“Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.”-Anti Gun Control Slogan. That quote may seem familiar, but the important part of that quote is the “people kill people” part which shows what humans should be scared of most, is themselves. The terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris and “Lord of the Flies” by Golding both illustrate the evil and savagery that exist in human society. However, the aftermath of the Paris attacks caused another of Golding’s messages in “Lord of the Flies” to rise up in present day society. The aftermath of the Paris attacks has caused paranoia and thus has caused civilization to lose it’s basic foundation. Inner evil exists in all society, but the worst thing that can happen to let that evil control a civilization.
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Piggy, a symbol of reason, says the following “Life . . . is scientific . . . .I know there isn 't no beast . . . but I know there isn 't no fear, either . . . .Unless we get frightened of people”(Golding 84). Piggy the voice of reason is saying that there is no reason for fear to exist, except if one has a fear or people. In a way, what Piggy said was foreshadowing because the kids were afraid of the beast and the beast turned out to be them, the beast was a person, the one thing Piggy said is the only thing one could be frightened of. Now in this real-life situation, ISIS can be thought of as being the beast, but the so called “beast” is just human actions and what we are really scared of is not the “beast” but the capabilities of humans with uncontrollable power. Countries such as the U.S. and France can be thought of as Piggy because those countries are supposed to represent reason and order, but just like Piggy, the U.S and France will get attacked by evil human …show more content…
As said in the final chapter of the book, "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man 's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (Golding 229). In the story, Ralph and the boys were no longer innocent as they had participated in the deaths of innocent children. Ralph realized the evil that had overtaken them while on the island how they were no longer civilized. Last, Ralph not only lost a voice of reason in Piggy, but a friend. Comparing this to the Paris attacks and its aftermath, the end of innocence represents the Muslim community as a whole. Muslims because of the groups like ISIS are looked at differently, treated differently, and no longer can live freely without being judged. The darkness of man’s heart is obvious in just the attack. These people killed hundreds of innocent people for no reason and many of these “people” committed suicide with a bomb attached to them. These are acts of pure evil. Finally, Piggy’s death represented the death of reason and that is tantamount to Donald Trump wanting to stop the immigration of Muslims into America and having millions who support him. In this time of terrorism, it’s almost like America hasn’t been able to reason anymore and no one knows what’s right or
Piggy, a symbol of reason, says the following “Life . . . is scientific . . . .I know there isn 't no beast . . . but I know there isn 't no fear, either . . . .Unless we get frightened of people”(Golding 84). Piggy the voice of reason is saying that there is no reason for fear to exist, except if one has a fear or people. In a way, what Piggy said was foreshadowing because the kids were afraid of the beast and the beast turned out to be them, the beast was a person, the one thing Piggy said is the only thing one could be frightened of. Now in this real-life situation, ISIS can be thought of as being the beast, but the so called “beast” is just human actions and what we are really scared of is not the “beast” but the capabilities of humans with uncontrollable power. Countries such as the U.S. and France can be thought of as Piggy because those countries are supposed to represent reason and order, but just like Piggy, the U.S and France will get attacked by evil human …show more content…
As said in the final chapter of the book, "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man 's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (Golding 229). In the story, Ralph and the boys were no longer innocent as they had participated in the deaths of innocent children. Ralph realized the evil that had overtaken them while on the island how they were no longer civilized. Last, Ralph not only lost a voice of reason in Piggy, but a friend. Comparing this to the Paris attacks and its aftermath, the end of innocence represents the Muslim community as a whole. Muslims because of the groups like ISIS are looked at differently, treated differently, and no longer can live freely without being judged. The darkness of man’s heart is obvious in just the attack. These people killed hundreds of innocent people for no reason and many of these “people” committed suicide with a bomb attached to them. These are acts of pure evil. Finally, Piggy’s death represented the death of reason and that is tantamount to Donald Trump wanting to stop the immigration of Muslims into America and having millions who support him. In this time of terrorism, it’s almost like America hasn’t been able to reason anymore and no one knows what’s right or