Cesare Beccaria's Impact On America

In the book there is conch which gives the beholder of it power over the rest of the group. Jack knows that the group is torn on who should be their leader, so he does whatever is necessary to get the conch and control the group. Jack knows that the only way to do this is to make the group turn against Ralph. With power on his mind his begins to belittle Ralph and make the group think Ralph hasn’t been a good leader. This happens when Jack says, “Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing” (Golding 238). The group then begins to trust Jack because Ralph seems inferior compared to him. Once Jack has this power he begins to think that everyone who isn’t with him is against him. This leads to Jack killing Piggy to stop and uprising from him and Ralph. There is no way that a 13 year old boy would kill another classmate unless he was fueled with power like Macbeth was. Jack isn’t the only one in the book to let power get the best of him, Ralph also falls victim to it. Ralph begins to disrespect his best friend on the island Piggy when the book says “Ralph pushed Piggy to one side. ‘I was chief and you were going to do what I said’” (Golding 132). This quote shows how Ralph is willing to harm someone he care about just to show everyone including Piggy how powerful he truly is. Both Ralph and Jack let power cloud their judgement which

Jack uses his selfishness to gain control over the boys on the island. Throughout the novel, Jack uses his selfishness to attempt to gain control over the boys on the island, As an example Jack shows that he wants to be the leader so he can gain control over the decisions and the rules for the island. My first example is how Jack was frustrated with Ralph and the boys on the island because he wasn't voted leader. Because of that, Jack takes that anger out on the other boys on the island and Jack slaps Piggy. Which leads to Piggy's glasses being broken.

Prior to writing his four published book on architecture Palladio had written two different books that was based on architecture. These books were published in 1554 in Rome while he was visiting Daniele Barbaro. Essentially the purpose of the books was to serve as guidebooks for historical monuments within Rome. The first book he had written contained short descriptions for travelers that discussed the appearance and history of classical ruins. His guidebook was actually a replacement for an older medieval guidebook, which focused more on the mythical side of Rome. Palladio’s book stood out because he pertained more to factual information rather than fictional. Many people, who were visiting Rome, bought the first book because they found it

If you introduce dangerous and unstable people into the population the chances of violence and chaos increase dramatically, particularly when these people gain positions of power, which tend to appeal to charismatic psychopaths. As the boys time on the island progresses it becomes apparent that Rodger is likely a Psychopath, and Jack seemingly has narcissistic personality disorder. Their presence on the island, particularly Jack’s, as he tries to fill the role of chief, make the perfect conditions for violent outbreaks to occur. Even Ralph, who is one of the more reasonable boys on the island finds himself falling into the same sort of violent behavior as the other boys, and losing sight of their goal of being rescued, as Ralph tells Piggy of his growing concern, he says “They don’t care... and what's more, I don’t sometimes. Suppose I got like the others- not caring. What would become of us?” (Golding, 139) The situation is only exasperated when the boys, tired of following Ralph’s instructions and being forced to work break off to follow Jack, where violence is more accepted and even encouraged. Under these conditions the boys quickly progress from killing and hunting the pigs inhabiting the island to killing both Simon and Piggy, and attempting to hunt and kill Ralph. The boys act together as a pact, doing things they would not do as individuals because they gain a feeling of anonymity from being a part of a group that allows them to justify their heinous acts to themselves. This allows them to act on the evil existing within them without having to deal with the

When the boys first crash land on the island, Ralph and Piggy quickly try to bring order to the island while Jack shows he has other things in mind. The conch Piggy finds becomes a method of calling a meeting among the boys. At the first meeting, the boys’ conditioning from society shows when Ralph comes up with the idea that the boys “ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 18). Ralph knows that in the adult world, having a leader works. He is trying to mimic that with the group by electing someone to make the decisions. However, early on we see Jack acting in ways that would not be considered civilized. When he is out exploring with Ralph and

