Individual Uniqueness In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

The Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys that crash onto an island from what appears to be the gunning down of their plane. Taking place in the time of World War Two, it is very likely the plane was gunned down, and these boys on the island are alone with each other, drowning in their own twisted freedom. The main characters of this story are Ralph, a well-fit boy who is the oldest of the bunch, and Piggy, an overweight boy who seems to be the most intelligent of the group. Later we are revealed to Jack, who is leading a choir of boys, and he looks to be an okay person until he has disagreements with Ralph. For the youngest of the children, Ralph wants protection and shelters for them, as well as a fire for smoke to alert nearby passing ships, while Jack wants to hunt for food, which is a needed necessity, it goes against

Though “The Lord of the Flies” never describes a “Man vs. Self” conflict, there is indeed a definite enemy among the islanders; haplessly being themselves. Moreover, the retrenchment of the refined attitudes of the islanders being amended into that of irrational savages is culpable for the tragedies conducted by the islanders throughout the story. This sort of ancillary and visceral enemy that the islanders impinge upon is thus apposite to the Man vs. Self conflict style.

Human nature is complex. It may take over an individual’s mind in many desperate and threatening situations. In Golding’s compelling novel, Lord of the Flies, it is implied that the evil, or bad side of humanity will overshadow the good. However, there are certain situations present in the novel that portray the opposite. The depiction of human nature in this novel creates a nice balance between the positive and negative aspects of humanity. Although Golding’s novel is portrayed as pessimistic, Ralph’s words and actions when dealing with various situations, Sam and Eric’s loyalty to Ralph, and the boys’ rescue at the end of the novel contradict this idea, creating a commendable balance of pessimistic and optimistic situations.

“Human nature is evil and goodness is caused by intentional activity” - Xunzi. Humans by nature have natural tendencies to evil however not everyone acts on those emotions.

There is a quote by Edmund Burke, “man is the cruelest animal”, that perfectly describes the truth about human nature; that humanity, at its core, is an evil species. William Golding acknowledges this fact in his 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies. Throughout the novel, Golding highlights the cruelty of children, the carelessness of their actions, and the evilness present in the very fabric of society.

Savagery is the condition of being primitive, uncivilized or the quality of being fierce or cruel (Google). It is something that comes easy to everyone at certain times in our life. People will learn it is harder to be good than bad. Being bad comes natural to everyone; people like the thrill of taking a chance. People are trained to be civil and polite from the time one grows up and it is not that hard because of the society everyone lives in. What would happen if the people’s democracy fell and everybody is left with nothing? How would the citizens react? Would they act like they were trained to do ever since they were born, or would they disregard all of it and do as they please because there is no definite

Thomas Hardy once stated that “A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman.” This quote encapsulates the key element of what makes a story interesting and worth telling: its uniqueness and deviation from the ordinary. While every average man and woman experience stories in their everyday life, they are typically uninteresting and uneventful. A story worth telling must contain the opposite; it must be so exceptional in its characters and events that it lies unparalleled among the life of any average person. Not only do the characters and setting of the story have to be exceptional, but a story worth telling will also contain unique literary elements. Various lessons, themes, symbols, imagery, and other literary devices may be present to further add to the story’s excellence. For these reasons, Lord of the Flies by William Golding and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote serve as two of the most prominent exemplifications of this quote, as both stories are exceptional enough to justify their telling.

Lord of the Flies is an extraordinarily well-written novel that teaches one how to live life. When asked about the philosophy of the book, the author, William Golding, replied, "The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectful." This completely exemplifies the theme of the novel. Lord of the Flies truly shows that it is not the government that determines survival, it is the sheer human nature in all of us that proves whether a society can function. A person's personality will always trump another person's because of difference

During World War II, a plane crashes on an unknown island leaving multiple British schoolboys stranded with no adults. Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, tells the story of boys struggling to create a new society from scratch. When they crash, there are no rules or leaders. They must create their own civilization. To create order, Jack thinks there needs to be a leader. Ralph and Jack are both interested in being the leader which creates conflict. While Ralph wants to create order and concentrate on rescue, Jack enjoys the hunt and insists on getting meat to eat with no hope of being rescued. Another character is Piggy who likes to help Ralph and stands up for him. While he is very intelligent, he lacks the leadership skills to rule the island. Roger, an older boy, is a follower of Jack who also enjoys hunting and killing, but for fun instead of necessity.

The author, William Golding uses the main characters of Ralph, Jack, and Simon in The Lord of the Flies to portray how their desire for leadership, combined with lack of compromise leads to the fall of their society. This desire for leadership and compromise led to the fall of their society just like multiple countries during times of wars.

William Golding's, Lord of The Flies, follows a group of boys who crash land on a deserted island, and their ensuing struggle to survive. As the island's only inhabitants, the boys are forced to govern themselves and balance the difference between right and wrong, civility and barbarity, and to dole out responsibility according to individual talents or lack thereof. Piggy, one of the novels main characters, is by far the most intelligent, but his authority and ability to contribute to the community are unfortunately impaired by physical ailments and initial lack of respect. Piggy’s physical and medical issues complicate his life and stand in the way of accomplishing activities the others easily accomplish. Many of the other boys are confident in themselves and are ready to participate.

On the forsaken island, there are no adults, no order, there is little hope, and their society is destined to collapse. In William Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, a plane crashes in the middle of a desolate island, leaving a metaphorical and literal scar causing haunting memories to come. Ralph, the protagonist, finds a conch shell and calls all the other boys together, with the help of a new friend called Piggy. While the boys start to go a bit savage, Piggy is trying to keep them grounded. Jack, the leader of the choir boys and the antagonist, goes savage first, and makes his own group apart from Ralph’s. Fear, anger, and the loss of morals are responsible for all these tragic things that occur.

“The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.” With this quote, William Golding simply justifies the theme and moral presented in his novel, Lord of the Flies. The characters portray a modern society and depict the cruelty of human disposition. The political system in the U.S., as a whole, is a prime example of the ignorance towards ethical nature and is definitely blameworthy of the ruthlessness of mankind as individuals. Change is needed!

The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of boys from Britain who were flying on a plane and crashed. The boys were then stranded on an island with not that many resources to survive. At first the boys were happy that they had more freedom without the supervision of any adults. Ralph who was one of the main characters in the book, and the oldest finds a conch. He uses the conch to gather all the other boys from the crash. After a little while Ralph was chosen to be chief. He and some other older boys soon began to start making a plan on how to survive on the island until they were rescued. The plan later on in the book started to collapse when the boys started to disagree and argue between themselves.

The book Lord of the Flies is a great read, William Golding is a great writer. Lord of the Flies starts out with two of our main characters, Piggy and Ralph, when the boys first crash on the island. Once Ralph blows the Conch and all the boys are gathered they realize that it is only boys on the island. After that, the island soon fall into havoc, most of the boys turn into complete savages they kill two people and beat many others, and finally when they are trying to kill Ralph they get rescued. Only two people realize what the boys have turned into until almost the end, these two boys are Piggy and Simon and they both bring something really valuable to the island that no one else brings. Pariahs like Piggy and Simon are not natural leaders,