Differentiating Axioms
“Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases (John Adams).” This statement by John Adams explains how as society’s corrupt voracity increases, the need for moral citizens like Piggy are required because they satisfy the hunger while those with the characteristics of Jack add tinder to the fire. In Golding’s book, The Lord of the Flies, British schoolboys crash land on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. But every foreigner, even with similar backgrounds, all have differentiating axioms. Mentors guide their students with principles that follows their own perspective on how to better navigate through life’s maze. Two foil characters, …show more content…
Jack is a character of extreme leadership and strict authority while Piggy is a character that takes a backseat role and an is an easygoing character.It is likely that those who he learned under taught him to act like a leader much like Hitler in that Jack took power away from the other power on the island. Jack demonstrated his authority of Ralph by making his own rival tribe in hope that it could become more powerful than Ralph’s. Furthermore, Jack uses this power to assert his dominance over other kids on the island, including Piggy. But while most would think Jack would leave Piggy alone because he is not an immediate threat to his rule, Jack abuses Piggy verbally and physically. Some leaders assert power over weaker authorities to benefit their own reputation. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Jack is considered to be the best example of savagery. At the beginning of the novel he is the leader of a choir. As the story progresses, he transformed this highly esteemed choir into a group of bloodthirsty hunters. Jack’s path to savagery begins with him portraying his hesitation about the idea of killing a pig. "I went on. I thought, by myself. I thought I might kill." This hesitation was most likely ingrained by his authorities making it so that actions such these would be considered atrocious but necessary. Later on however, Jack progressively lost his innocence. " You should …show more content…
Ever since the beginning of the novel, Piggy has always been the logical character that follows the ideas of the superego. What differentiates Piggy from the rest of the boys on the island is that he retained most of his moral standards ( with the exception of assisting in the murder of Simon). Piggy has always voiced his opinion on the correct thing to do, but never has been accredited with these ideas. He was the only variable in the equation that remained constant, independent of the environment. This is particularly interesting because the idea of surviving a plane crash and landing on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean would probably change a person’s mindset into prioritizing survival. An occurrence like this would also probably kill all thoughts of right and wrong and fill the mind with ideas on how to prolong the duration of life. Therefore, this makes Piggy unique and his mentors unique also because they helped him remove most of his own primitive instincts and replace them with moral qualities. They taught Piggy how to discern good leadership from bad leadership and how to stand firm in what is
“Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases (John Adams).” This statement by John Adams explains how as society’s corrupt voracity increases, the need for moral citizens like Piggy are required because they satisfy the hunger while those with the characteristics of Jack add tinder to the fire. In Golding’s book, The Lord of the Flies, British schoolboys crash land on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. But every foreigner, even with similar backgrounds, all have differentiating axioms. Mentors guide their students with principles that follows their own perspective on how to better navigate through life’s maze. Two foil characters, …show more content…
Jack is a character of extreme leadership and strict authority while Piggy is a character that takes a backseat role and an is an easygoing character.It is likely that those who he learned under taught him to act like a leader much like Hitler in that Jack took power away from the other power on the island. Jack demonstrated his authority of Ralph by making his own rival tribe in hope that it could become more powerful than Ralph’s. Furthermore, Jack uses this power to assert his dominance over other kids on the island, including Piggy. But while most would think Jack would leave Piggy alone because he is not an immediate threat to his rule, Jack abuses Piggy verbally and physically. Some leaders assert power over weaker authorities to benefit their own reputation. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Jack is considered to be the best example of savagery. At the beginning of the novel he is the leader of a choir. As the story progresses, he transformed this highly esteemed choir into a group of bloodthirsty hunters. Jack’s path to savagery begins with him portraying his hesitation about the idea of killing a pig. "I went on. I thought, by myself. I thought I might kill." This hesitation was most likely ingrained by his authorities making it so that actions such these would be considered atrocious but necessary. Later on however, Jack progressively lost his innocence. " You should …show more content…
Ever since the beginning of the novel, Piggy has always been the logical character that follows the ideas of the superego. What differentiates Piggy from the rest of the boys on the island is that he retained most of his moral standards ( with the exception of assisting in the murder of Simon). Piggy has always voiced his opinion on the correct thing to do, but never has been accredited with these ideas. He was the only variable in the equation that remained constant, independent of the environment. This is particularly interesting because the idea of surviving a plane crash and landing on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean would probably change a person’s mindset into prioritizing survival. An occurrence like this would also probably kill all thoughts of right and wrong and fill the mind with ideas on how to prolong the duration of life. Therefore, this makes Piggy unique and his mentors unique also because they helped him remove most of his own primitive instincts and replace them with moral qualities. They taught Piggy how to discern good leadership from bad leadership and how to stand firm in what is