Lost Boys: The Tribe

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the conch is a motif for the boys stuck on the island. A group of deserted schoolboys, left on their own devices, rely on a shell to determine who has control of their new found society. The conch symbolizes order for the boys; when the conch is destroyed the loss of civility turns the boy’s evil and the island into anarchy. The conch represents order and civilization and unites all of the boys on the island. The conch, described as a beautiful white and…

different forms of decay that are incorporated into the story. The fall of the boys’ unstable political system, the physical decomposition of the boys’ cleanliness, along with the destruction of the island, shows the beginning of the downward direction that the boy’s loosely held society is crumbling towards. The decreasing respect for social standards within the island also contributes to the social fragmentation that the boys experience while on the island. The recurring theme of decay in the…

having order for the boys during the beginning. As…

If you were to sit down with any normal boy aged 6-12 and asked them what their desires are, you would get answers along the lines of being a rockstar, or receiving a new toy truck, etcetera. But in the case of the boys in the William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies you would get answers surrounding brutality, survival, and returning to modern society, depending on who among the boys you are asking. In this engaging story you find themes surrounding innocence, societal structure, and even…

In the passage Ralph is being hunted by Jack and his “tribe” as a fire rages across the island. Ralph is punctilious throughout the novel wanting to keep the fire alive to create smoke for rescue, using the conch to maintain order, and the shelter as protection from the beast.Jack is hedonistic. Jack has no long-term goals of rescue or shelter. Instead he enjoys the thrill of the hunt and resents anyone who stands in his way, in this case Ralph, of his savage pursuits. Ralph symbolizes…

in the streets, clearly a big difference. The Lord of the Flies is an intense book about a group of boys being forced to grow up and survive on a deserted island without any parents to guide them. Throughout the book, every character was eventually changed, out of all, Jack changed the most dramatically. Within the time Jack spent on the island he went from a seemingly sweet and innocent British boy, to a savage murderer.…

In the voice-over, Paikea explains the story of how her people are led and the importance of the whale rider in her tribe. While she is speaking, the film repeatedly cuts between the footage of a whale swimming in an ocean to Paikea’s mother giving birth to twins. The voice-over begins with, “In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness, it was waiting to be filled…

of the boys stranded on the island serve as a setting for this dispute. The three oldest boys have vastly different personalities as leaders: Piggy is the smartest, Jack is ambitious, and Ralph is charming. Some would argue that it is thirst for power, like Jack has, that is most important; others might say that intelligence, seen in Piggy, is the most crucial element of a good leader. However, neither of these boys become the leader on the island, and Ralph is the one that the other boys choose…

happening over time is natural, however the rapid need for change forced on the boys leads to mass chaos. In William Golding's book, Lord of the Flies, the bewildered young boys lose their innocence through their interactions with each other on the island. There are many passages from the book Lord of the Flies that demonstrate the children losing their innocence. When the boys are setting the island on fire, and the boy with the birthmark is dying due to their actions they are losing all purity…

The Absolutely True Diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie is the story of a teenage boy, named Junior, struggling with his tribe's culture. The young boy loses hope in his tribe, and he decides to pursue his education outside of the reservation. This caused numerous amounts of backlash between his friend and many members of his tribe. But he continues on with his education, because he believes that the culture of his people will drag him down and that he will never escape the…