The literary novel Lord of the Flies is an allegorical text that is complex and identifies common day issues through the eyes of its author William Golding, who had experienced the horrors of WWII. Golding created a story where a large group of British boys crash land on an island and are stranded. In the beginning, the boys try to stay civilized by selecting a leader and following that leader and a direct set of rules. Ralph one of two-man characters was chosen as leader. His rival Jack resented him for this and throughout the novel, the two groups diverged and Jacks group especially began to lose a civilized state of mind and moved towards savagery. Those who remained with Ralph until the end or their end were more civilized, but even they
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Lord of the Flies also touches on how that you can be influenced by your certain environments which can lead to acts that show a loss of empathy or no empathy at all. Jack is a source of evil in the book. He is conveyed through high levels of savagery and primitivism. The books introduce us to this theme with Jack. Jack was always on the controlling side, but it got worse as the story progressed. This is shown when Jack is dancing around with the other boys in chapter four and the book says “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling”(4,48). Jack is acting like an animal as he is dancing witch shows how untethered he has become to civilization and by making bloodthirsty snarling sounds he is stepping further into savagery and primitivism. Jack is portrayed as a symbol of evil and savagery. In the scene when Jack and the other boys are hunting Jack does the unspeakable and it’s stated as “Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing. At last, the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. "Look." He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over …show more content…
When the Lord of the Flies feels threatened by Simons holiness he threatens Simon by stating, "I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else--"--Or else," said the Lord of the Flies, "we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph. Do you. See?" Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness”(8,112). With this threat, the Lord of the Flies is telling Simon that with the corruption of evil, savagery, and primitivism that the other boys that he named would have something to do with the death of Simon. This is a direct relation to that people are born evil in nature and aren’t born with empathy because the Lord of the Flies is apart of all of us. Simon was killed by the boys just like the Lord of the Flies said, so by the act actually happening the book clearly represents that evilness is human
Lord of the Flies also touches on how that you can be influenced by your certain environments which can lead to acts that show a loss of empathy or no empathy at all. Jack is a source of evil in the book. He is conveyed through high levels of savagery and primitivism. The books introduce us to this theme with Jack. Jack was always on the controlling side, but it got worse as the story progressed. This is shown when Jack is dancing around with the other boys in chapter four and the book says “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling”(4,48). Jack is acting like an animal as he is dancing witch shows how untethered he has become to civilization and by making bloodthirsty snarling sounds he is stepping further into savagery and primitivism. Jack is portrayed as a symbol of evil and savagery. In the scene when Jack and the other boys are hunting Jack does the unspeakable and it’s stated as “Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing. At last, the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. "Look." He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over …show more content…
When the Lord of the Flies feels threatened by Simons holiness he threatens Simon by stating, "I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else--"--Or else," said the Lord of the Flies, "we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph. Do you. See?" Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness”(8,112). With this threat, the Lord of the Flies is telling Simon that with the corruption of evil, savagery, and primitivism that the other boys that he named would have something to do with the death of Simon. This is a direct relation to that people are born evil in nature and aren’t born with empathy because the Lord of the Flies is apart of all of us. Simon was killed by the boys just like the Lord of the Flies said, so by the act actually happening the book clearly represents that evilness is human