One can not defeat a “nothing”, but one can hunt and kill a “something”. In William Golding’s book, The Lord of the Flies, the boys believe that there are beasts on the island with them. The fear of those beasts, causes the boys to go on a wild goose chase which inevitably leads to their downfall. The consequences of the boys’ ignorance to their fear, results in the misfortune of others. Jack chooses evil over peace with everyone and power corrupts him. Golding uses beasts that the stranded boys want to hunt down, however, the only true beasts on the island are themselves.
The smaller boys are afraid of things they see at night; instead of being blind to the great unknown, they give their fear a name and a face to put in their minds. Piggy …show more content…
Jack never understood that with his “power it should follow that disorder cannot give rise to order and if the reality were merely chaos no life could ever emerge from it, nor any intelligent consciousness to impose order upon it.” (Harris pp. 20). The way people like Jack abuse their power gives no benefit to future generations to come. The only result of being that corrupt in power is for friends to turn on each other and more importantly only puts people down. Jack initially believed that “choosing a leader should not make make any difference, just giving orders that don't make any sense.” (Golding pp. 238). Jack acts as if he does not care who is the leader; that he stepped up to the plate because they need someone to be in charge. Although he clearly states "I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue." (Golding pp. 155), as if he cares more about being the leader than doing what it actually takes to become a leader. Without the corruption of Jack, both Piggy and Simon would not have died in vain. They would not have been made the “outcasts” by Jack, who already had the majority on his side. Jack may have been the catalyst of the corruptness of the boys, but any of them could have taken down the evil and dark character known as Jack; instead they followed him. Who is worse, the crooked leader or the people who follow the crooked leader? The beast the boys wanted to hunt down, ends up being the evil and corruptness of themselves. People choose to follow fear blindly and in doing so they make poor decisions that affect them in a negative way. Everyone wants to be popular and are willing to do anything to reach that peak of success when they are finally accepted by their peers. They do what is best for them instead of what helps the majority of the group. Like the stranded boys, people fear what they do not
The smaller boys are afraid of things they see at night; instead of being blind to the great unknown, they give their fear a name and a face to put in their minds. Piggy …show more content…
Jack never understood that with his “power it should follow that disorder cannot give rise to order and if the reality were merely chaos no life could ever emerge from it, nor any intelligent consciousness to impose order upon it.” (Harris pp. 20). The way people like Jack abuse their power gives no benefit to future generations to come. The only result of being that corrupt in power is for friends to turn on each other and more importantly only puts people down. Jack initially believed that “choosing a leader should not make make any difference, just giving orders that don't make any sense.” (Golding pp. 238). Jack acts as if he does not care who is the leader; that he stepped up to the plate because they need someone to be in charge. Although he clearly states "I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue." (Golding pp. 155), as if he cares more about being the leader than doing what it actually takes to become a leader. Without the corruption of Jack, both Piggy and Simon would not have died in vain. They would not have been made the “outcasts” by Jack, who already had the majority on his side. Jack may have been the catalyst of the corruptness of the boys, but any of them could have taken down the evil and dark character known as Jack; instead they followed him. Who is worse, the crooked leader or the people who follow the crooked leader? The beast the boys wanted to hunt down, ends up being the evil and corruptness of themselves. People choose to follow fear blindly and in doing so they make poor decisions that affect them in a negative way. Everyone wants to be popular and are willing to do anything to reach that peak of success when they are finally accepted by their peers. They do what is best for them instead of what helps the majority of the group. Like the stranded boys, people fear what they do not