Seeing the death of another may be either the most devastating or the most exhilarating sight ever. All deaths have a purpose, since it is ending a life that is either good or bad. That purpose can be little or big to continue life and move on. In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it introduces a group of boys that survives a plane crash on a remote island in the Pacific. They all attempt to form a system to work together and survive on the ponderous island. Many of them experience new emotions and thrills in the novel. The deaths of the boy with the mulberry birthmark, Simon, and Piggy are key figures for the group to lose their innocence, corruption of anarchy, and loss of civilization. The death of the boy with the mulberry
…show more content…
During the murder of Simon the boys actually attacks him when he’s about to impugn that there was no beast but the beast was them. He was slaughtered by everyone, even Ralph and Piggy coalesced into the bloodlust. The boys show savage-like behavior and reveals the corruption of anarchy, “ The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. the beast was on it’s knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill… There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws”(Golding 152-153). Everyone is held up in the moment from killing the pig, and they continue on killing Simon who is unrecognizable. He was the most benevolent person in the group, by helping and caring for the littluns and to give people advice. It is sad that his life and the anarchy on the island slowly atrophied to this …show more content…
Piggy was the one who had the ideas to survive the right way on the island. He was the most civilized and logical amongst the group, stating that they should start a fire to create smoke for rescue, to make shelter for everyone. Piggy helped everyone to survive and stay human, but it ends in a malevolent way by getting hit with a rock. This quote tells that Piggy’s was the brains or minds of the group, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went… Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone”(Golding 181). The mind and rescuer of the whole group, has perished into the sea. Roger the boy who threw the rock killed the group’s civilized selves. Piggy’s head was cracked open and blood was splattered, what a chilling scene to witness. Ralph seeing the friend that was giving the instructions to survive, is now gone. Everyone’s mind has expunged their humanity out of their body to become a savage that just wants to kill for game. There was nothing to placate their savage ways until the adults came, everyone realized what they’ve had done was wrong and
During the murder of Simon the boys actually attacks him when he’s about to impugn that there was no beast but the beast was them. He was slaughtered by everyone, even Ralph and Piggy coalesced into the bloodlust. The boys show savage-like behavior and reveals the corruption of anarchy, “ The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. the beast was on it’s knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill… There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws”(Golding 152-153). Everyone is held up in the moment from killing the pig, and they continue on killing Simon who is unrecognizable. He was the most benevolent person in the group, by helping and caring for the littluns and to give people advice. It is sad that his life and the anarchy on the island slowly atrophied to this …show more content…
Piggy was the one who had the ideas to survive the right way on the island. He was the most civilized and logical amongst the group, stating that they should start a fire to create smoke for rescue, to make shelter for everyone. Piggy helped everyone to survive and stay human, but it ends in a malevolent way by getting hit with a rock. This quote tells that Piggy’s was the brains or minds of the group, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went… Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone”(Golding 181). The mind and rescuer of the whole group, has perished into the sea. Roger the boy who threw the rock killed the group’s civilized selves. Piggy’s head was cracked open and blood was splattered, what a chilling scene to witness. Ralph seeing the friend that was giving the instructions to survive, is now gone. Everyone’s mind has expunged their humanity out of their body to become a savage that just wants to kill for game. There was nothing to placate their savage ways until the adults came, everyone realized what they’ve had done was wrong and