In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding and “A Brave New
World” by Aldous Huxley brings the development of psychological manipulation, mortality, and individuality influences in the most unspeakable way. While both books teaches the meaning of being somewhat “free”, in the book “A Brave New World” Bernard is convinced people should live freely while in “Lord of the Flies” Ralph experiences how fear, guilt, and freedom can eat itself apart. The two books revolve around the term freedom, and in order to have freedom there has to be control; but not too much control. I believe Ralph is a leader in Lord of the Flies. He depicts every aspect a leader should have. Where else Bernard just does not have the leadership in him. Especially how Bernard did his cowardly hide during the fight for freedom in the hospital. "There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.”(Chapter 2) In addition to Ralph’s leadership, another great example is when the boys and Ralph go in search of beastie, lurking into the undiscovered grounds of the island. Ralph knows that as the leader of the boys he must physically take the lead in the hunting party, despite his feelings of great trepidation, which brings back to the point of …show more content…
"And then he spends most of his time by himself – alone."(Page 45) This moment in the beginning of the book is when Bernard spends most of his time thinking alone about life, love, sadness, and anger. In comparison, in Lord of the Flies, Ralph experienced being isolated, abandoned, and betrayed. When Ralph gets isolated from his remaining men, Ralph then notices he is doomed not only because he is all by himself but the fact that the island’s vegetation gets burned down because of Ralphs’s
World” by Aldous Huxley brings the development of psychological manipulation, mortality, and individuality influences in the most unspeakable way. While both books teaches the meaning of being somewhat “free”, in the book “A Brave New World” Bernard is convinced people should live freely while in “Lord of the Flies” Ralph experiences how fear, guilt, and freedom can eat itself apart. The two books revolve around the term freedom, and in order to have freedom there has to be control; but not too much control. I believe Ralph is a leader in Lord of the Flies. He depicts every aspect a leader should have. Where else Bernard just does not have the leadership in him. Especially how Bernard did his cowardly hide during the fight for freedom in the hospital. "There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire.”(Chapter 2) In addition to Ralph’s leadership, another great example is when the boys and Ralph go in search of beastie, lurking into the undiscovered grounds of the island. Ralph knows that as the leader of the boys he must physically take the lead in the hunting party, despite his feelings of great trepidation, which brings back to the point of …show more content…
"And then he spends most of his time by himself – alone."(Page 45) This moment in the beginning of the book is when Bernard spends most of his time thinking alone about life, love, sadness, and anger. In comparison, in Lord of the Flies, Ralph experienced being isolated, abandoned, and betrayed. When Ralph gets isolated from his remaining men, Ralph then notices he is doomed not only because he is all by himself but the fact that the island’s vegetation gets burned down because of Ralphs’s