Belonging the Crucible, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm

In Lord of the Flies two boys that have leadership qualities are left on island with many other boys. Ralph is a good and thoughtful leader, while Jack is ruthless and goes into savagery when is not accompanied by an adult. Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding who wrote this book to show what happens when a civilized person and a person of savagery leads a group. Ralph is a nice handsome boy who is elected as a chief of the boys, Jack and his choir become the hunters, and Piggy is a chubby boy who is intelligent. In Lord of the Flies Jack and Ralph are two leaders, at first the boys follow Ralph but then the stop. During the time Ralph is chief him and Jack fight over power until Jack gets his power and Ralph wants

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies presents a story of a group of boys who become stranded on an island together, and in their struggle to survive; some begin to fight for power. Having power makes them feel in control of their situation; however, this power struggle quickly begins to consume them. Golding uses the power struggle between Ralph and Jack, the two main characters, to illustrate the power struggle between good and evil.

Abigail came right out to John and told him there was no witchcraft. If he had told someone what Abby had said before they started the trials, all of the innocent people that died wouldn’t have been hanged. This is why John Proctor is responsible for the witch hysteria.

The quote “To belong is to understand the tacit codes of the people you live with” from Michael Ignatieff is explaining that with every group of people in society, there is a certain set of logical unspoken rules that are not written rules. The understanding and following of these rules will allow you to belong in most groups. Unspoken rules are what make a group who they are. The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter both have perfect examples for the relationship between unspoken rules and belonging. Also, these works take place in the 17th century around the same area. This creates almost the same setting for both stories where the unspoken rules will be almost identical. The knowledge and ability to follow the unspoken rules will lead to

“Thanks be to the Lord I know my selfe altogether innocent & ignorant of the crime of witchcraft w’ch is lay’d to my charge:” said Abigail in the letter she wrote to Governor Phips as she tried to convince him of her innocence. She kept to her story that the witnesses were falsely accusing her using their statements only since there was no evidence presented against her. She wrote to the governor about how she felt like the Lord was pleased with her pregnancy and had therefore spared her life. She told of her many children and the sickness of her husband as reasons she needed to be excused and released from her four months in Salem Prison. The primary focus of her whole letter was that she felt she was wronged and should have been released from the lack of proof of her accused crime.

Abigail manipulates Salem’s puritan beliefs to create a mass hysteria about witchcraft, and uses the possible impending death sentence to blackmail and ruin others in the community.

Abigail begins to have authority over the other girls in the town of Salem. They follow her league in every lie that Abigail gets them caught up into. In Act I page 10, Abigail lies to Parris about what really happened in the woods and what he really saw. “Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched.” She doesn’t state the real reason as to why they were in the woods to Parris and his suspicions raise up. Abigail is in total denial and somehow convinces Parris that he has mistaken what he saw. This raises up questions about witchcraft and the presence of the Devil, so Abigail starts with accusations with people in the town. From that moment

Another reason that Abigail is solely responsible for the witch hunts is that she is very immature. They are in court and Mary Warren is trying to tell the truth about the girls lying but as soon as the court starts to believe Mary, Abigail turns their attention to Marry by lying about Mary sending her spirit

Introduction: Greed does not rest until it is satisfied, and greed is never satisfied (Eastland). The play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller shows the audience that through the aspirations and actions of Abigail Williams and Thomas Putnam, if greed is (lustier than pity) able to out power pity, there will be suffering. Abigail and Thomas use the witch trials as a type of greed to seek revenge, gain power and increase their wealth, which causes devastation and destruction in the town of Salem. Point of Comparison #1: Seek Revenge - An act of retaliation for an offence is known as seeking revenge. - Through the actions by Thomas Putnam and Abigail Williams the readers determine that they use the witch trials to seek revenge in hope to conquer their greedy vindictive feeling, however this leads to suffering.

Their actions break the cohesion in Salem’s tight knit community. Reverend Hale sees this and warns the officials that they are courting rebellion. As a result of the trials, “cows are wandering loose, crops are rotting in the fields, and orphans are wandering without supervision”. Many homes have fallen into neglect because their owners were in jail or had to attend the proceedings. Everyone lives in fear of being accused of witchcraft.

Her threat to her friends makes them not confess to dancing in the woods, but causes them to go along with the confession of witchcraft. This evokes the whole town of Salem into a hysteria. People that were indicted of witchcraft ended up being killed, mostly by being hanged and one being pressed to death with huge, heavy stones. Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft by Abigail, causing tension between Elizabeth and John. In the end, all of Abigails actions do lead to the hanging of John Proctor. She remains stubborn and does not admit to the lack of truth behind the trials. So, John Proctor has to choose to either confess and taint his own name, or to not confess and be hanged. For the sake of his family, he does not confess. This would not have happened if Abigail chose to do everything differently and not make false accusations.

Abigail gained power and a voice within the town of Salem. The community listens to everything that she says and takes her word as credible. She and the other girls confess to practicing witchcraft so people, such as the court, believe that she and the other are telling the truth. The town is scared of witchcraft and unnatural things, so they will listen to even young unreliable girls over well-respected citizens. When some unknown evil comes into a town everyone is scared and will listen to anyone who speaks out and seems as though they are telling the truth. While in the courtroom, the girls follow in Abigail’s footsteps as she pretends to see the devil and spirits lurking in the courtroom, throughout the town, and at night. While Elizabeth was talking to John Proctor, her husband, she describes how the girls follow Abigail and how much power she has in the courts decisions: “Abigail brings the other girls into the courtroom, and where she walks the crowd spits like the sea for Israel And folks are brought before

A common cliché for many story’s plots is the battle between good and evil. William Golding put a twist on this concept, writing ‘Lord of the Flies’ as a battle between the superego and the id. He represents these two parts of the human psyche with two characters, Ralph and Jack. These two were swiftly established as the alpha males among a group of stranded British boys. This group rapidly devolves to savages, and some believe that it is Ralph’s and Jack’s fault.

One cause of the decline of the boys’ society in Lord of the Flies is their opposing beliefs. The two leaders, Jack and Ralph, often had