Gaia Aspitz Savagery Due: 5.2.15
In the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is an ever-present theme of Savagery, more specifically how human nature overrides any sort of mannerisms or propriety that the boys were taught and the way that savage nature has brought them to do things that someone who is used to the “civil” world might consider primitive, savage, and violent. The first five chapters give many examples of occasions in which the boys behaved in an uncivilized manner. After the boys have settled and understood what their dire situation was, Ralph comes up with the idea that they should have a way to signal ships that might be sailing nearby in hopes of rescue. “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.” Ralph seems to think that “the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there. So the Queen’s got a picture of this island”. He is very optimistic and trusts civilization …show more content…
At first, they are not completely aware of their own actions and are still naive and childish in the sense that even though they cause a huge forest fire, they do not feel especially violent because of it, but they do enjoy it, awed by it’s great power. Later, it is seen that violence is more present within the boys like when Roger throws the stones at Henry, but still throws to miss because he is still afraid of the consequences. Finally, Jack completely succumbs to his violent urge, “at last able to hit someone”. He lashes out at Piggy simply because he can, with no regard for what this means about himself or what kind of punishment he might receive for doing so. Overall, the boys slowly get more violent and less aware of what they are really
In the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is an ever-present theme of Savagery, more specifically how human nature overrides any sort of mannerisms or propriety that the boys were taught and the way that savage nature has brought them to do things that someone who is used to the “civil” world might consider primitive, savage, and violent. The first five chapters give many examples of occasions in which the boys behaved in an uncivilized manner. After the boys have settled and understood what their dire situation was, Ralph comes up with the idea that they should have a way to signal ships that might be sailing nearby in hopes of rescue. “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.” Ralph seems to think that “the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there. So the Queen’s got a picture of this island”. He is very optimistic and trusts civilization …show more content…
At first, they are not completely aware of their own actions and are still naive and childish in the sense that even though they cause a huge forest fire, they do not feel especially violent because of it, but they do enjoy it, awed by it’s great power. Later, it is seen that violence is more present within the boys like when Roger throws the stones at Henry, but still throws to miss because he is still afraid of the consequences. Finally, Jack completely succumbs to his violent urge, “at last able to hit someone”. He lashes out at Piggy simply because he can, with no regard for what this means about himself or what kind of punishment he might receive for doing so. Overall, the boys slowly get more violent and less aware of what they are really