes symbolized all the laws and rules he followed and breaking away from them; Now Ralph is completely free and uncontrolled. This was a bad move on Ralph’s part because that shows the other boys they can break away and do their own thing. Very much the same as when Jack tore away from the rest of the group when he wanted a dictatorship instead of a democracy. The immaturity was spreading on the island like a disease because of the unlawfully savage of a leader, Ralph. In perspective Piggy should have been leader because he was the only one to still believe in the world they once lived in because he kept his clothes
them, and little if any was given in return. The people who live among these
The most influential saying in the lord of the flies is the fact that the symbolism represents the many statistics in the communal world which is relatively amazing for a book to possibly recreate. The way that William Golding showed his audience in this book how the negativity of the world and the wickedness in a man’s heart is beyond belief. This can be shown through the development of the children who progressively become more and more malevolence as the days pass. It can be made known through the items that represent the civilized world or ‘the adult’ society. It’s reasonably scary when we are exposed to the evilness sinfulness people have, even those that we perceive as innocent can be deceiving.
This fire, their only hope of getting off the island, escaping this world, was out and there was no way for Ralph to start it. He was the only one who was sound enough to use the fire to get off, and the tribe had stolen it from him. While all this built up and eventually turned into a war, the anarchy of the world actually freed them from what they had been living. When rebellion and chaos had tried to catch order and destroy it, they started a fire, a new hope, that saved them from the island.
they needed a way out of the disorder and chaos. Many may have felt a
They were forced to do what the farmers needed to do, and when restrained, they got
The conch shell changes color do to the fact that the group is not as united throught the whole book. At the beginning the conch was bright and powerful because it lead them but as the group started to separate the conch lost its power.(page78)
world in its time. Of all the battles and wars that the Ancient Greeks army had
Odysseus, known as an iconic Greek king and warrior of Ithaca, has all of the traits that a mighty king would have. His tale and reputation are one that would continue to live on long after his passing. This fame and reputation is known as kleos. Kleos, in Greek, means renown or honor, it symbolizes what you hear about someone through another person. Kleos is a common theme in Homer 's epic, the Odyssey, the main example being that of Odysseus and his son Telemachus, who is concerned that his father may have died a pathetic and pitiable death at sea rather than a reputable and gracious one in battle. Kleos has proven to be very important to Odysseus time and time again. From the way he is introduced, to his actions, to the way he is viewed
Ralph shows that he has a better understanding of the boys than Jack. He knows that the boys need some sort of order on the island in order for them to survive. He starts a simple form of government and sets a few rules for them. Even though they don’t last very long, the fact that he tried to help the group is what makes him a better leader. Ralph’s wisdom and ability to look toward the future also has an advantage over Jack. He has a sense to keep his focus on getting off the island. When the fire goes out, Ralph gets upset because the chance to be rescued was gone as well. Ralph enforces his role of leadership as he gives the boys a sense of stability of an authority figure. He keeps the boys in pretty good order at the meeting by making a rule that they can only speak if they have the conch. Ralph knows that the littleuns are afraid and they need shelter to feel more secure. They work together for a while, but as the time goes on the smaller boys want to go play. They slowly lose all their help until Simon and Ralph are the only ones left to work on them. Ralph knows that this is a necessity and keeps bringing it up at the meetings. Jack, on the other hand, is doing nothing but causing chaos.
In the first part of Notes from Underground, the narrator’s jeering monologue, Dostoevsky insists “civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty” (Dostoevsky 1305). He is adamant about man’s ability and need to choose right or wrong. Put another way, according to Dostoevsky, the freedom of choice is what makes us human, despite the consequences and destruction our selections might cause. When he begins to reflect about a man who enacts a fit of vengeance “like an enraged bull with lowered horns,” he calls him “a genuine, normal person, just as tender Mother Nature wished to see him when she lovingly gave birth to him on earth” (Dostoevsky 1311). His seeming...
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Ralph is shown as an overall good character who leads the boys in times of desperate measures. Goulding chooses to depict Ralph as a good character though these actions. Rarely does Golding show the evil side of Ralph. We see him building shelters for the kids on the island. He barely even knows these kids and is helping them while they lounge and eat Golding also shows him as the leader of the group who helps create order and maintain leadership. At a meeting of the boys Ralph suggested, “‘give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking”’ (Golding 50). These ground rules help to keep order and show Ralph is doing what he can to help the boys get off the island. As a meeting was taking place Ralph suggests, “‘A fire. Make a fire”’ (Golding 38). This is what kept the idea of survival in his eyes lit. He was intrigued by the idea; which kept a sense of survival close. Golding mainly reveals the good in Ralph which is why there are so many actions to support his moral value. He can also be viewed as evil through few of his actions. (Oldsey)