Ralph represents order and discipline, while Jack represents an unhealthy drive for power and savagery. In the beginning of the novel, Ralph is voted the leader of the group and attempts to make life on the island disciplined and civilized, like their life in England. However, throughout the novel Jack rivals Ralph’s leadership role, attempting to overthrow him. As the boys’ savage impulses increase, more of them begin to side with Jack instead of going with Ralph. As Ralph loses his hold over the boys, almost all of them begin to act violently and barbaric. An example of this is when the children of the island murder Simon for no justifiable reason. Even Piggy and Ralph partake in the murder, showing that the violent human impulse is in

Jack trying to gain control over the island is just like how Hitler tried to gain control of Germany. Ralph tells Jack, “ You could have had fire whenever you wanted. But you didn’t. You came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy’s glasses!” ( Golding ). By doing this Jack has taken control of the island just like how Hitler gained control and turned many Germans into Nazis. Also, Jack’s hatred towards Ralph is just like when the Axis and the Allies were fighting. The Axis partners never used any types of military or foreign policies, unlike the Allie partners (ushmm.org 2015). Ralph is just like the Allie partners since he does not use force to get power. He uses the conch instead. At one point Ralph says, “ Whoever holds the conch gets to speak” (Golding). Ralph wants the island to be civilized, but Jack has a completely different idea. Jack tries to use force and bribery to get power. That is almost exactly what the Axis partners did to try to win the war. They wanted control of the countries near them like how Jack wanted control of the whole island and the boys. The Allies showed no mercy when it came to World War II because they wanted everything their way. This is the same as when Jack kills the sow, when Simon is killed, and when Piggy is killed. Jack showed no mercy to these living things and did not care for their

Jack was one whose personality caused the civilization to come tumbling down. When we first discover the boys on the island and get a mere glimpse of their personalities, it is quite apparent that Jack is going to be one who is power-hungry. He already has a group of followers, the choirboys, of whom he has the utmost power over. He has a very controlling personality that cannot be subsided by the obstacles that are shown in the novel. Jack suffers from wanting to be the best. When he is not chosen as the chief and supreme ruler in the very beginning, it is proven that he will find a way to claw up to the top and take the spot that in his opinion is his right. Jack has quite a reckless personality, and will risk all to be standing alone at the top as king or leader. Jack is also guilty of envy, which goes hand in hand with power. He is envious of everything that Ralph has. Ralph is the chief, and has much common sense. Jack senses this and is jealous of the fact that Ralph can command attention and a following that easily. I also believe, when reflecting back, that Jack is in a sense jealous of Piggy, without being aware of it. Piggy is the complete intellect on the island. While Jack is quite smart, he certainly is not as gifted as Piggy. Piggy can interpret any situation and be the lone voice of knowledge of the masses. Jack not only gets jealous

In Lord of the Flies it happens when Roger kills one of the main characters and is so desensitized that when it happens, he does it with “a sense of delirious abandonment.” (180) The boys now realize that the fun and games that were present when they first arrived on the island is gone and has been replaced with fear and violence. As Jack spreads his influence through the boys with violence and false promises, many of the boys are swayed to do things that would have been unthinkable in the modern world. Unfortunately, some of the boys who have still maintained their moral compass are forced into the much larger group of boys that have let freedom go to their heads. What was assumed to be freedom and liberation from adults and rules in the beginning has turned deadly as the power to do whatever they want has gone to their heads. Some of the boys have let the power to go to their heads more than others like Jack, who has taken control of the island and the boys except for one, Ralph. Jack feels that the only obstacle in his way of total reign of the island, Ralph, needs to be captured in any way possible so he sends all the boys after him. Ralph manages to get away and hides in a briar patch which effectively holds off the other boys until Jack sets it on fire. This shows how far anyone will go for total freedom with nobody to contradict them. When the briar goes up in flames it starts to spread to the rest of the island destroying plants, food and shelter. Everything the boys have created is destroyed in the pursuit of freedom. Ralph survives the attempt on his life and escapes to the beach where he is confronted by a naval officer who had seen the fire on the island from his ship. As Ralph talks to the soldiers the boys who, just a moment ago, were portrayed as savages together on a one minded pursuit to kill Ralph are now just school boys in the presences of an adult. The man, looking over

