In the book Lord of the Flies, a group of boys have crash landed onto an island, far away from civilization. Throughout the story the boys establish a government, create improved technology and assign roles and jobs to certain people. The ways that the boys create their civilization, is similar to the way early man also created their civilizations. Early man also created improved technology, developed more jobs and established their own way of life. Those reasons show that the development of the boys’ civilization and early man are similar.
The early man and the boys from Lord of the Flies develop new and better technology as times go on. In the book Lord of the Flies the boys are trying to hunt pigs. They start by crafting spears that …show more content…
In the beginning of Lord of the Flies the boys elected one of the boys, who was named Ralph, to be their leader. In the beginning the chief was the only permanent job, all the other boys had small temporary jobs, but none they ever stayed with. Early man also only had a couple jobs to start out. The main two were hunters and gatherers. The hunters went and hunted for meat while the gatherers collected food that they could find from fruits, trees and certain herbs. In the HMH Social Studies World History textbook, it reads,”Humans survived by hunting game and gathering edible plants” (World History 23). Both the boys and early man had a very small amount of jobs that were done, but as time progressed the amount of jobs increased. In Lord of the Flies new jobs such as hunters, fire tenders, food gatherers and builders were made. The builders are,”[Ralph] ‘n Simon built the [shelters]” (Golding 80). The choir boys are both the hunters and the fire tenders. Jack offers them to be hunters when Ralph asks,”What do you want them to be” (Golding 23) and he offers them to be fire tenders when he says,”We’ll be responsible for keeping the fire going” (Golding 43). Even the littluns, the smallest group of boys, gather fruits from the fruit trees. The boys have developed more jobs than what they started with, which allows them to divide work in a fair way. Early man mirrored the boys development of jobs. *According to Steven L. Tuck, early man had jobs such as,”Teachers, artisans, merchants, rulers, priest, scribes and farmers”. Just like the boys’ civilization, early man developed jobs that allowed them to advance and
The early man and the boys from Lord of the Flies develop new and better technology as times go on. In the book Lord of the Flies the boys are trying to hunt pigs. They start by crafting spears that …show more content…
In the beginning of Lord of the Flies the boys elected one of the boys, who was named Ralph, to be their leader. In the beginning the chief was the only permanent job, all the other boys had small temporary jobs, but none they ever stayed with. Early man also only had a couple jobs to start out. The main two were hunters and gatherers. The hunters went and hunted for meat while the gatherers collected food that they could find from fruits, trees and certain herbs. In the HMH Social Studies World History textbook, it reads,”Humans survived by hunting game and gathering edible plants” (World History 23). Both the boys and early man had a very small amount of jobs that were done, but as time progressed the amount of jobs increased. In Lord of the Flies new jobs such as hunters, fire tenders, food gatherers and builders were made. The builders are,”[Ralph] ‘n Simon built the [shelters]” (Golding 80). The choir boys are both the hunters and the fire tenders. Jack offers them to be hunters when Ralph asks,”What do you want them to be” (Golding 23) and he offers them to be fire tenders when he says,”We’ll be responsible for keeping the fire going” (Golding 43). Even the littluns, the smallest group of boys, gather fruits from the fruit trees. The boys have developed more jobs than what they started with, which allows them to divide work in a fair way. Early man mirrored the boys development of jobs. *According to Steven L. Tuck, early man had jobs such as,”Teachers, artisans, merchants, rulers, priest, scribes and farmers”. Just like the boys’ civilization, early man developed jobs that allowed them to advance and