Excerpt From'savage Mode '

Like I have stated previously, one of the main reasons mankind must be savages at heart is because of our constant refusal

“There are too many people, and too few human beings.” (Robert Zend) Even though there are many people on this planet, there are very few civilized people. Most of them are naturally savaged. In the book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, boys are stranded on an island far away, with no connections to the adult world. These children, having no rules, or civilization, have their true nature exposed. Not surprisingly, these children’s nature happens to be savagery. Savagery can clearly be identified in humans when there are no rules, when the right situation arouses, and finally when there is no civilization around us.

Savagery is a part of every person and is the doom to all civilizations. In Lord of the Flies a group of boys have a plane crash and land on a deserted island. Amidst trying to survive, the boys have to fight not only each other but the environment as well while trying to relieve themselves from their inside emotions. In chapter nine is where the intense emotion flow out and where Simon, who finds the true nature of the beast, wants to caution the others, so he comes from the mountain to try and warn them. Meanwhile, on the beach, Jack’s tribe plus Piggy and Ralph hold a pig roast and a party which quickly escalates from friendly dancing to intensified chants and shrills. Among the fierce, intense dance, when Simon comes forth to the beach, he is mistaken for the beast and murdered. When their emotions get the

“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.” -William James (https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/williamjam157170.html?src=t_savage)

When the boys first landed on the island, there was a certain fear of the unknown that forced the boys to behave and listen to their elected leader, Ralph. However, as everyone becomes more accustomed to the primal society, a particular group of boys, led by Jack Merridew, are less inclined to follow the basic rules created in the beginning. On this note, some boys, are still influenced by the prior rules which governed their life before the island. For example, in a previous chapter, Maurice "hurried away [after throwing sand into a littluns eye]. In his other life Maurice had received chstisement for filling a younger eye with sand." From the quote, it is apparent that Maurice feels uneasiness for his wrongdoing but hastens to dismiss the thought leading to the conclusion that basic lessons of social etiquette are quickly disappearing from the island.

Everybody is different, no one is exactly alike but we all have something in the inside that is similar, our inner evil. In the novel, Lord of The Flies by William Golding, he demonstrates a broader view on mankind's true nature when left to survive on their own. The plot of the book begins from a plane crash of a plane filled with little boys who were left to create civilization and rules & orders on their own. Although many conflicts arise which disrupts the boys society especially the civilization versus the savagery, which represents Ralph versus Jack.

The final reason this is true is when there is no society around you will eventually turn savage. Now let’s proceed with why humans are essentially savage. One important reason that the book implies that a basic theme of the novel is that human beings are naturally violent and savage is that if a situation presents itself any human would do what they are driven to do, to survive. The hunters are afraid of a beast.

“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs” ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords. Once a man is placed into the wild, he is soon to turn savage to gain power and thrive through uncivilized situations. They will do barbaric actions when left from civilization. In the book, Lord of the Flies By William Golding, he uses the group of boys to illustrate that while one may start as a civilized human, when there is a chance to seize power, he will turn savage to take and keep that power. At first, the boys remain calm and work together, until Jack moves to a more savage state making him do inhumane actions. This idea is also stressed in an article analyzing people without civilization.

The Merriam-Webster definition of Savage: not domesticated or under human control or lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings. This definition along with abounding others refers to animal activity. However it is more common for humans to do something savage or cruel than it is for animals.

Does every human being ever give into to their basic savage instinct? William Golding, the author of the Lord of the Flies, creates a masterful essay that teems with symbolism and depth. The book depicts how humans can degrade to nothing more than mere animals. To summarize what occurs in the Lord of the Flies: a group of English schoolboys inside a plane, crashes on an deserted island. Ralph, an athletic and charismatic boy, draws in the scattered children with a blow of a conch shell. Another boy, Jack, ugly and temperamental, appears with his own group of followers. It is decided to draw up some rules and elect a leader. This turns out to be Ralph. After several instances when the rules are ignored, the boys steadily grow away from Ralph and his ideas of an orderly society and start to follow Jack and his uninhibited and savage lifestyle. As a result of Jack’s leadership, Simon and Piggy are murdered and the situation appears hopeless. All remnants of social order have dissipated when the remaining boys chase Ralph and set fire to the island. A patrolling ship cruising in nearby waters notices the island’s flames and comes to investigate. The boys are saved but have lost their innocence. The theme of

Chapter 1 was not my favorite chapter. I thought it could have been a little less violent. The parts I like about this chapter are in the beginning he is happy because he was in the Santa Clara Valley. I also liked when Buck was trying to harm the men. The parts I didn't like were when the men beat him. I also didn’t like when the man just opened the cage to beat him.

Aldous Huxley wrote "The Brave New World" to inform the reader that an ideal society made by artificial happiness and morality is an illusion. The author seemed to have sided with the Savage in the excerpt. The Controller and Mustapha Mond explained to the Savage that everyone in the society couldn't handle conflicts on their own or experience fear and rage naturally; they needed medication to help. Even though the medication made everyone virtuous, it's obvious to see that it was the problem. I would say between the Savage and the Controller, I would choose the Savages side. I would rather have a realistic society with problems than a society that takes medication that makes artificial happiness and morality. "The Brave New World" by Aldous

The term noble savage is defined as a primitive man who represents the inner goodness of someone not corrupted by civilization. It was a major theme in the Romantic writings of the 18th and 19th centuries. It is most commonly found in the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This stereotype is often considered racist, ethnocentric, or politically incorrect nowadays because of a long history of imperialism, colonialism, and discrimination, often promoting that native peoples were biologically inferior to whites. Many film adaptations have aspects of the Noble Savage, as the natives depicted in the movies are often seen as primitive when exposed to technology and civilization, but beautiful and wise when they’re among nature.

In addition, Moore & Maclean (2012), found that due to resiliency, children can deal with bullying without adult involvement. Sentse et. al., (2013), states that having friends that have been bullied themselves can be seen as risky to those who have not been bullied because they face the possibility of becoming bullied themselves. Hodges et. al., (1999), found that in some occasions children have friends that cannot provide them with the necessary support to prevent a bully’s attacks because those children are also being bullied themselves. Therefore, Hodges et. al., (1999), state that in order for a friendship to protect a child against bullying, the friend must be willing and able to stick -up for not only the other child but themselves as

Some of the synonyms of the word savage given by the Thesaurus are: fierce, ferocious, cruel and untamed. The first two words, “fierce” and “ferocious”, represent how the word is interpreted now. The urban dictionary defines savage as “an act that is either cool or hardcore, going beyond the normal