Dialectical Journal For Lord Of The Flies

This quote portrays how Jack is speaking to all boys particularly little boys who are afraid and believe that the beast is in the island. Jack says little boys begin the anxiety and create rumour about the beast and his hunters and he promise to the little boys that they will guard all by killing the beast. However, the evil within Jack make him speak like a savage by saying that because the little boy do not contribute in the hunting or making of the smoke, so this would lead them to be attacked by the beast. This shows how Jack is heartless and selfish.

Throughout chapter 6, Ralph becomes a more forceful leader as a result of his people become less civilized. Ralph seems desperate for his people to listen to him and as if he can’t get everyone together. For example, when everyone is saying they want to stay near the rock fort, Golding writes, “I say we’ll go on!’ shouted Ralph furiously,” (108). By Ralph “shouting furiously”, we see the weight of authority taking a toll on Ralph through the desperation in his tone. In this chapter, it becomes clear Ralph is getting tired of his responsibility as chief. When walking in a line, he let’s Jack lead the way. Golding says, “Ralph walked in the rear, thankful to have escaped responsibility for a time,” (103). Allegorically, if Ralph symbolizes civility and Jack symbolizes savagery, Ralph surrendering temporary leadership

Later on in the book, the beastie feeds their fear: “ ‘You've noticed, haven't you?’ Jack put down his spear and squatted. ‘Noticed what?’ ‘Well. They're frightened. ‘He rolled over and peered into Jack's fierce, dirty face. ‘I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?’ Jack shook his head. ‘They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others. As if—’ ‘As if it wasn't a good island.’ Astonished at the

“When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed”(Rand). This was stated by Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand; the extract relates to the novel William Golding wrote called Lord of the Flies. Golding wrote about a group of schoolboys trapped on an island from a plane crash. The boys had to figure out how to survive without grownups. Trying to survive was difficult because they had to have common sense and order. They lose those traits throughout the book which resulted in selfishness and corrupt behaviors.

Ralph said the beast had teeth and big, black eyes. I’m kind of scared now. Jack took the conch and started blowing into it like he don’t know what he’s doing. He said that Ralph shouldn’t be the chief because he’s a coward. But we took a vote again to see who should be chief and no one voted for Jack. Then he stormed away saying that he was going to hunt by himself and you could join him. We don’t need Jack; we can do without him. I suggested we moved the fire to down here on the beach so we don’t have to go up on that mountain. We made a new fire. I noticed some boys like Maurice, Bill, and Roger left—I expect they joined Jack’s tribe. We don’t need ‘em anyways. Ralph and me had done some talking: he doesn’t know what to do and is losing faith in getting rescued. I told him we just got to move on—be like the grownups. Then Jack and some of his hunters burst out of the trees making loud noises. I thought they were after the conch so I went to protect that. He told us he was having a feast and we could join him in his tribe. His hunters stole some fire from us during their

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of English boys in their adolescence are stranded on an island. They crash-land while being evacuated because of an atomic war, so the boys must learn to cooperate with each other in order to survive. The boys are civil at first, but the bonds of civilization unfold as the rapacity for power and immediate desires become more important than civility and rescue. The conflict between Ralph, the protagonist, and Jack, the antagonist, represents the conflict between the impulse to civilization and the impulse to savagery, respectively. In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses Ralph and Jack’s struggle for power to show that greed and lust for power can corrupt the best

What went wrong in the Lord of the Flies? Some may say Jack and some may say Roger, but what are the real reasons for the downfall of the boys? They are, the loss of hope, the loss of order, and the passing of time.

In the beginning of the novel the boys were portrayed as young and innocent children, curious and fond of their surroundings. As the story continues, we can witness the boys going through a survival phase, according to what they witness and feel they react accordingly. They become savage and give into the evil inside of themselves, and follow no of the rules that were set. The plot later reveals that the boy’s in fact are not innocent at all. They are not even close to being innocent. William Golding does a very good job when laying out the habits and the traits of the boys.

If girls were on Coral island, I do not think things would be totally different, the motives and results will be the same. Putting them in the same era, there are girls that are brutal, mean, and very manipulative, they wants power, and they will use rules or bullying to get what they want and use any sort of punishment. The conch shells would not be important the leader, There would be groups, that the girls put themselves into. I feel they would be organized, The leader would want someone else to get food for them, and built the shelter for them, the bigger girls would have no problems getting food or hunting for it, in that time era, they would be able to take a stick and sharpen and go kill some animals for food and find berries, and edible plants and fish in the sea, girls today I think would have a hard time, unless you are a hunter or has to live that life that required to hunt and kill for your food. the girls be able to get food or kill animal for food or wait for someone else to be able to get a stick and sharpened it.

Jack: “So this is a meeting to find out what’s what. I’ll tell you what’s what. You littluns started all this, with the fear talk. Beasts! Where from? not only the littluns, but my hunters sometimes—talk of a thing, a dark thing, a beast, some sort of animal. I’ve heard. You thought not, didn’t you? Now listen. You don’t get big animals on small islands. I’ve been all over this island. By myself. If there were a beast I’d have seen it. Be frightened because you’re like that—but there is no beast in the forest

Jack’s interaction with the piglet shows he is indecisive. Right when the Ralph, Simon and Jack come across the piglet, Jack right away draws his knife with force. However, while he is standing there about to kill the piglet there is an unexpected pause. Jack was being very hesitant and before he knew it the piglet was freed from the vines and got away. After Ralph was confused as to why Jack did not kill the piglet, Golding states, “They knew very well why he hadn’t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” (Golding 31). This quote shows that not only Jack knew that he was being hesitant, but the others did as well. Jack was very anxious at first to be the chief and

- "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are the best at everything."

"'But I shall! Next time! I've got to get a barb on this spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out. If we could only make barbs—'"

In this quote, the reader is shown to what extent Jack has been affected by living on the island. He’s been affected to the point that he is now described in words that would normally describe an animal. You would never think of a 12 year old boy having a “bloodthirsty snarl” as oppose to the innocent giggle or chuckle of a young child. He is literally becoming “one with his prey.” Along with some of the other boys, he has lost his morals, innocence, necessity for rules and order and turned into a bloodthirsty monster capable of killing, like he and the other boys killed Simon.

We crashed yesterday. We came upon an island, the choir boys and I. We wandered through the forest. Good lord, the stench of this place. As I scratch this on a piece of bark I found on the overgrown forest floor, I try to not think of England, lest I become homesick. The other choir boys still recognize me as their leader, even when there are no adults around.