As human beings, none of our characteristics can have a black and white definition. Everything is situational and dependant on the environment. Many artists, such as writers, painters, film makers, etc., use their work to show different sides of humanity. In the novel “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding and the film “Juno” directed by Jason Reitman, both of these storylines support the idea that no one is completely ‘good’ or completely ‘evil’. There are many similarities between these two stories. One of them being that both stories rely heavily on symbolism. The soundtrack and personalities of each character in ‘Juno’ help push the story along and set the tone for the movie. In ‘Lord of the Flies’, there is very obvious biblical …show more content…
In both stories, each character is set up to seemably be a certain way at the beginning of everything. However, in both stories, some characters change or perform actions ‘outside of their character’, and others stay rather unchanged. In both stories, there is a character outcasted for various reasons, and those characters are the ones that seem to stay the most themselves throughout the timeline of their tales. In Juno, the main character is an outcast in her high school because she's very different from most of the other students, along with being pregnant. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy is outcasted for his health issues, lack of physical surviving skills, and upbringing. Although both of these characters have moments where they flop, for the most part they both have the most cohesive personalities. Both Juno and Piggy rarely let their situations get the best of them and continue to do what they think is …show more content…
In doing so, these characters are seldom portrayed as ‘good’ or ‘evil’. In reality, people float through their lives as in a gray area where the concept of morality is subjective. Everything we do is based around our person morality and reasoning, therefore no one would ever do something they truly believe is evil. This being said, a person's level of sanity can also contribute to their decision-making. As exemplified in Lord of the Flies through the character of Ralph, he kept his sanity until put into an extremely stressful situation. At some point his morality was skewed due to the lack of authority and lack of a proper society. In Juno the father of her child at a point in the story begins trying to distance himself from Juno, although she was attempting to rebuild the relationship for the sake of the child. His fear of such an unexpected event and not knowing how to deal with the situation at hand causes him to act irrationally. In each of these stories characters act out due to being emotionally compromised, lacking in the understanding of the concept of humanity, and overall being
...l. Both novels feature young boys as their main characters. They both capture a sense of solitude for the characters and how they are going to live. Both novels carry a similar theme about human instincts and how these instincts will influence people, but that these instincts are also important. A couple differences include the amount of characters in the novel. In Lord of the Flies there are several characters that play important roles and are very prevalent throughout the whole book, whereas Life of Pi is a story mostly focused on one character. The way the stories are told is different, Life of Pi takes on a few different forms of narration, whereas Lord of the Flies is told almost entirely from an anonymous third person view. I would say that these two novels definitely have more in common than they do differences, and they are both great works of literature.
...tic, darkness lies within all of humanity, and when provoked, everyone is capable of evil.” ( Teen Ink, Kenzie Treub ) William Golding’s true intent of writing Lord of the Flies was to expose the true nature of humans and show the world that it is possible for human beings to turn their backs on one another for the sake of survival.
The issue on whether man is good or evil has been debated over several generations. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of young boys are stranded on an uninhabited island. In the beginning, the boys have fun and are carefree while adventuring on the island. With no adults around to tell them how to behave, the boys declare war on one another and face several conflicts. These conflicts provide Golding with the opportunity to explore the idea that society restrains the evil intentions of human nature.
“Everybody has good and evil within them. All we're trying to say is that people are not all good or all bad. People are more complicated than you think, and one has to be more knowledgeable about the complexities.” This quotation from Stephen Schwartz establishes that even the best of people can be bitter by their own nature. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding removes the restraints of society to prove that it is human nature to live primitively and that evil lies within all of us. The sanctions of society begin to deteriorate due to the loss of communication, Jack’s obsession with hunting, and the inhumane nature of Jack and his “tribe”.
