Chaos In Lord Of The Flies Essay

A group of young boys were stranded on an island, after their plane was shot down. They had no adult supervision on the island, so they decided to make their own set of rules. Ralph, elected leader, uses a conch to call for meetings. The fact that Ralph was chosen to be the leader, upsets Jack. Jack is a savage boy who has a desire to lead. Eventually, things start to get chaotic and Ralph is not able to control every boy on the island. One of the events that proves this, was when Jack killed a pig and has a feast in which he invites everyone to join him. This event foreshadows the climax, which can be considered the rising action. The climax is when the boys confuse Simon with the beast and beat him to death. This is a major turning point,

Simon, for instance, battles with himself about the 'beast'. When the discussion about the beast goes on in chapter five, Simon is hesitant on explaining about the beast. From his line “maybe there is a beast” (pg. 89), he struggles to explain to everyone what he thought the beast really is. Simon knows that the beast is not corporeal, but rather an evil within humankind. His conflict within himself regarding the beast's identity moves the story when he ventures out to search for the beast. In result, he stumbles into the Lord of the Flies, who confirms his knowledge about the beast – that it is actually the evil within the boys. It also ends up in his death, when he wants to tell the boys about the 'real' beast. As for Piggy, he tries very hard to gain everyone's approval, especially Ralph's. His desire for approval is apparent since the first chapter, when he asked for Ralph's name and expects Ralph to ask his in return (pg. 11). But it is more apparent in the fourth chapter, when Piggy suggests to Ralph that they build a sundial (pg. 64). Ralph's reaction towards Piggy's idea was out of pity, but Piggy misinterpreted it as “friendliness” and “rejoiced” at Ralph's smile. Piggy, however, did not seek Jack's approval, as he always retaliated Jack's abusive behaviour towards him. Jack kept on bullying Piggy physically – punching him and broke his glasses in the fourth chapter – and verbally –

The tragedies that unfold their civilization occur when they brutally beat Simon to death. After Jack and his hunters place the mother sow’s head in the forest as an offer to the beast they think exists, Simon encounters it and sees that it is covered in flies. Suddenly, the head started to talk to Simon as he feels like he is going to faint. It identifies itself to be the Lord of the Flies. It says, “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?” (Golding 158). Simon then realizes that there is no physical beast, but a mental beast in each and every boy on the island. They all went from being joyful to a bunch of savages. Their

Likewise, the boys in the novel go into a state of hysteria due to the mysterious and new environment that they are exposed to. In connection with the previous fear, the boys have no adults to answer their questions, which further provoke this fear. During the assembly where Ralph discusses about the beast, a boy gives his interpretation of the beast, saying, “Maybe he means it’s some sort of ghost.” (96) The boy’s perception of the beast inflicts fear on the group since a ghost is not tangible, visible, and cannot be hunted. This statement also creates chaos in the assembly and ultimately ends it, as the boys are too terrified to have a civilized conversation. The idea of a beast lurking on the island disrupts the boys’ priorities. The boys are too concerned about the beast that they become unproductive on the island. This results in the downfall of the society since a majority of the boys neglect their work and go hunting for an imaginary beast that does not physically exist. The fear of the unknown also stops their signal fire because of the beast that Samneric claims they saw, “It kind of sat up…there were eyes…Teeth…Claws” (109) The fear of the unknown deceived Samneric from seeing a human by distorting the reality. Ironically, their description of the beast is similar to a human with “eyes” and “teeth”, but their fear blinded them from viewing a dead parachutist instead of a beast. The confirmation of a beast only greatens the dispute between Ralph and Jack that separates them. This prompted Jack to instantly demand for a hunt and prevents the boys from continuing the signal fire and building huts. The fear of the unknown gives Jack more power than Ralph since he is a hunter and promises the boys to kill the beast. As a result, Jack has the power to leave the group with the assurance that he will not be alone. The separation of the boys is a consequence of

At one point, a dead pilot lands on the island, which the boys (specifically SamnEric) mistake for the beast they already feared (document D). At this point in the story, the beast begins to represent war. This new “beast” came after Ralph wished for a sign from the grownup world in chapter 6. It symbolizes that even the adults can’t help them, quite possibly because they are no better. As stated earlier, everything the boys do is influenced by their perception of the existence of a beast. When Golding writes the beast to represent war, the boys actions are related to war (document C). This first shift in the meaning of the beast occurs as the boys are beginning to divide, as Jack begins to undermine Ralph. The beast symbolizes war; the boys are consumed by the beast, and the boys are eventually consumed by

All kids who favored Jack joined his clan. Jack’s hunters killed a pig and announced that they were going to have a huge feast. They cut off the pig’s head and placed it on a stake. All the kids except for Ralph, Piggy, and the twins joined Jack’s clan. Simon, while walking through the woods, found the pig’s head and claims that it spoke to him. He called it the Lord of the Flies because, the mass of flies that swarmed the head. Simon claimed that the head spoke to him telling him that it was the beast. Simon then passed out and when he awoke he walked to the mountain, and found the dead pilot. Simon realized the dead pilot is what everyone thought was the beast. He went to tell the others what he discovered. While Simon was making his way to the Hunters, Ralph, Piggy, and the twins went to eat at the feast. Once they got there Jack and Ralph had an argument over who was chief. Simon then came running out of the woods to tell them his discovery. But before he could say anything the group ,thinking he was the beast, killed him with their nails and teeth. Ralph, Piggy, and the twins then went back to their side of island. Jack continued to command Castle Rock by bestowing fear into all

Countless times throughout history, the need for rules and the inevitable failure of the state of nature has been exemplified. This is not only a common theme in history, but in pop culture as well. Former military man, William Golding, captures the quintessence of this concept in his allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies. He uses his book to show both order and chaos in their purest forms and the delicate relationship they have; you cannot have either without the other, and they must be in a perfect balance. Order is logic, harmony, and rules.

