Animal Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Humans are leeches. They try to take advantage of others, and provide little care about anyone else. They have trouble working along others, yet they can not flourish without each other. Humans struggle to get along with others without creating conflicts in which everyone can never be satisfied. Even though humans seemed to have evolved from the ancient times, we remain to still keep those instincts.The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, accurately portrays a theme demonstrating that humans are still animals. This is shown though the downfall of government, savagery, and the overall thoughts and comments the characters make when forced to reflect on their situation. As the story unravels, it shows a group of boys stranded on an island who are hastily forced to create a government. The government declines through disagreements in addition to lack of loyalty and common sense. “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” (Pg.128 ) The quote is stated by one of the stranded boys who was able to acknowledge that everything is failing, yet he still continues with these actions. It shows that a human’s instinct trumps over their logical and organized systems that was originally planned to happen. It demonstrates the complete chaos that happens when humans …show more content…
Piggy shouted again. ‘Which is better, to have rules and agree, or hunt and kill?’ Again the clamor and again - ‘Zap!’” Piggy is a character that usually remains submissive and rarely speaks demandingly. Piggy was portrayed as one of the smarter children stranded, but even then, they still continue to ignore him due to the fact that they do not respect him, and they refuse to believe what Piggy is saying. They have reached a point where they no longer possess the same logic as they did from the start. Their objective, and their hopes end up changing as they continue to