Human Behavior in Fahrenheit 451 & Lord of the Flies
Human behavior is a thing that alludes us in our attempts to comprehend it. In many books are hints and touches to the concept and its purpose. Two of the more influential books are Lord of the Flies (by William Golding) and Fahrenheit 451 (by Ray Bradbury). Both of the books were written in the 1950’s and have had a great impact on the minds of the people who read them. Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys who are stranded on an island with no adults and are faced with primitive survival. Fahrenheit 451, however, is based in a future with no books and no true conversations or relationships, the main character has to hold either tight or break free from the chains of society. In both books society is a big part, but the books also have different ages of characters and how they act under the spotlight
In Lord of the Flies Golding has the boys on their own island and in their own way of life. The boys are closer to the primitive nature of humans as they are uncultured in the way of society due to their young ages. The boys in the book had to survive until being rescued, they started out fine and then human greed and lust for power got in their way. As time went on, the tribe had divided and produced their own culture out of fear. This fear lead to the quote, “If you’re scared of someone you hate him” (Golding 93). They had made a shrine for the Beast that was on the island, it was a pig head stabbed onto a post and it held a empowering grip on the kids like Satan has on humans. In the passing days …show more content…
This is seen Lord of the Flies and Fahrenheit 451 where the authors created amazing situations where human behavior was displayed in great skill. With both books being so influential, the human behavior aspect of both books showed what it would be like to live in a different reality at one of the extreem society levels, super low or super
Human behavior is a thing that alludes us in our attempts to comprehend it. In many books are hints and touches to the concept and its purpose. Two of the more influential books are Lord of the Flies (by William Golding) and Fahrenheit 451 (by Ray Bradbury). Both of the books were written in the 1950’s and have had a great impact on the minds of the people who read them. Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys who are stranded on an island with no adults and are faced with primitive survival. Fahrenheit 451, however, is based in a future with no books and no true conversations or relationships, the main character has to hold either tight or break free from the chains of society. In both books society is a big part, but the books also have different ages of characters and how they act under the spotlight
In Lord of the Flies Golding has the boys on their own island and in their own way of life. The boys are closer to the primitive nature of humans as they are uncultured in the way of society due to their young ages. The boys in the book had to survive until being rescued, they started out fine and then human greed and lust for power got in their way. As time went on, the tribe had divided and produced their own culture out of fear. This fear lead to the quote, “If you’re scared of someone you hate him” (Golding 93). They had made a shrine for the Beast that was on the island, it was a pig head stabbed onto a post and it held a empowering grip on the kids like Satan has on humans. In the passing days …show more content…
This is seen Lord of the Flies and Fahrenheit 451 where the authors created amazing situations where human behavior was displayed in great skill. With both books being so influential, the human behavior aspect of both books showed what it would be like to live in a different reality at one of the extreem society levels, super low or super