Jack’s departure from the boys sparks a civil war in between them and ultimately creating a giant war that lead to death of some of the boys. Jacks uprising or rebellion is hinted early in the book but he shows his true side leaving Ralph’s group. This action by jack creates the events of piggy and simons death but creates the reason they are rescued. Jacks new aggression embodies war and destruction itself and is a monster. When jack breaks out against Ralph he not only defeats him but he shows that Ralph is weak eventually taking everyone Ralph has by torture or death.

The isolation that comes with crashing on a deserted island affects all the characters, seen most dramatically through Jack. Being brought into this setting transforms the civilized choir leader into a savage hunter and murderer who’s given into his inner demons. When the boys first crash land onto the island, they were proper English schoolboys. Due to the separation from society, however, the boys start to regress, giving in to their more animalistic instincts. Jack starts off as the ‘‘chapter chorister and head boy’” who tries to take leadership of the tribe the boys form; he fails to do so, turning him away from order and reason (Golding 22). He neglects his duties and turns his attention to hunting the native pigs, prompting him to let the fire, their gateway back to society, go out; this pits Ralph against Jack, who represent civilization and savagery

When they first arrive at the island, Jack and the rest of the boys wears the same mask of innocence as every other human being, but it soon begins to slip. Throughout a massacre of pigs, Jack and the other boys releases their animal nature. Initially, the boys try to set up an island society that mimics the English society, with discipline and authority. The behavior of the boys is the same as they showed at school back home, but the need to be the survival of the fittest pushes the boys’ past their humanized nature. The children want to have familiar rules. Piggy says, “We’ll have rules!” he cried excitedly. “Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em--” (Golding 25). Everyone follows the rules in the beginning, hoping that it will lead their rescue. But when their hopes dwindle, they soon fall out of order, becoming two independent and opposed groups. To become superior to the others, Jack kills pigs and humans and earns the place of a tribe leader. His actions show that humans act to

I believe that the three philosophers that had the greatest impact on the U.S. Constitution are Thomas Hobbes, Niccolo Machiavelli, and John Locke. I agree with Thomas Hobbes why we should obey bad politicians if they take bad decisions that can cause war and hatred. I like how Hobbes stated “The Divine right of kings” we should believe in God but also in some laws of the land. Thanks to Hobbes idea when he wrote “the social contract” now some people united and protest against some bad ideas from the government. I also like his statement of “the mutual relationship between protection and obedience”. We should obey the rules that will not cause any violence among each other.

Jack's unwillingness to acknowledge the conch as the source of centrality on the island and Ralph as the seat of power is consistent with the portrayal of his self-importance. Jack's lack of compassion for nature, for others, and ultimately for himself is evidenced in his needless hunting. This is proved by his role in the brutal murders of Simon and Piggy, and finally in his burning of the entire island, even at the cost of his owns life. In much the same way, Piggy's demeanor and very character links him to the superego, the conscience factor in Freud's model of the psyche.

Jack, an evil child from Lord of the Flies was put into power by false hope and intimidation. Even though jack promises food he does not have the best interest of the tribe in mind “we’ll hunt. I’m chief”(Golding 133). Jack shows his evil a bit by mentioning hunting, which is a normal thing to to to but the way jack hunts are brutal, savage, and almost inhuman. Jack uses his power to get the boys of his tribe to brutally kill a pig and nastily chant “kill the pig, cut her throat spill the blood” (Golding 69). He enjoys hurt the other boys on the island ”he felt the point of his spear with his thumb and grinned with amusement. Whoever they tried that on would be stuck squealing like a pig” (Golding 182).This psychopathic adolescent enjoys hurting others which a leader of any kind should not. Jack reacted with violence and aggression towards anyone who dared not