Everything can be fun and games until your life is put on the line. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding a group of british boys are stranded on an island when their plane crashes. They must learn to work together to keep themselves alive, but when physical survival becomes our main priority we can often lose our compassion, empathy, and hope.
When survival is key we can lose our sense of compassion along the way. For example, when Piggy confronts Jack after he and his hunters let the fire go out, “He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (71). This demonstrates how violent Jack has become after days of trying to hunt pigs in the forest. Others might argue that certain characters …show more content…
This can be seen when has called a meeting and tells the boys, “We’ve got to make smoke up there-or die” (81). This demonstrates how the other boys have abandoned all hope of rescue. Others might argue that Ralph has hope throughout the entire novel. We can see a moment of this when he says, “Hasn’t anyone got any sense? We’ve got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack, did you? Or don’t any of you want to be rescued?” (102). However in the end Ralph to lost his hope of being rescued. Similarly, when Ralph, Piggy, Samneric go to Castle Rock to get Piggy’s glasses back a, “[r]ock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand fragments and ceased to exist” (180). This was the last straw for Ralph. Then one person he fully trusted and the rules he lived by on the island shattered. The more these boys experience on surviving the island the less they believe they will ever be rescued.
Our personal survival is an important thing, but we sometimes lose ourselves in the effort. While on the island the boys lost their compassion, empathy, and hope. So next time lives are on the line will you save yourself or think of
When survival is key we can lose our sense of compassion along the way. For example, when Piggy confronts Jack after he and his hunters let the fire go out, “He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (71). This demonstrates how violent Jack has become after days of trying to hunt pigs in the forest. Others might argue that certain characters …show more content…
This can be seen when has called a meeting and tells the boys, “We’ve got to make smoke up there-or die” (81). This demonstrates how the other boys have abandoned all hope of rescue. Others might argue that Ralph has hope throughout the entire novel. We can see a moment of this when he says, “Hasn’t anyone got any sense? We’ve got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack, did you? Or don’t any of you want to be rescued?” (102). However in the end Ralph to lost his hope of being rescued. Similarly, when Ralph, Piggy, Samneric go to Castle Rock to get Piggy’s glasses back a, “[r]ock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand fragments and ceased to exist” (180). This was the last straw for Ralph. Then one person he fully trusted and the rules he lived by on the island shattered. The more these boys experience on surviving the island the less they believe they will ever be rescued.
Our personal survival is an important thing, but we sometimes lose ourselves in the effort. While on the island the boys lost their compassion, empathy, and hope. So next time lives are on the line will you save yourself or think of