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Civilization In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In the novel Lord of The Flies, Golding creates an emphasis on the importance of human advancement not regression through a political societal allegory. The group came to the island as civilized children and have now started to regress to savage like behavior. “Then Jack grabbed maurice and rubbed the stuff [blood] over his cheeks” (194). From this quote we can see that the group has become less civilized. The act of smearing blood on the your face is not an act a normal person would do more so an act that someone who has become less civilized would do. Becoming less civilized is the opposite of what the group came from they came to the island civilized and have now became less civilized. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (186). In …show more content…

It’s a gift.” (120). When the group decided to give a offering to the beast they were believing in something spiritual to change a future negative outcome. This can be seen as an uncivilized act because, an offering to an animal or figure isn't commonly used in modern civilized societies, offerings like this are most commonly found in ancient civilizations like the Mayans that did blood sacrifices as offerings to a higher power. This can be seen as a society step back within the civilization because, the group in a situation where they don't have the basic securities most civilized societies have so they resorted to an archaic means of protection through hope. This can be related to what was going on after the war because, people didn't always have the basic securities so they depended on religion for protection. This can be related to the Early Medieval Ages when they didn't have as much security that modern civilizations do, and that caused an increase in religion because, they relied on religion for protection. Lastly, because of the lack of security within the society turned to uncivilized acts in order to gain that essential

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