Lord Of The Flies Nature Analysis

Everyone would like to believe that man is not naturally evil, but that is not the case; Natural evil is real, and it can be evident everywhere. Not only are there many studies supporting the fact, but even the Bible acknowledges man’s natural evil. And if these evil are left unchecked, they leave to treacherous situations, as presented in William Golding’s, Lord of The Flies. The novel takes place on an island run by kids, and only held together by flimsy society lead by Ralph, the original chief. Only when Jack, Ralph’s former partner, challenges his authority that is when it starts to fall. Jack’s temptations to undo Ralph’s doing and to revert to primal savagery takes over him and eventually leads him to do actions that could only describe as an anarchist criminal. The only

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel and portrays just how the society surrounding us can corrupt our once pure nature No one is born a killer, no one is born with an intense compulsion to kill, the island that the boys are stranded on has a very unusual, corrupting society; A society that erodes the boys innocence through the power struggle between Jack and Ralph, readers see the transfer from innocent to savagely through the hunting and Piggy’s death.

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, and The Simpsons “Das Bus” episode, the parody of the novel, both showcase the fierce battle between nature and the children. The reader discloses who leads and who breaks through the harsh environment alive. These stories can compare in numerous ways, but also differ in many ways so that The Simpsons fans find it comical. Lord of the Flies has a much more serious tone, while The Simpsons episode tries to add a bit of a twist that makes it’s humorful to its audience. Many of the characters in The Simpsons resemble the ones in Lord of the Flies, which makes the two “Lord of the Flies”, very easy to compare and contrast. Lord of the Flies and The Simpsons both compare and contrast Bart and Ralph, how they keep everyone in control, and also how they become savages.

While Ralph, Jack, and Simon were exploring the island, they found a piglet caught in a curtain of creepers, trying to get itself out of the trap in all the madness of extreme terror. As the piglet attempted to struggle its way out, Jack “raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus…” The diction, “hiatus” describes that Jack took a long pause and was afraid to kill the piglet. This part of the book was described in detail to show that Jack was nervous to kill the pig. While his arm was raised in the air he pauses allowing the piglet to escape. As a result, Jack, Ralph, and Simon laughed ashamedly and began to hike back on to the track. Nevertheless, in Chapter Four, “’I cut the pig’s throat,’ said Jack proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.” The author referred to the “pig’s throat” as it is important to “let the blood out” in order to feed on it. Jack learned that he had to cut the pig’s throat from Chapter One. The diction, “proudly” was applied to describe that Jack had fun in killing the pig. It seems that Jack enjoyed killing the piglet and is excited to kill even more. When the boys were chattering and dancing, and the twins continued to grin, “There was lashings of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, “you should have seen it!” The diction utilized to describe the blood changed from “unbearable” to “lashings” shows that he liked to perceive the glory of the pig. The

Even good people can do terrible things if put in certain situations. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, innocent boys become cruel murderers when they were stranded on an island with no adults. This was the result from the actions of the characters, change of behavior, and symbolism.

The choice of diction used when the boys go on a sow hunt, it shows how destructive the boys have become. Golding‘s diction is rape like when he states, “Here, struck down by the heat, the sow fell and the hunters hurled themselves at her. This dreadful eruption from an unknown world made her frantic; she squealed and buckled and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror” (Golding 135). The word “hurled” implies that the boys aggressively ran at the sow and landed on her in order to hurt the sow. The sow “buckled” which shows that she tried to resist what the boys were doing to her. The sow squealed when the boys put her through the pain. Golding also writes, “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife” (Golding 135). Golding states that “ Jack grabbed Maurice and

In fact, the narrator is a student, “busting his brains on essay[s]” just like all of us have at many points (King, “Strawberry Spring” 2). Not only can we relate to him as a young person, but also as an adult. In the same way many people will, he marries, raises children and lands a good job. What we cannot relate to, and consequently, what re-establishes our feelings of normality, is the horror of what “the implacable and frightening Springheel Jack” is capable of--cutting throats, beheadings, and dismemberment (4). Furthermore, even the narrator’s wife’s worries regarding an affair seem trivial compared to all of the weight and implications of what festered in the trunk of her car. Ultimately, Stephen King’s protagonist “confirms for us that no matter how far we may be removed from the beauty” of our deepest desires, “we are still light-years from [the] true ugliness” of a Springheel Jack (King, “Why We Crave” 1).

