The odds of being involved in a plane crash are 1 in every 1.2 million flights, and the likelihood of actually dying is 1 in 11 million. It's a situation no one would hope to find themselves in, but the boys in Lord of the Flies did. In this story of wartime, power, survival, and hunger, students transform into uncivilized maniacs. Currently, men and boys act much differently compared to in the 1900s. Their behaviors and interests differ drastically, but some things never change. Therefore, if given the opportunity, William Golding would observe the fact that violence has remained a factor in the attitude of individuals and the presence of social media obstructs the adolescent population from living a full life. Violence and brutality have
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Violence is becoming a way of life, a law. This lack of authority manifested itself in the boys, deepening their display of a loss of humanity as time continued and transitioned into savagery. Establishing Evidence: This is displayed by the inhumane gatherings the boys hold in order to praise the product of the hunt: death. Jack begins the chant by shouting out, Evidence: “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (152). Analysis: This captures the insanity of the boys and the loss of innocence as they fall further into hysteria. The problematic course the youth are on continues to develop to be more critical as cannibalism is introduced into the storyline. Tangled in this paranoia, they see a dark figure (Simon) running toward the beach shouting about the beast Jack and company assume this figure itself to be the beast, they attack. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, lept on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (153). This is the turmoil of being on the island, students have developed into barbaric beasts killing even their own. In total, Golding would observe the fact that in an absence of an authority figure times purpose, even today, things can get out of …show more content…
Subclaim: In the world, today Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook have taken over, individuals have become more obsessed and absorbed with technology than what is really occurring in the outside world. Establish Evidence: In the society lived in, celebrities, government officials, and athletes are constantly degrading one another, in order to gain further publicity for oneself. Recently Evidence: Analysis: Without the access to technology. Establish Evidence: Evidence: Today, reports have shown that 68% of the world population have cell phones, in 1950 it was reported that 75% of the world population had a homophone, one singular phone for an average family of four. This proves that the technological usage is rapidly growing, and not slowing down one bit. Subclaim: In Lord of the Flies the character Ralph was chief but with a lack of original ideas and popularity, his ruling soon crumbled. Ralph lost the confidence that he once had, and at the same time, it seems others slowly gain power and voice while Ralph loses his. He was eventually hated and considered mocked. When Ralph doesn't know what to say during assemblies, Evidence: "Piggy whisper[s] urgently" (142) to help him out. Evidence: “The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to
Violence is becoming a way of life, a law. This lack of authority manifested itself in the boys, deepening their display of a loss of humanity as time continued and transitioned into savagery. Establishing Evidence: This is displayed by the inhumane gatherings the boys hold in order to praise the product of the hunt: death. Jack begins the chant by shouting out, Evidence: “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (152). Analysis: This captures the insanity of the boys and the loss of innocence as they fall further into hysteria. The problematic course the youth are on continues to develop to be more critical as cannibalism is introduced into the storyline. Tangled in this paranoia, they see a dark figure (Simon) running toward the beach shouting about the beast Jack and company assume this figure itself to be the beast, they attack. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, lept on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” (153). This is the turmoil of being on the island, students have developed into barbaric beasts killing even their own. In total, Golding would observe the fact that in an absence of an authority figure times purpose, even today, things can get out of …show more content…
Subclaim: In the world, today Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook have taken over, individuals have become more obsessed and absorbed with technology than what is really occurring in the outside world. Establish Evidence: In the society lived in, celebrities, government officials, and athletes are constantly degrading one another, in order to gain further publicity for oneself. Recently Evidence: Analysis: Without the access to technology. Establish Evidence: Evidence: Today, reports have shown that 68% of the world population have cell phones, in 1950 it was reported that 75% of the world population had a homophone, one singular phone for an average family of four. This proves that the technological usage is rapidly growing, and not slowing down one bit. Subclaim: In Lord of the Flies the character Ralph was chief but with a lack of original ideas and popularity, his ruling soon crumbled. Ralph lost the confidence that he once had, and at the same time, it seems others slowly gain power and voice while Ralph loses his. He was eventually hated and considered mocked. When Ralph doesn't know what to say during assemblies, Evidence: "Piggy whisper[s] urgently" (142) to help him out. Evidence: “The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to