Savagery Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis Essay

Lord of the Flies Analysis Essay “Savagery is the process of separation.” (StatusMind). In the book “Lord of the Flies”, written by William Golding, is about a group of young boys who end up stranded on an island by themselves. While being on this island, the boys lose their sense of civilization and all become savages. As they become uncivilized, the boys end up splitting up which as a result lead to death for some of the boys; as for the other boys, they lose their sanity and became insensible. One of the main characters in the book Jack, is a good example for how becoming barbaric can really change ones’ personality and why of thinking. To start off with, Jack takes actions based off of whether or not he will get pleasure out of it. With this way of thinking, he can have the characteristic id. Id is a type of personality that is given at birth and they don’t really think about the consequences. People with the id personality tend to want pleasure out of what they are doing. For example, one article …show more content…
When someone have a fight personality they tend to think is a way such as stated in this quote, “If he finds that the opponent is weaker and he can fight him, he will adopt the fight technique to strike back.” (Borka). In the book, Jack is very quick and impulsive. He is able to respond in any situation. An example of that is, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” (Golding 152). This shows how Jack noticed that he was capable of fighting back to a beast, so he did, which ultimately connects to the fight personality. All in all, while reading the “Lord of the Flies”, one can really see how being on an Island can really change someone personality. Jack is a great example of the above statement and is also a good example of the fight and id personalities. Also acting like a barbarian, can drastically change how your society as a whole is portrayed