In this, the boys, especially Jack are dealing with the fact that they just murdered Simon. It shows that Jack has no feelings of empathy towards them killing what they thought was the beast. This emotionless

The death of the sow here is very brutal and graphic. The spear penetrating the pig’s body, even after she screamed out in pain, shows the newfound violent nature in the boys. They are not just trying to kill the pigs for food anymore, they are out for murder. As the spear pierces deeper and deeper into the pig, it shows the lack or respect for any internal organs, which have to be removed carefully in order to have the pig be eaten safely. The complete amount of disrespect for the pig shows the transition of the boys going from innocent young boys, to dangerous hunters.

Summary- Chapter 5 starts with Ralph walking the beach while thinking about things like how long his hair is and how no one listens. Later he blows the conch to signal a meeting to make people do what they are suppose to do which is helping with all the things they need to get done. He also mentions how important the fire is and if the fire isn't lit they won't get off the island because no one will know that someone is on the island. Lastly at the meeting Ralph and Jack talk about the beastie isn't real and that the little kids just imagine the beastie talking so there is nothing to be scared of. While Jack is teasing about Piggy a boy named Phil says that he has a dream about the beastie but when he woke up he saw something moving in the

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a gritty allegory of adolescence, innocence, and the unspoken side of human nature. Countless social issues are portrayed, however one of the most reoccurring is the nature of man. Throughout the novel there is an ever-present focus on the loss of innocence amongst the boys, shown by the deterioration of social skills and their retrogression into a barbaric form of society. Also portrayed is the juxtaposition of a cruel, evil main character and a more classically good counterpart, and their eternal rivalry for power and authority over their younger subjects. Does society or the lack thereof create evil in human nature, or simply magnify a pre-existing

J. R. R. Tolkien's works capture a myriad of themes that are thoroughly developed throughout his meta-narrative. I contend that one cannot simply ignore the environmentalist aspects of J R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He loathed the needless disruption and devastation of nature for the purpose of advancement and did not care much for technology. Tolkien allegedly loved the beauty of nature. He frequently presents a very negative image of industry and technological advancement. He expressed this sentiment through Lord of the Rings especially, but also in the legendarium surrounding Middle Earth. He also demonstrated his appreciation of nature in his day to day life.

In the words of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.” In other words, humans harbor an ever present looming evil nature within themselves. Evil is the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin, or the wicked or immoral part of someone. This concept of inner evil rising to the surface permeates William Golding’s dystopian novel Lord of the Flies, that evil exists in every human, proven through the characterization of the marooned boys. There is foreshadowing of the dangers of the boys’ inner immorality from one of the boys, Simon. As the novel progresses, evil starts asserts itself as the boys cast off their innocence and humanity, and turning against each other. Even the

Golding once said, “…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.” Golding’s Lord of The Flies, is a thought-provoking novel with a dark theme. The theme being that, evil rests in the person rather than society as a whole; individuals can fight their own evil but, “man is so thoroughly corrupted that his redemption as a species is hopeless, however gallant and inspirational individual attempts may be” (“Lord of the Flies” 187). Golding reveals this theme through the use of English schoolboys who have to govern themselves while they are stranded on an island. Many of the boys turn to extreme cruelty and violence, while three boys, Ralph,

“Isolation is a dream killer” (Barbara Sher). In the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, kids stranded on an island must figure out how to survive. By hunting pigs and building shelters the kids tried to subsist on the island. Through the process of hunting, the kids became cruel, evolving to the point of being barbaric. Thus, through the barbaric actions of the boys and the outside world, Golding shows that savagery exists in all people.