Destruction Of Order In Lord Of The Flies Analysis

William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ is another text that shows how society and mob-mentality impact individuals. Set during a futuristic war; it's about a group of British boys who crash land on an uninhabited island, with no adults present they are left to fend for themselves. At first, they follow the rules of ordered society however as time passes on the island the boys become subject to mob mentality and drift into savagery. The author uses the novel as a microcosm of society and shows how mob mentality can cause humans to decent into savagery, he shows this through the boys in the novel, especially Jack who is first to decent into savagery and from him one by one the entire boys follow suit. Golding portrays society through the use of allegory in the text, with characters, setting, and objects as a symbol for an aspect of society in the wider world; hence the island they're stranded on is a miniature version of the world. Through the characters Golding represents different types of governments from today’s world; Ralph the protagonist of the novel represents democracy while the antagonist Jack represents dictatorship, which is established from the beginning. In the beginning of the text, the boys elect Ralph as chief, after having gathered all the boys with Piggy’s using a conch shell, “...we ought to have a chief to decide things.” Jack expects to be chief “I ought to be chief’, said Jack with simple arrogance, ‘because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing

Fear is unique, and can manifest itself in many different ways, like nightmares, or uncertainty before doing an activity that is risky. For many, when the word “fear” is said to them, they think of their worst fears, such as clowns, ghosts, heights, and what not. Yet, on an island on which a plane full of boys crash lands, some uncommon fears lead to total destruction of civilization. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, it it evident that fear can and will eventually tear down the walls of civilization. It all starts when a plane crash lands into the trees of a lost island. The survivors soon meet up one by one along the shore of the island, and it is noteworthy that they are all boys, from the age range of six to twelve years. At once each boy develops their own characteristics with Ralph as their leader, Piggy being the brainiac, Jack the hunter, and many other “littluns” and “bigguns”. However, all is not well for too long, as their stay on the island continues, the boys become more savage-like, due to their fears. The different terrors these boys encounter lead to despicable actions, including two brutal murders. William Golding shows that fear, of all kinds, can lead to the destruction of civilization.

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 225). In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, he uses the theme of order versus chaos to show that good has the capacity to become evil. It starts with the boys’ beginnings on the island, to the breakdown of their society, to the tragedies that unfold their civilization. The boys are victims of a deteriorating civilization that turns them into ruthless and more animalistic characters without any law, order or control.

the novel the Lord of the Flies, fear is the root of the trouble that

Fear can take control of humans and manipulate them for evil. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, fear is shown to change the boys into savages from their fears on the island. This fear starts with the younger children and their fears of the dark and unknown. The fear changes throughout the novel and manipulates the boys which Jack uses fear to gain power over the innocent boys.

“The thing is - fear can’t hurt you anymore than a dream.” (Golding, 116). Jack’s completely false point of view of the hazardous emotion is declared within the quote. Jack is one of the antagonists derived from William Golding’s esteemed bestseller, Lord of the Flies. In the renowned novel written by Golding, young boys in a plane have crashed and descended upon an uninhabited island with more than sufficient vegetation. At first, order and tranquility were established by the children and there was more civilization on the island compared to savagery. However, as the novel advanced, the readers could identify the kids were suffering from the persistent terror on the island because of isolation. Gradually disorder possessed most of the boys’ minds and therefore had inaugurated

“...fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.” Quote William Golding in Lord of Flies. William Golding argues that the fear of the unknown gives a high disadvantage to certain boys who are easily frightened. Golding’s opinion of fear is expressed in Lord of the Flies, relating to the nightmares he had as a child and his fear of abuse from his parents. In our society, the less courageous people have more life struggles and do not have as many experiences. I believe this novel proves that fear holds us back, but in reality, it will not hurt us.

Will Durant, an American writer, historian, and philosopher, once said, “Civilization begins with order, grow with liberty, and ends with chaos.” If civilization is lost within a community, all order can vanish. Every community has some sort of civility and order in place. Without out it, the community would crumble and conflict would break out. Although all communities are flawed, most have something to keep peace. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding gives several examples of various things that keep civilization in order, when a group of boys get stranded on an island. Golding uses a conch to symbolize the boys’ civilization and order and as the time spent on the island increases, that order slowly disappears.

It’s the years following World War II, and tension is high. A group a British school boys needed to crash their plane in the ocean and swim to the shore of an uninhabited island. The island have pigs, water, and other valuable resources they need in order to survive. Once they appear on the island, they decided to set up rules and laws to govern their miniature society. A twelve year old boy disagrees with the laws they had originally set up and a rebellion starts to brew within the group. Now the trouble begins. This is the plot line of the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Golding claims that fear brings out the worst in people. These rules, originally made for their own comfort, can be compromised by fear. In the case of the The Lord of the Flies, the children fear a creature called beastie. Fear can cause chaos and make people doing things they don’t normally do. The fear brings out the worst in people and it starts with beastie and leads to a the rebellion of Jack, and the demise of Simon and Piggy.

