Most Dangerous Game Comparison

In Lord of the Flies by John Steinback a group of young boys are stranded on an island. To survive the boys decided to vote who should be their leader, Ralph or Jack. Piggy is a smart, fat boy who is not respected by the boys. Ralph is the face of leadership but not the best for the job compared to Piggy. Piggy is the brains behind Ralph who gives the essential idea to further progress the island.

“In a 2005 survey about gay bullying statistics, teens reported that the number two reason they are bullied is because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender expression”, according to bullyingstatistics.org. It has also been shown that those who are bullied themselves often go on to bully others because it is all they know, or that bullying covers up their own shames. The character Jack Merridew in Lord of the Flies is not evil like many would argue, but rather is ashamed of the fact that he is gay and closeted. This is supported by the hunter’s casting off of religion and government, Jack’s inability to hunt unless in front of other boys, and the beast as a symbol.

“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.

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.

Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding. It is about british schoolboys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. They are on the island with no adult supervision. Their group is civilized but turns to savagery. In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses the characters of Ralph, Jack, and Roger to symbolize that there are violence, evil, savagery, and good that exist in every society.

Rules and authority are set up on the island to establish order which initially constraints Roger’s darker nature from thriving. Roger is first introduced by Golding as a “dark boy” (22) to symbolize the evil already within Roger that is not recognized by the other boys. Many of the boys are too busy about themselves to notice the darkness inside Roger: “When Roger opened his eyes and saw him, a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin; but Jack noticed nothing” (Golding 62). Roger first tests the shackles of previous civilization when he throws stones at Henry but is not able to hit him: “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here,

The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is an allegory that connects the boys’ behavior in the novel to the basic instinct of human nature. Revolving around a time of war, the plane of several British schoolboys is shot down, and they find themselves stranded on an island without the guidance of adults. Initially, the young children are motivated to construct a stable and organized leadership similar to the one they left behind, but the boys are faced with challenges and inner conflicts. The struggles the group faces and the effect of isolationism influences the boys into their descent toward savagery. Golding's characterization of Roger over the course of the novel portrays how the loose imposition of rules, morals, and structure

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a story about a troop of boys who are on a plane out of war-torn England. However, their plane crashes and strands them on an island without any adults. The boys, who are anywhere from age six to age twelve, must learn to survive not only the elements, but each other as well. By the end of the story, at least three of the boys have died, two of which were killed knowingly by other boys on the island.

On August 18, 2017, a man named Mark Johnson was mountain biking in Massachusetts when he crashed while rounding a curve on a trail. His bike tire was jammed into a pile of rocks, causing him to fall down a declivity. He was found by other bikers, but it was too late. Although some may argue that it is not completely his fault due to the fact that he was not expecting the pile of rocks to be the obstruction that led to his death, he had complete control over his decisions and actions to take the risk and mountain bike. Putting oneself in a similar situation with control of all decisions being made and all actions being performed means that he or she should be held accountable for their actions. This is prevalent in the characters and

I would describe this story as both commercial and literary fiction. It is a literary fiction story because it is unpredictable and has unexpected ending. In the story when Rainsford approaches the house General Zaroff, accepts him with admiration. He seems to be showing him a new way of life and thinking but the unexpected happens. When he refuses to indulge in the general’s way of hunting, the general decides to make him the new hunt. You don’t expect general Zaroff to make Rainsford the hunt. Another way that, “the most dangerous game” is a literary fiction is in the end. We as the reader expect that when he jumps into the river, he will swim off to safety but instead he swim back to the house and waits for the general. Adding to the unexpected

Acts normally seen as taboo in a maintained civilization are standard on the island. For example, after only one day, the boys have shed themselves of their clothes and eventually nudity on the island is seen as conventional. This started a steady decline towards savagery. Soon this led to losing of more important things than clothes, such as basic human reasoning and their moral compass. “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.” (86). Roger lost control of his impulses as he throws rocks at the little ones. This serves as a catalyst for the other boys as they begin to lose what makes them human: their empathy, friendliness, and compassion. Here, “The hunters' thoughts were crowded with memories […] of the knowledge […] that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.”(98), it can be seen that the boys are deviating to savagery through hunting. They do not hunt only for food, but to relish of the feeling of power in killing another living being. The boys’ barbarity is at its pinnacle when Simon is murdered,

Lord of the flies, by William Golding, is a suspenseful novel about a group of young boys crashed landed on a deserted island and must use their knowledge for survival, but their childish mind and ways might lead the young boys procrastinating, ending up playing and having fun. The story takes place in a World War ll era. Ralph, being the protagonist, leads the group of young boys for their survival with the help of Piggy, a very intelligent and caring character. Soon after Jack, the antagonist, is introduced with a dark arora, takes the group of boys and claims himself a leader towards them leaving Ralph and Piggy to defend for themselves. As the story progresses, the young boys begins to lose their civilized selves becoming more savage.

The book is set in the midst of a nuclear war. The boys were being evacuated by an airplane from the warzone before the plan was shot down and landed on a tropical island in the Pacific killing the pilot. The boys found themselves on the island without any adult supervision. The most important message I took away from the rules for every society to succeed must have rules and an authority to enforce the rules to ensure that the environment is safe. People left on their own without rules, will yield to their savage instincts creating chaos. They lose their sense of good and evil and get lost in their pursuit of their selfish goals.

Wartime frequently brings out the worst in people, with its capacity for damaging mental and physical health, quality of life, and families. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the subject of war is ironically shown through the experiences of children. When children are unexpectedly exposed to war, they are emotionally damaged later in life and become accustomed to acts of violence. The children's exposure to war omits their violent behavior. William Golding also has full power over how the characters in his book are perceived and behave, and his experience in the military in WWII is the reason for the plot and character behavior. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, both the author;s and the children’s exposure to World War II works to fuel the violent actions on the island.

In order for any human to be civil, there has be not only rules, but, consequences to those. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph, the chosen leader, creates certain rules that were made up by his friend but those weren’t enough or respected because Ralph himself wasn’t. Ralph should’ve created better rules such as no killing, sharing everything and being respectful to each other as well as consequences for if those weren’t followed. If he did so, all the boys would have survived and there would have been an order.