In both stories Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, and The Graveyard Book written by Neil Gaiman take place in different settings while also being in different situations depict the same ideas. These abstract views being when Jack and his tribe killed Simon representing the inhumanity. Another would be when Jack the Killer from The Graveyard Book killed Bod’s family. Both of these examples showing how they’re inhuman and savagery are somewhat alike in both stories. Another instance would be the names of both Jacks in the narratives are made to be the antagonists. This specific details depicting the aspect of names with deeper meanings. All of these examples
One of those multiple similarities is that both Ralph, a main character in Lord of the Flies, and Anne had to hide from people who were trying to kill them. For Anne, it was from the Nazis, “What Father had meant when he talked to me about our going into hiding.” Likewise, Ralph had to hide from other boys on the island, “ If you wormed into the middle of that you would be five yards from the edge, and hidden... Ralph wormed between the rising stems.” Another similarity between the two stories is that there was many arguments between everyone. In the The Diary of Anne Frank, the arguments were between all the people in the attic, “There’s no reason for me to go on describing all our quarrels and arguments down to the last detail.” Many of the arguments in Lord of the Flies took place between Ralph and Jack, the two main characters, “You wouldn’t care to help with the shelters, I suppose? We ant meat- and we don’t get it. Now the antagonism was audible.” These stories are alike in several ways, but two stories are never completely the
The plot is similar in small but noticeable ways in both Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and The Lord of the Flies. All of the main characters are in some way seeking for help and answers. Jacob wants to know more about the stories he was told. The boys on the island want to know if they are safe and who is in charge. The themes are alike as well. Both sharing the themes of identity, isolation, courage, and home. Identity is seen by Jacobs trip to find more about his family, and the crisis the boys have taking on adult roles. Isolation is seen by Jacob on a rather unpopulated island, and the boys are entirely alone in The Lord of the Flies. Courage is shown by both the main characters Jacob in Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and Ralph in The Lord of the Flies. Home is the last theme and is overall what they truly want. Lastly, some of the characters shared traits and for one the majority of their personality. Jacob and Ralph are both cautious, intelligent, well spoken, and logical. Which makes the their reactions very similar in the two different
There will always be a bit of evil in everything. This is expressed in a variety of ways in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. When the boys originally crashed on the island, they were innocent, but the sudden change in environment took that away. They were forced to care for themselves in a way they were never prepared for. They had to grow up and be mature at the ages of twelve and under. This amount of impact can cause a lot of disability and confusion in the way a person distinguishes wrong from right. The Lord of the Flies (pig’s head) symbolizes this loss of innocence, strength in purity, and the invasion of evil in everything.
Adolf Hitler was a brilliant leader with horrid morals. Throughout history many leaders have ruled over people using fear and evil to gain more power. Although very wrong, many of these leaders have been successful and gained their people’s trust. According to Rousseau people were all pure at once, but all of the evil and negativity take their toll eventually. Evil corrupts society. It affects even the purist of living beings. This is especially shown in The Lord of the Flies, a book about a group of young boys who crash onto an island and have to fend for themselves, and potentially their group. Throughout William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, symbols show how evil and fear corrupt society.
William Shakespeare once said, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Despite whatever personal philosophies one might hold, this quote holds true in The Lord of the Flies. When the ensemble of boys crashes on the deserted island, established society is effectively removed from their lives. Once society is removed, the boys fall prey to the so-called “beast,” that is, their own murderous impulses. The true victim of the beast, however, is Simon, who is the first boy murdered on the island. William Golding uses Simon to represent pure goodness and morality to advance the theme that without societal constraints, man’s true nature is revealed.
“All are born with extremely good and evil hungry desires. The question lies; in which of the two, do they take pleasure in starving the most?” –Enrique Vega. This quote asks a question that we don’t really think about. We never grow up and say that we want to be evil or good. It all happens from experience and choice. In Lord of the Flies many extreme events, like kill one another for thrill, happen causing the boys to choose between having an evil or good identity. Identity is one of the main themes in Lord of the flies by William Golding because it shows us the struggle of choosing to be a moral, honest good person or a dishonest, violent evil person through external conflicts, internal conflicts, and symbolism.
This paper will explore the three elements of innate evil within William Golding's, Lord of the Flies, the change from civilization to savagery, the beast, and the battle on the island. Golding represents evil through his character's, their actions, and symbolism. The island becomes the biggest representation of evil because it's where the entire novel takes place. The change from civilization to savagery is another representation of how easily people can change from good to evil under unusual circumstances. Golding also explores the evil within all humans though the beast, because it's their only chance for survival and survival instinct takes over. In doing so, this paper will prove that Lord of the Flies exemplifies the innate evil that exists within all humans.
When viewing the atrocities of today's world on television, the starving children, the wars, the injustices, one cannot help but think that evil is rampant in this day and age. However, people in society must be aware that evil is not an external force embodied in a society but resides within each person. Man has both good qualities and faults. He must come to control these faults in order to be a good person. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding deals with this same evil which exists in all of his characters. With his mastery of such literary tools as structure, syntax, diction and imagery, The author creates a cheerless, sardonic tone to convey his own views of the nature of man and man’s role within society.
Eric Burdon, a famous singer-songwriter and member and vocalist of rock band, The Animals, and the funk band, War, once wrote, “Inside each of us, there is a seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” Both good and evil are inherent in humans, however it is up to man to discover which trait will be displayed dominantly. William Golding, a witness of the destruction of humanity during World War II, has the ideology that man is inherently evil. Through his novel “The Lord of The Flies,” Golding introduces the thoughts of evil in society. To exemplify that man is inherently evil, a variety of characters, allegory, and metaphors are used to convey the occurrence
There is much to compare and contrast between Lord of the Flies and the film “JFK.” They both have two completely opposite settings and context behind them, but as a matter of fact, there is much that they have in common. Murder, secrets, lies and intrigue are all elements in which the two relate.