When people are little kids, it is easy for them to feed into their fears and become dependent on adults for comfort. As adults, people usually conceal their fears and try to keep a clear mindset so unnecessary issues do not occur. In Stephen King’s adaptation The Mist and William Golding’s novel The Lord of The Flies, adults and children are pulled into their fears and eventually feed into them. In The Lord of The Flies, a plane full of British boys crashes on a deserted island with no adults in sight. The boys slowly turn on each other and, due to a mysterious beast, they are consumed by fear and behave irrationally. In The Mist, a fog rolls through town with unknown creatures lurking inside and people are terrified. The town’s citizens are trapped inside a grocery store, and when they want to go out, death has it’s doors open and waiting. Slowly, the people inside start to lose human decency toward each other and chaos breaks out. In both of these stories, people are controlled by fear, have no concept of law and order, and turn a blind eye to logic.

A distressing emotion aroused by impending evil and pain, whether the threat is real or imagined is described as fear. Fear is what William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies encompasses. By taking three major examples from the novel, fear will be considered on different levels: Simon’s having no instance of fear, Ralph’s fear of isolation on the island, and Jack’s fear of being powerless. Fear can make people behave in ways that are foreign to them, whether their fear is real or imagined. In response to fear, people may act defensively by attacking, fear can either stop one from doing something, or it can make one behave in an irrational erratic manner.

Franklin D. Roosevelt changed American history when he stated that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” While this statement was meant to boost morale within the country, it also expressed the idea that people should be afraid of what happens when they cannot deal with their fear. Why, one might ask, should people be afraid of the feeling of fear, as opposed to just being afraid of the physical thing which they fear? William Golding's Lord of the Flies seeks to explain just that. The deterioration of the situation on the island is truly due to Jack’s tribe descent into savagery. A real turning point for Jack’s tribe is when they choose to make sacrifices to the beast, whom they fear, instead of attempting to hunt it. This seems very counterintuitive, as these animalistic boys should want to hunt and kill the beast, instead of revering

Humans are a sophisticated and advanced race, one which possess the ability to affect their environment, and one another, in significant and often destructive ways. War is a catastrophic event created by humans, who upon creating it neglect to comprehend its far-reaching effects. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, places a group of prepubescent males into one of these situations. After an evacuation aircraft crash-lands, the boys are left upon a deserted island to manage and fend for themselves. As Golding details the trials and tribulations of the young men on the island, it becomes increasingly apparent that the children respect authority

Civilization plays a major role in shaping lives. It controls an individual’s behavior, manners, and way of living. It plays an especially important role in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is about a group of British boys who are stranded on a deserted island without any adult supervision. Immediately after landing on the island, the boys develop basic rules to keep order and elect one amongst themselves, Ralph, as chief.. The boys are then faced with challenges, inciting a deep fear of a beast inhabiting the island. This contributes to the breakdown of their society. Slowly, the youths lose their roots of a civilized society and by the end of the novel, most of the boys do not recognize themselves. Throughout the story, many boys develop negative changes, demonstrating the profound effects a lack of society can have on a people.

After the plane crashes, Ralph and Piggy stumble upon a conch shell and use it to call an assembly to gather all the boys up. When blown through, the conch creates a roaring blare that allows everyone to hear it. This conch becomes the most important motif since it keeps the boys organized. This conch is also used to create order among the boys to signify who has the right to talk, that way everyone has a chance to be heard without being interrupted. This is apparent when Ralph says, “‘And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school’… ‘And he won’t be interrupted. Except by me.’ Jack was on his feet. ‘We’ll have rules!’ he cried excitedly. ‘Lots of rules!’” (Golding 33). This rule associated with the conch helps the boys to maintain a civilized structure by demanding the boys to give respect. Every time the conch is blown, the boys gather and anytime anyone wants to speak during these assemblies, they hold the shell. By instilling these 2 guidelines, all the boys have the opportunity to accept power and respect. To keep control in the group, the boys decide to run their society similar to an autocracy. All the boys agree electing a chief to lead the group will be the most effective way to stay organized and civilized until they are rescued. This is evident when Jack says, “‘ We’ve got to decide about being rescued’… ‘seems we ought to have a chief to decide things’”(22). By appointing a leader to guide the boys it will keep the chaos contained and encourage the boys to remain cordial towards each other and avoid barbaric behavior. Ralph and Jack both want the title of chief, however, when all the boys vote, Ralph is the clear cut winner. Electing a leader and using the conch to summon the group together are very important if the boys want to protect their civilized life