Lord of the Flies and The Constitution of US After reading Lord of the Flies and being able to recite part of the Constitution and knowing specific claims that relate to the world, I’ve come up with similarities and differences of The Constitution and Lord of the Flies. Some claims that will be recognized are “Society is what holds everyone together and without society, our ideals, values, and sense of right and wrong are lost,” “Whenever groups of people coexist, there will be a struggle for power,” “Some people are meant to be leaders; some are meant to be followers,” and “When institutions of law and order slip away or are ignored, human beings revert to a more primitive part of their nature.” One claim I’m using to compare LOTF …show more content…
The Constitution and LOTF are different because there is a bigger “group” in the US and in the book, there are only under 10 people. Another claim is “Some people are meant to be leaders; some are meant to be followers.” The Constitution and the LOTF share this similarity because in the LOTF Ralph became the leader because he acted like one; others like Piggy, were more of a follower than a leader. In the Constitution, not everyone can be a president or someone who leads others, so they are the follower. For example, a president leads a whole country and the people in the country are followers, and the president stands as the leader of them. The difference between LOTF and the Constitution with this claim is that someone competes against others to be a president and they debate, however in LOTF, the boys voted for one person and he was the leader, without any questions. The last claim to compare LOTF and the US Constitution is “When institutions of law and order slip away or are ignored, human beings revert to a more primitive part of their nature.” This correlates to the Constitution because it mentions things about laws and if people ignored the Constitution, then they wouldn’t know the rules to have a certain occupation that has to do with laws. If, they didn’t have rules to have a specific job, someone can be untrusted and abuse the rules. In LOTF, the claim relates to the boys because if they
Due to the boys failure to implement these components on the island of pertaining to a system in which everyone has an equal right to voice their opinion and vote in a direct democracy following the general will (Rousseau) and the freedom of speech (Voltaire), they fail to effectively govern themselves. In turn, the boys face a loss of civilization which eventually leads to death.
There are lots of similarities and differences between Iowa’s state Constitution and the united states Constitution. Some of the similarities are found in the structure of the Constitution, both have preambles and they both have articles. In the document structure there are differences. The states articles are much longer and they have many more than the US. Similarities and differences can also be found in the Government structure. Both the US and Iowa have three branches of government, they both also have bicameral legislators. Also having differences these include legislators have different names and jurisdiction in courts are different.
In this world there are many different constitutions. While many of them are long, they can be short. Many constitutions were written a long time ago, while some were just written recently or just a few years ago. The ones that were made a long time ago have even been passed down and changed for people to understand now. Even though all constitution have similarities, they all have differences between each other as well.
When people gather together for form a society, they will automatically need a fundamental law (constitution) that will be above everything and everyone. Constitution is what actually regulates a country. It provides rights and set up obligations for everyone. The United States constitution is one of the greatest documents ever written. It provides liberty, prosperity, equality, more importantly huge freedom. However, the ratification of the U.S. constitution was not an easy task. The farmers had trouble to agree on several issues such as the representation and distribution of political powers; how to prevent excessive democracy; and the protection of individual liberties, etc.
Constitutions have been around for many years. The first ones on record go back as far as the fifteenth century. There are many uses for them, though often enough are used to outline laws and basic rights of the people under that government. Two very different, yet very alike constitutions are the Iroquois and the United States Constitutions. They have many differences, but just as many similarities.
Although humans beings are flawed and make mistakes, in order for a government to ever be civilized, just, and effective, there needs to be a structured system of democracy that maintains a system of checks and balances. Also within the society there needs to be people, whether they are leaders or not, that have moral stability, and the knowledge and understanding to play the role they play in a government. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, it is clear that both Golding and Jackson do not agree with their stories’ government; rather Golding and Jackson express, through the failure of their stories’ government, that in order for a government to be civilized, just, and effective, there needs
In doing so, he proposes that the government should regulate the interest of society so faction is not easily formed. Regulation should be the legislature’s principal task in creating a more united society. Without focus on principal tasks, Madison describes how chaotic the faction can become. To prevent this, the government should be an empowered body of people, who come together to make and change laws. No one person should have to the power to judge their own opinions. Giving a person the power of judging themselves can cause many bias, and therefore being inactive.
The Constitutions of both the Iroquois and the United States have similarities and differences between them. The Iroquois constitution came earlier in history than the U.S one did. Some of the same ideas that were in the Iroquois' constitution were carried over to some of the ideas that we use in our government today. In this paper I will compare and contrast these ideas as they relate with one another. Ideas like Vito Power, When a Leader Gets Sick, 3 Branches of Government, A Bicameral Legislature, and impeachment are portrayed in both of these constitutions.
Both of the constitution are similar by getting the job done. They both mention a leader and had laws to be followed. Have different levels of the leaders They both have to deal with members and ways to make everything equal. Both tried to keep peace between all the members.
The Constitution is our nation's most important and famous document and is the much more polished version of The Articles of Confederation, which were ultimately a disaster for our nation. The Constitution is a far better outline for our nation's government because it gives the central government the necessary powers to run the country efficiently without disregarding the rights of the citizens.
Image a life with the people of your country and you living with fear of the unknown of what the government’s next move because of their absolute power and make decisions and choices without any of the people’s consent. To prevent this our Founding Fathers have written a constitution that has prevented this from ever happening to our government. They have written the constitution to guard from tyranny by incorporating Federalism, Representation of the people, and Checks and Balances.
The U.S. Constitution, drafted by the founding fathers at the constitutional convention, drew from several historical documents, ideas, and figures in order to “form a more perfect union.” Among these influences were the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights, originating in England. However, the U.S. sought to differentiate from England, in order to be better than what they had recently gained independence from. In order to do so, the founding fathers referenced The Mayflower Compact, The Articles of Confederation, Social Contract Theory, Classical history, and Montesquieu. Through the inclusion of these ideas, the United States Constitution made improvements to Great Britain’s government system.
The United States Constitution, this very detailed group of words was written in 1787, but it did not take effect until after it was ratified in 1789, when it replaced the Articles of Confederation. It remains the basic law of the United States then and till the present day of 2016. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware; the last of the original thirteen to ratify was Rhode Island and since only nine were required, this was two years after it went into effect. When the U.S. Constitution was presented to the states, many people chose to be either Federalists or Anti-Federalists. Virginia and many other states were against the Constitution because there was no bill of rights included in it and being that some didn’t quite understand the reasoning behind a constitution. James Madison was known as the "Father of the Constitution", and he and Alexander Hamilton were two Federalists who supported the Constitution and explicated it in the Federalist papers in 1788. On the other side George Mason, an Anti-Federalist, opposed the Constitution. George believed the constitution did not establish a wise and just Government.
There is no doubt that the U.S. Constitution is one of the most politically intricate pieces of work in the world. It is astounding that a country has been able to continue to follow the guidelines that were provided in this document centuries later. The American Constitution and Bill of Rights was written with 18th century values and beliefs that are very different than the ones we hold today. However, it is the vague language that leaves room for interpretation and our government that has been essential for the original Constitution to continue to be successful.
issues of all kind. The country I was born in did not guarantee freedom of