A rule is a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles, governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere. Rules are necessary to maintain peace and order in a society. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and Antigone, a play by Sophocles, portray events in which rules in societies may be rightly imposed or broken under certain circumstances. In Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic society has assigned firemen to burn books in order to rewrite history, and a naive adolescent attempts to uncover the truth behind it. In Antigone, a king has denied the right for a woman to bury her brother, and she seeks help from her sister.…
When authority is rescinded, evil and malevolence take over. That is the message portrayed while reading William Goldberg’s Lord of the Flies, a novel focusing on a group of grade-school boys who are deserted on an island after a plane crash during war. This theory becomes apparent when the development of the main characters Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, as well as the group of boys as a whole, is analyzed. To facilitate analyses, it is easiest to break the development into three stages, the beginning, where authority is present, the midpoint, where authority has fallen, and the ending, where malicious intent overwhelms the boys.…
This relates to him on page 21 when Jack tells piggy,” Youre talking too much, Shut up fatty”. That is after piggy literally says 5 words, which goes to show Jack doesn't want to hear what he has to say, just because he is fat. Fourthly, states,” how you gonna criticize” this takes part also on page 21 when Jack also tells piggy,” Youre talking too much, Shut up fatty”. This text also means he thinks anything piggy say is irrelevant and whatever he says is not smart because he’s…
In the beginning of the novel Lord of the Flies, the island society attempts to enforce the rules strictly, but as time passes, rules become more difficult to sustain. In the beginning of the novel, Jack talks about wanting to inflict strict rules. All the children had just recently gotten onto the island, and felt they needed a way to govern themselves to stay alive. Jack takes a leadership role to all the other children because he is the leader of the choir. He says to the group “we’ll have rules...…
Following the death of Piggy at the hands of Jack’s newly formed tribe, Jack shows no remorse. He begins “[screaming] wildly” (141), and sees it as an opportunity to make himself chief. He “[stops] by [Piggy,] the pig, [turns] and [holds] up his hands” (142) to direct his tribe back to their fort. Jack’s actions in response to the death of another boy, that his group of boys was responsible for, proves how isolation from civilized society and authority has influenced his behaviour. This incident reveals Jack’s new character, as he feels that he is vindicated and that he is now the rightful chief.…
Not long after the boys arrive on the island after the plane crash in “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding, the boys relationships change regarding behavior. They begin to argue and disagree on rules, especially regarding the conch. An example of this is when Jack yells out “Conch, Conch! We don't need the conch anymore”(101). Jack, a hunter, is in a constant power struggle between him and Ralph, the leader.…
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding proclaims that “society” is a made up concept that exists only to create a feeling of security. When the boys first come together, they turn to the idea of order in an attempt to find comfort, endeavouring to recreate civilization by electing a leader and putting rules into place. However, the comfort of directives are soon over ridden by the savage instincts of the boys as they begin to find joy in hunting, killing and inflicting pain. At the conclusion of the novel, the boys come to the realisation that having laws and someone in charge does not automatically make peace and kindness, as they first thought, ultimately revealing that the usual perception of a law bound nation is simply a delusion.…
“Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.” - Matthew Lesko. In the novel Lord of the flies by William Golding, it tells us a story of a group of school boys getting their plane shot down in world war || and invading a tropical island. Without any adults or rules, most of the young boys slipped into the scary abyss of savagery.…
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding claims that two impulses exist in all human beings. The desire to live by the rules, and follow their everyday morals and the urge to become savages and hunt to survive. When the children first landed on the island, most of them agreed that order was needed. They all complied at the beginning and established their leader and their rules. Their conch at the island brought order and power to the individual holding it and it became a symbol of authority at the island (Golding 22).…
The conch represents democracy in Lord of the Flies. Whoever has the conch has the right to speak; it becomes a symbol of authority. Ralph and Piggy represent democracy, while Jack represents dictatorship. Both Democracy and Dictatorship play a role in war. These play a role in World War 2 especially, because of Hitler representing Dictatorship, and the United States representing democracy.…
See?... There isn't a tribe for you any more! the conch is gone--'" (loc 2083). As a result of the conch, each person was silent and listened to Piggy, before he was killed by Roger. The conch was also something Jack did not have and was even more superior than him.…
The hierarchy of ethics can be applied to Lord of the Flies because the variety of personality types on the island is vast. In level 1 of the hierarchy, the people’s choices of right and wrong are deemed by punishments and rewards, and they have a notion that “it’s only wrong if you get caught.” After the boys murdered an innocent mother pig, “The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. Look.”…
Disobeying the conch rules and interrupting Piggy, Jack spoke harshly toward Ralph. When Ralph confronted Jack about his rule-breaking, Jack exclaimed, “‘Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong- we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat-’”…
He smacked Piggy’s head…his glasses flew off” (94). Although this morally is a wrong thing to do, it shows Jack’s dominance over Piggy. After this incident, Jack, “loud and active, gave orders, sang, whistled, and threw remarks” to the boys to make a new fire (96). Instantly, all the kids begin to complete his instructions. Jack’s assertiveness allows him effectively make the boys do work, while Piggy is unable to.…
Your’re no good on a job like this.’ ‘All the same-’ ‘We don’t want you.’ Said Jack, flatly ‘Three’s enough.’ Piggy’s glasses flashed ‘I was with him when he found the conch. I was with him before anyone else was.’…