Imagine that you and a group of children are stranded on a tropical island with no shelter, no grown ups, and no civilization. Do you think that this new environment you are in will impact the course of your life? I do because the people we surround ourselves with, impact our decisions. To start, the bad people we surround ourselves with impact our decisions by influencing us negatively. For example, in the book The Lord of the Flies, Jack, a character in the book, goes from a nice, controlled, British schoolboy, to a terrible, bloodthirsty man, that is obsessed with hunting, and power, which he eventually yields. When he got power and control over all of the boys on the island, some of them were influenced by him. One boy that was influenced by him was Roger. He used to be a good schoolboy, but later,
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For example, in the book, The Lord of the Flies, Piggy is influenced by Ralph in a positive way. He is influenced by Ralph in a positive way when Ralph found the conch at the beginning of the book. This happened when Piggy met Ralph for the first time. Ralph was lowering himself onto some rocks to a lagoon on the beach. There, he met Piggy, a chubby fat boy that was very intelligent. The two of them found a conch shell, which Ralph blew, as shown with this quote: “The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.” (Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 2003. Print.) After Ralph blew the conch shell, all of the boys came. All of the boys took a vote of who would become the leader of all of the boys, and Ralph won. He made many rules, and knew that the boys needed to have a working civilization in order to survive. Piggy was influenced by Ralph at that time because he felt that Ralph was being a leader and well-respected, which is something Piggy
For example, in the book, The Lord of the Flies, Piggy is influenced by Ralph in a positive way. He is influenced by Ralph in a positive way when Ralph found the conch at the beginning of the book. This happened when Piggy met Ralph for the first time. Ralph was lowering himself onto some rocks to a lagoon on the beach. There, he met Piggy, a chubby fat boy that was very intelligent. The two of them found a conch shell, which Ralph blew, as shown with this quote: “The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.” (Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Penguin, 2003. Print.) After Ralph blew the conch shell, all of the boys came. All of the boys took a vote of who would become the leader of all of the boys, and Ralph won. He made many rules, and knew that the boys needed to have a working civilization in order to survive. Piggy was influenced by Ralph at that time because he felt that Ralph was being a leader and well-respected, which is something Piggy