Lord Of The Flies Legal Rights Analysis

Lord of the flies, a novel written by author William Golding, is about group of british school boys, flying on a airplane, are shot down onto a uncivilized island. Their goal throughout the book is to survive while staying civilized without turning into savages. Golding’s book, Lord of the Flies, is centered on how the children turn into savages. He uses metaphor to help the reader see how the children are turning into savages. Especially the main characters Jack and Ralph.

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding focuses on a variety of different concepts. More specifically, Lord of the Flies approaches the topic of political issues such as the desire for power and social chaos. There are two different political societies: democratic and authoritarian. This novel concentrates on a democratic environment versus authoritarian. Golding represents these political environments in the forms of Jack and Ralph.

Without government, society degenerates and people lose their capacity for moral behaviour. Survivors in Haiti say that if other countries had not provided aid and restored order, there would be much more violence and everyone would only serve themselves. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author uses the events on the island to demonstrate that people require government to restrain their impulses. The creation of a democratic government with Ralph as chief allows the inhabitants of the island to make decisions together and take everyone’s viewpoint into consideration. Soon, however, the democracy begins to be disregarded. When Jack creates a dictatorship, he fails to restrain the impulsive behaviour of the boys, which

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of British boys suddenly become stranded on an island, all alone, forced to form their own social system. Throughout the novel, William Golding reveals his main character 's strengths and weaknesses in their attempts to lead. The character Piggy demonstrates the benefits and limits of intelligence in maintaining civil order.

     Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel that represents a microcosm of society in a tale about children stranded on an island. Of the group of young boys there are two who want to lead for the duration of their stay, Jack and Ralph.  Through the opposing characters of Jack and Ralph, Golding reveals the gradual process from democracy to dictatorship from Ralph's democratic election to his lack of law enforcement to Jack's strict rule and his violent law enforcement.

Everybody holds within them some amount of greed, but it is when that greed is let loose that it begins to cause problems. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, this idea of extreme behavior caused by greed and power is prominent. In the middle of a post apocalyptic world war, a plane carrying a group of British schoolboys who were being flown over to a safer area, is shot down above the Pacific Ocean. The pilot is killed, but the boys survive the accident only find themselves stranded on an uncharted island, where they are left alone without adult supervision. The boys who are first introduced are Ralph and Piggy. When Ralph blows a conch and groups together

In today’s world, there are many different and effective types of governments. They range from republics to dictatorships, with each of them having pros and cons regarding their effectiveness and how happy the people living under them are. In Lord of the Flies, author William Golding tells the story of a group of boys stranded on an island, with only their wits to keep them alive. 2 boys eventually take power. The first to take power, Ralph, uses a democratic government in order to keep things fair for all of the boys. However, this fails, and the second boy Jack takes power. He uses a totalitarian government, and while it is very effective, Jack’s inability to lead becomes a major problem, and his poor decision-making eventually burns down the entire island. William Golding uses Lord of the Flies as a political allegory in order to prove that both democratic and totalitarian governments will only succeed if the people in their systems support the goals given to them by their government.

As the days go by, the will to be free of all rules is starting to present itself as the civilized way of life begins to deplete and some of the boys start avoiding the rules. The rules that have been obeyed before, start to become irrelevant as Jack and his hunters forget to keep the fire going, they forget to put fresh water in the coconut shells and the littluns go to the washroom near the fruits but the conch’s power still prevails in bringing them together. The descent into chaos is manifested when Jack gets mad and says, “Conch, Conch, we don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things. [...] It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.” (p.101-102) Jack is the first of the boys to descend into savagery and to ignore the rules of the conch. Nevertheless, most of the boys don’t take too long to accompany Jack and to descend into brutality themselves. This is emphasized when Jack and his tribe kill Piggy and break the conch.”The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”(p.181) Piggy was the only one left that abided the rules of the conch and was trying to lead the boys away from inhumanity and back to the well moralized boys they were when they first arrived on

After detecting smoke coming from the island a British naval officer goes to investigate: “I should have thought that a pack of british boys- you’re all british aren’t you- would have been able to put up a better show than that,” (Golding 202). Britain was one of the most advanced societies of the early to mid 1900’s, and complete mayhem emerging out of a group of British boys stranded on an island is more than shocking for the naval officer. It is ironic that the same boys who boldly stated, “We 've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we 're not savages. We 're English, and the English are best at everything,” (Golding 40), quickly regressed into the primal habits of mob mentality. Lord of the Flies was written shortly after World War II. A strong connection can be made between the leadership of the antagonist, Jack, and World War II icon: Hitler. The two leaders both display devoted followers, and a corrupt sense of leadership and control. Golding insists that fear and mob mentality provoke irrational thinking by placing Jack and his followers’ unintelligible response to fear in contrast with Ralph and Piggy’s diplomatic approach. Furthermore, Jack and his followers overcome their fear by providing comfort for each other with a tribal attitude, which ultimately leads to mindless calamity on the island.

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

In the novel Lord of The Flies, William Golding predicts societies outcome through the use of young boys. The novel follows a group of civilized boys through their journey to insanity and their attempt to survive out on their own. The boys begin with an assembly outlining how they think best in order to survive. They begin with order, which grows into a liberal government. Ralph gets elected chief and he liberally choses to share his power with Jack, allowing him to govern his group of hunters. The boys end up creating savage chaos and disarray. There were many things the boys could had done differently but the failure to cooperate, growing insanity and the thirst for power lead to a downfall, and an end to humanity.

Humans are a sophisticated and advanced race, one which possess the ability to affect their environment, and one another, in significant and often destructive ways. War is a catastrophic event created by humans, who upon creating it neglect to comprehend its far-reaching effects. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, places a group of prepubescent males into one of these situations. After an evacuation aircraft crash-lands, the boys are left upon a deserted island to manage and fend for themselves. As Golding details the trials and tribulations of the young men on the island, it becomes increasingly apparent that the children respect authority

Imagine yourself in one of the characters shoes in the novel “Lord of the flies.” You would see yourself loaded with responsibilities, major decisions, etc. “Lord of the Flies” represents a microcosm of adult society. The island can act as a democratic government, demonstrate knowledge, and each character can demonstrate an aspect of adult society. William Golding was in the Royal Navy during WWII. He creates a smaller image for what’s really happening in the world.

Lord of the Flies is a book written by William Golding, the book is about some boys who survive a plane crash and become stranded on an uninhabited island and must learn how to survive the island and the boys must be able to survive the prevailing ideologies on the island. In this essay, I will give the reasoning why the book represents how a normal society has changed human nature and how human nature can change when there is no society. This paper will show how Ralph represents democracy and Jack represents dictatorship.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, which is set during World War II, English school boys, escaping war in England, crash on a deserted tropical island. From the protected environment of boarding school, the boys are suddenly thrust into a situation where they must fend for themselves. In order to survive, the boys copy their country’s rule for a civilized life by electing a leader, Ralph. He promises order, discipline, and rules for the boys so that they form a small civilized society. This civilized society does not last. Struggling with Jack who wants to be the leader and the boys’ fears of the unknown, Ralph is unable to maintain control, and the boys fulfill Golding’s perspective that human