Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a book that, in my opinion, will remain a timeless classic for ages to come. This dystopian novel was able to almost perfectly describe in a short 285 pages, how kids, specifically boys, would act in an event such as a getting stranded on an uninhabited island. From the initial excitement of having no adults around, to the unsuccessful attempt to find a leader amongst themselves, to the vivid imagination of the boys that would ultimately turn them into savages and murderers At the wake of a new world war, the plane that is evacuating the group of boys from a warzone is attacked, The pilot is unable to land the plane, chooses to eject the passenger tube of the plane, which causes the scar that is described …show more content…
When they reach the top of the mountain they realize the island is uninhabited. When they get back to the boys, they find that nothing has been done, and names still haven’t been taken. A small boy with a mark on his face says that he saw a “Beast” in the woods near the beach the night before, while frightened, the older boys assure the younglings that there is no beast, as to not cause any panic. Ralph then decides that there needs to be a signal fire in order to be rescued by any passing ships. All the boys go up as a whole to build a fire, and end up burning a whole side of the island. The boy with the spot on his face goes missing during that fire; he disappeared completely, and probably died in the fire when it’s the hunters turn to keep the fire going, they go off to hunt, the fire dies out, and while it’s dead, a ship passes by. Jack and his hunters arrive with a pig, but are unaware of their hunting trip cost them. Tensions rise between Jack and Ralph when Ralph confronts the hunters and blames them for not getting rescued. The boys have a meeting, to discuss the fire. All goes well until the subject comes to the Beast. More younglings speak up and say they’ve seen the …show more content…
Ralph wants to keep the fire going, the conch and the fire representing civilization, and the hope to get rescued. Jack wants to build a militaristic society where he is the leader, and his subordinates hunt, and control the island. The war-paint and the spears represent savagery and the abandonment of civilization. There’s also a secondary conflict between the boys and the Beast. This is actually the imagination of young boys, making them believe the worst, when there is actually nothing to be afraid of. The Beast represents fear, it represents the worst in us, as does the “Lord of the Flies”, this fear spreads in the camp like a virus, staring with the younglings, and finally infecting even Piggy, who is practically the personification of reason in the