Brian Joseph
Professor Harmon
English 9-2
23 November 2017
Bad Happens to the Well-Intentioned Lord of The Flies embodies many themes, but none is so special as the one that related to me the most. In the 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses symbolism, dialogue, irony, and foreshadowing to illuminate the gloomy truth that people who have good intentions and follow what they believe to be right, especially when unpopular, will be misunderstood, misjudged, and sadly, punished. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon fall under the category of “well-intentioned people.”
Symbolism: Ralph represents rationality and Jack represents irrationality. Ralph makes decisions about building shelters and making a fire to produce a smoke signal; however, Jack makes decisions about pig-hunting (despite the fact that there was a plethora of fruits and nuts to eat) and partying. (#) Ralph’s decisions are driven by a burning desire to leave the island while Jack’s decisions are motivated by the desire to have fun and squander time. Since most of the boys on the island favor Jack’s popular, irrational decisions, Ralph is isolated and hunted down.
The pig head represents the beast inside of the boys. The true mark of becoming savage is when the hunters cut off the pig’s head and …show more content…
Simon is the only one who figures out that the beast is fake.(#) The lack of knowledge that the beast is just a harmless dead person causes the boys to become paranoid and confused which causes them to overreact and split into two groups. When they split into two different groups, Jack’s anger towards Ralph explodes as he begins to steal from Ralph, then attack Ralph, and finally hunt Ralph. All the mayhem and chaos caused by the unknown could have been avoided if Ralph would’ve stood strong in his belief that the beast wasn’t
Professor Harmon
English 9-2
23 November 2017
Bad Happens to the Well-Intentioned Lord of The Flies embodies many themes, but none is so special as the one that related to me the most. In the 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses symbolism, dialogue, irony, and foreshadowing to illuminate the gloomy truth that people who have good intentions and follow what they believe to be right, especially when unpopular, will be misunderstood, misjudged, and sadly, punished. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon fall under the category of “well-intentioned people.”
Symbolism: Ralph represents rationality and Jack represents irrationality. Ralph makes decisions about building shelters and making a fire to produce a smoke signal; however, Jack makes decisions about pig-hunting (despite the fact that there was a plethora of fruits and nuts to eat) and partying. (#) Ralph’s decisions are driven by a burning desire to leave the island while Jack’s decisions are motivated by the desire to have fun and squander time. Since most of the boys on the island favor Jack’s popular, irrational decisions, Ralph is isolated and hunted down.
The pig head represents the beast inside of the boys. The true mark of becoming savage is when the hunters cut off the pig’s head and …show more content…
Simon is the only one who figures out that the beast is fake.(#) The lack of knowledge that the beast is just a harmless dead person causes the boys to become paranoid and confused which causes them to overreact and split into two groups. When they split into two different groups, Jack’s anger towards Ralph explodes as he begins to steal from Ralph, then attack Ralph, and finally hunt Ralph. All the mayhem and chaos caused by the unknown could have been avoided if Ralph would’ve stood strong in his belief that the beast wasn’t