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Lord Of The Flies Civilization Vs Civilization Analysis

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In the modern world of every society, one must act as a leader to ensure success. The leader must have the perfect qualities and be trusted, because success lies upon its shoulders. In 1954, William Golding wrote his book, Lord of the Flies as to a reaction of the scary and unbelievable world. At this time of human history, the world had experienced two world wars and had numerous catastrophes and tragedies of violence and hatred. Lord of the Flies is an interpretation of the wars but with small boys and no adults for supervision. Golding was arguing if humans at heart were civilized or savages. Furthermore, in Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, savagery is inevitably chosen over civilization because fear is more favored when it comes to ruling …show more content…

A little after civilization is clearly on it way to tumbling, Jack separates himself from Ralph, and officially starts his own tribe. Little by little, Jack’s tribe gains it's followers, and soon Jack has the majority of the boys on his side. Jack's philosophy is to have fun, and hunt for meat, which is exactly what all the boys want. This shoots Jack’s popularity through the roof, and leaves Ralph alone with just Piggy, Simon, Samneric, and a couple littluns. Jack and his tribe wear paint on their faces and carry spears, to represent true savages (141). Jack’s ability to relate with what all the boys want, and make them do what he wants, is much more effective when ruling a group of boys. The boys necessarily don’t want to be violent, but since Jack is more fun, they are willing to do what Jack tells them. Later in the novel, clearly with savagery thriving and civilization crumbling, Piggy’s last straw is when the savages attacks their shelters and stole his glasses to light a fire. Piggy convinces Ralph and the others to confront Jack’s tribe and get his glasses back. They march up to Castle rock to see Jack and his group, but Piggy goes too far and upsets Roger. Roger suddenly unleashes his boulder and causes Piggy to plunge to his death. As Ralph looks at Jack in disgust, Jack hisses that this is what his savages are capable of (181). Jacks use of language and threatening Ralph after seeing Piggy die is very effective because Ralph is very vulnerable and mortified. From adults to children, seeing tragedies is very scary and traumatizing and Ralph being in this mindset would allow him to see that it could've been him, and he could be the one dead. This fear would automatically make him fear Jack, and not want create conflict with Jack, which makes him an effective leader because Jack always gets what he wants. A few days after this huge plot

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