Savage Development
In the book, Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding offered a different perspective of what savagery and civilization is in children’s lives when they become captive in an island. The children started as a society but started to become savages as their inner evils, fears and fight for survival became imminent. The book started narrating the story in third person which helped the readers identified the personality of each one of the characters being captive; it was quite distinctive the way Ralph could express himself and be helpful maintaining rules, and setting society. Setting rules and maintaining order was helpful at the beginning but the antagonist, Jack wanted to be the leader and had a different perspective in mind of how they should be maintaining the children’s responsibilities in the island. Although, many readers may think the environment was the reactant for the boys’ savagery and immoral behavior shown in the novel, it is clear that the principal factor for the boys’ savagery were biological factors because our definition of good and bad is what makes us distinctive from animals. The definition of society by the protagonist Ralph and his friend Piggy was clear because they wanted to keep maintaining their civilized side including: survival, …show more content…
The biological side in Ralph is more developed, in other words the way his brain make emotional and analytical decisions is more assertive than Jack. Moreover, Ralph knows better their best way for survival is to be rescue and in chapter five he refers to this and says, “We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die” (81). By Ralph’s comment, the audience can infer that he’s in very focus in getting everyone out safe from the island. By way of explanation, Ralph know the wire will guide any ship near the island and would go immediately to rescue them. He shows to be mature and capable of doing his work as the
In the book, Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding offered a different perspective of what savagery and civilization is in children’s lives when they become captive in an island. The children started as a society but started to become savages as their inner evils, fears and fight for survival became imminent. The book started narrating the story in third person which helped the readers identified the personality of each one of the characters being captive; it was quite distinctive the way Ralph could express himself and be helpful maintaining rules, and setting society. Setting rules and maintaining order was helpful at the beginning but the antagonist, Jack wanted to be the leader and had a different perspective in mind of how they should be maintaining the children’s responsibilities in the island. Although, many readers may think the environment was the reactant for the boys’ savagery and immoral behavior shown in the novel, it is clear that the principal factor for the boys’ savagery were biological factors because our definition of good and bad is what makes us distinctive from animals. The definition of society by the protagonist Ralph and his friend Piggy was clear because they wanted to keep maintaining their civilized side including: survival, …show more content…
The biological side in Ralph is more developed, in other words the way his brain make emotional and analytical decisions is more assertive than Jack. Moreover, Ralph knows better their best way for survival is to be rescue and in chapter five he refers to this and says, “We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die” (81). By Ralph’s comment, the audience can infer that he’s in very focus in getting everyone out safe from the island. By way of explanation, Ralph know the wire will guide any ship near the island and would go immediately to rescue them. He shows to be mature and capable of doing his work as the