All of the crew and other adults on the plane died on impact. After everyone settles down, they decide to elect a chief. The chief they chose is a smart and brave boy named Ralph. Ralph and his friend Piggy, who is not athletic but is very smart, start telling everyone to collect different sources of food and resources around the island. Although Ralph tries to create order and responsibility, there are many who would rather swim, play, or hunt. Ralph’s rules start to be followed less and less. Two big reasons for that is because of Jack, one of the biggest antagonists throughout the book, and the so called beast. Jack organizes a group of hunters that start hunting and killing some of the other boys. They end up killing Piggy by crushing him with a rock and right when they are about to stab Ralph with a spear, they are rescued by some navy

Later on, to clear up his thoughts Simon ventures off into the island alone. He encounters the impaled head of a sow and immediately hallucinates a conversation. The fly infested pig head begins talking to Simon as the Lord of the Flies, “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close,

“‘Good people’ are capable of bad behavior; additionally, ‘bad people’ are capable of good behavior” (Elaina Marie). Lord of the Flies by William Goulding illustrates how no adults equals chaos among kids, just like how it is at Cherry Creek High School. On the island the boys go crazy playing a game, and they cause Roger to squeal “in real pain”(114). They don’t think before they act because “there aren’t any grownups”(8). With no adult around at school, students also act irrationally and do impulsive things without thought. Knowing “there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand”, Maurice throws sand into a littlun’s eye (60). This is like high school because kids will be more mean when they know there is no one to scold them. Lord

Imagine this, a small hand full of boys stranded on an island, their ages ranging from six to twelve meaning they are all fairly young. A system is formed, an attempt to establish and maintain order across the island. They elect and identify a leader, create basic rules, identify what is alright and what will be frowned upon, and try to attain their basic human needs in the most efficient way possible regarding the circumstances. But it is not long before their system proves faulty, this group of inexperienced and quite immature children simply can not uphold a successful society, this is proven as their system is turned to shambles and death ensues.

“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos,” Will Durant said. In The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, the main theme that was prevalent throughout the whole book was the struggle between sticking to order and the morals they had been taught, and the struggle with chaos and giving into their savage instincts. This struggle can lead to the unity and order of the civilization being broken. During a time of war, a plane that carried several British school boys was shot down and crashed on an island. The pilot of the plane was killed, but many of the boys survived the crash and were stranded alone on an island in the middle of nowhere without any adult supervision.

In the beginning of the chapter the twins, Sam and Eric, are tending to the fire when they discover a dead man in a parachute that is tangled in the trees beside them. Of course they think this is the beast. Sam, and Eric go sprinting to the shelters to get Ralph. Ralph with the encouragement of Jack agrees that they will go hunt down the beast, although Ralph is afraid of this hunt. After they begin this great hunt the boys come across a rock bridge, but only Ralph wants to go search inside. Once Ralph completes his search he concludes that the beast is not there. The boys relieved notice that this bridge would be perfect for a fort, but Ralph is uninterested in that because he notices that the fire has gone out once again. Since Ralph is

They eventually trek up a mountain and see the beast near the top. Simon, Raph, and Jack all flee and run away back to where they came from. Jack has little respect for the rules and argues and speaks when he hasn't gotten the conch. At an assembly back at their camp, Jack challenges Ralph's ability to lead them. Jack sees Ralph as a coward and asks who thinks Ralph is unfit to lead them as chief. When nobody answers, Jack is humiliated and angry and leaves the other boys to start his own group on the other side of the island. Piggy, with his intellectual daring, suggests that they move the fire to the base of the island so that they wouldn't have to deal with the beast. Their camp runs smoothly at first without Jack; even though some more boys leave to join Jack. Jack invites all the boys to a feast and to join his group. At the place, a scuffle breaks out and in the end, Simon was murdered. Ralph, Piggy, the twins and some littleuns live together now and all the other boys lived in Jack's group of hunting and living under Jack's rule. Jack's tribe, however, lacks an essential survival tool that Ralph's group has: fire. Jack and some other steal and break Piggy's specs and use them to

After finish reading the novel lord of the Flies, I can find that there are more than one theme. In this novel, the author tends to describe several important themes, such as children’s innocent and violent, and also includes the truth of humanity. However, the theme about civilization and chaos keep the deep depression for me. In this composition, the theme civilization and chaos will be discussed and this composition tries to make clear how the theme--civilization and chaos is developed in the novel.