Throughout the 1990’s more than 100 million children died from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could have been prevented for the prices of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days. Unfortunately, for some part, the world nowadays has become a cruel and ignorant place considering that facts such as these can exist. Similarly to the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it counts the story of a group of boys and their struggle to reinstate civilization in the deserted island they have landed in and to contain the inherent evil of each other. The methods that the boys use in order to survive in the middle of nowhere seem to cut them from humanity and what has been instated into civilizations
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However, as in the Eden described in the Bible, everywhere, there is enticement towards sleaze. For instance, as described in the Bible, Satan was concealed into a snake in order to tempt Adam and Eve of the guilty pleasure to eat an apple, causing them the fall from Heaven. Congruently, in Lord of the Flies, the boys first describe their fear, the beast, as a “snake-thing”. The initial embodiment of the beast in the boy’s thoughts becomes this “snake-thing”, which eventually causes them to loose their innocence for the sake of protection and they become paranoid about it. The aggregate belief grows staining in the boy’s minds as it pushes them to think about their fear and look for ways to push it off, forgetting about their primary roles. Furthermore, the fear symbolizes their gradual loss of innocence as they become aware that there could be something that could take their lives in seconds and this prolapse becomes a tragedy to the once organized civilization that was put in place. Furthermore, the weather also symbolizes the transformation of the island from a utopia to a dystopia as Ralph describes the ocean tide as an impenetrable wall, and by the stormy weather following Simon’s death, “a great wind blew the rain sideways, cascading the water from the forest trees” (Golding 172). Consequently, it becomes apparent that the fear of the beast is the main reason the boys are slowly losing their
However, as in the Eden described in the Bible, everywhere, there is enticement towards sleaze. For instance, as described in the Bible, Satan was concealed into a snake in order to tempt Adam and Eve of the guilty pleasure to eat an apple, causing them the fall from Heaven. Congruently, in Lord of the Flies, the boys first describe their fear, the beast, as a “snake-thing”. The initial embodiment of the beast in the boy’s thoughts becomes this “snake-thing”, which eventually causes them to loose their innocence for the sake of protection and they become paranoid about it. The aggregate belief grows staining in the boy’s minds as it pushes them to think about their fear and look for ways to push it off, forgetting about their primary roles. Furthermore, the fear symbolizes their gradual loss of innocence as they become aware that there could be something that could take their lives in seconds and this prolapse becomes a tragedy to the once organized civilization that was put in place. Furthermore, the weather also symbolizes the transformation of the island from a utopia to a dystopia as Ralph describes the ocean tide as an impenetrable wall, and by the stormy weather following Simon’s death, “a great wind blew the rain sideways, cascading the water from the forest trees” (Golding 172). Consequently, it becomes apparent that the fear of the beast is the main reason the boys are slowly losing their