The Lord Of The Flies: Savagery Character Analysis

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As man ascendes from the stone age, Man renounces savagery. Throughout the book, Lord of the Flies, Rocks symbolize qualities of savagery: selfishness, the ease, and that the strong survive. Unlike Ralph, the savages concern themselves with one entity, their enjoyment. When picking a base Ralph picks the beach areas due to its close proximity to resources, verse Jack, who wants to designate castle rock the base as “it would make a wizard fort” even though there is “no fresh water” (Golding 108). Ralph stays at the beach as it lessens the workload and emotional stress, especially for the littluns, versus Jack, who would move the base to Castle Rock just because it would be grandiose; making life harder on everyone; Jack’s selfish decision

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