Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, showcases a world of savagery where the darkness of the world begins to take over Simon, Jack, and Samneric while they slowly loose their identity.
When Piggy explains to Ralph that Jack’s tribe is changing, he says, “Yes, Laugh. Go on, laugh. there’s them on this island as would laugh at anything. And what happened? What’s the grown-up goin to think? Young Simon was murdered.” (Golding 171) This shows his feelings that the darkness thrown upon the bundles of lost identities is not a laughing matter. Piggy’s perspective made a reflection upon Jack; therefore, revealing his step into savagery, farther from himself.
Nevertheless, Jack, ruling as sin leader, made steps into the dark as the island lost more of its original means for hope when “his mind was crowded with …show more content…
– honestly!”” (Golding 175) During this cry of misunderstanding Simon lost his life, losing all of his original form while Jack along with the tribe that included Samneric murdered him and claimed they had done nothing of a sort as it was the beast in disguise: therefore, they all became murderous, helpless, lost children with their true features worn on the outside, torn out of their souls when displaying positions of power in the event of Simon’s death. The idea of the simple games on the island no longer stood as an idea of just play, but grew into a form of torture and crave of power that was put into each of the boys’ possession as the cry was spoken.
As one can see, each event throughout the novel displayed a stepping-stone into the world of savagery that is led on by the boys when they are put in powerful positions, encouraging the dark world to embrace the lost identities of Simon, Jack and Samneric as they transformed into painted, power craving images of
When Piggy explains to Ralph that Jack’s tribe is changing, he says, “Yes, Laugh. Go on, laugh. there’s them on this island as would laugh at anything. And what happened? What’s the grown-up goin to think? Young Simon was murdered.” (Golding 171) This shows his feelings that the darkness thrown upon the bundles of lost identities is not a laughing matter. Piggy’s perspective made a reflection upon Jack; therefore, revealing his step into savagery, farther from himself.
Nevertheless, Jack, ruling as sin leader, made steps into the dark as the island lost more of its original means for hope when “his mind was crowded with …show more content…
– honestly!”” (Golding 175) During this cry of misunderstanding Simon lost his life, losing all of his original form while Jack along with the tribe that included Samneric murdered him and claimed they had done nothing of a sort as it was the beast in disguise: therefore, they all became murderous, helpless, lost children with their true features worn on the outside, torn out of their souls when displaying positions of power in the event of Simon’s death. The idea of the simple games on the island no longer stood as an idea of just play, but grew into a form of torture and crave of power that was put into each of the boys’ possession as the cry was spoken.
As one can see, each event throughout the novel displayed a stepping-stone into the world of savagery that is led on by the boys when they are put in powerful positions, encouraging the dark world to embrace the lost identities of Simon, Jack and Samneric as they transformed into painted, power craving images of