Lord Of The Flies Rhetorical Analysis

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding the different views and beliefs of Ralph and Jack and the need for power in both boys’ segregates the group and

As a base of human desire and need, power has always been one of the number one desire of mankind since the dawn of time. To place yourself above others, or gain control over your followers or a situation brings safety and comfort to a leader. A well written example of this concept lies within the twisted world created by William Golding in his, “Lord of the Flies”. Throughout the story, Jack seeks power above all else, and stops for nothing in this lustful quest of dominance. We can get a glimpse of Jack’s desires through his iron grip within his choirboys, how he clashes with Ralph, and how Jack’s actions bring about a deeper symbolism underlying within the story.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of young British boys are left stranded on an island after a fatal plane crash in the midst of a World War. With no communication to the outer world and no presence or influence of adults on the island, Ralph, Jack Merridew, and Piggy are forced to take initiative if the group of hopeless boys want to survive. The group of boys experience a drastic change throughout their time on the island, a change that no one would ever expect to occur to a young group of primed British boys. The leader of the stranded choirists on the island, Jack Merridew, shows such a change that he soon persuades other boys to follow his savage actions as the novel progresses. Though the changes to Jack’s mental and physical characteristics advance slowly at first, the final personality of Jack is instantly taken over at the climax of the novel to a dehumanized savage. Jack’s innocence is corrupted by his inability to withstand a society without rules proving man's good essential nature is altered by the evil within society.

1. Ralph's contemplation's at the beginning of the chapter are about how he feels about the boys on the island. He just talks and walks around the beach by the lagoon about how he feels about everything that has happened and perhaps a little bit about how much respect he's getting. One of the things Ralph is most bothered by is the fact that the littluns are not working and doing whatever they please. Another thing he might be annoyed by is the fact that Jack is getting a little too focused on hunting.

Sprouted, only to suffer from a one-sided loving & passionate state of mind, an illness is born - where flowers petals are wheezed out and regurgitated and can only be surgically removed, also severing all perceptions of emotions along with the petals; thus, forcing the individual into isolation, these effects are descriptions of the hanahaki disease (花吐き病). Within the petals folds, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck illustrates the beauty of passion and enthusiasm through the examination of the text that serves as a social action, also known as rhetoric, with the use of antanagoge and epanalepsis. Upon other petals, fluttering past swollen lips and tear stained cheeks; a petal depicts the use of amplification and symbolism through a racial perception.

Imagine your stuck on a stranded island and having no idea how you get there. Then, you meet these group of boys and have no clue were they come from. So, one of the boys is the chief and the another boy was over the hunters but was also mad he couldn’t be chief. After that everything started off good until the hatred one was angry because he didn't like the way the chief set things, which lead them to fight and have war. Good or Evil?

The narrative’s fluctuations between young and old Lenny’s thoughts demonstrates how perspective is vital in understanding a story. In the scene where her Cousin tricks her into touching him is a revelatory entrance into sexuality for Lenny. She states, “this is a side of him [she’s] becoming aware of for the first time” and she “doesn’t like it” (Sidhwa 172). However, she doesn’t comment further on his actions as being wrong. As young Lenny, she is able to disregard the action as a teaching moment. Instead of telling anyone of the incident, she instead gains a new interest. After her encounter with her Cousin, she cannot “keep [her] eyes off flies since” (Sidhwa 173). Yet, the question here is who exactly is speaking, is it young or adult

In ​The Lord of The Flies​, A group of boys were stranded on an island. The group elected a boy named Ralph to lead them. Jack, the leader of the choir boys on the island, wanted to be leader as well. Jack struggled to get the boys to follow him, but in the end successfully lured most of them to his tribe. The boys in Jack’s tribe became savages due to Jack’s lawless rule.

This exchange between Ralph and Jack showed as the leader, Ralph took responsibility for planning and doing tasks for the betterment of the boys. Unfortunately, most of the boys don’t want to help Ralph in jobs like building the huts because they would rather just have fun. Some people may say that the boys want a responsible leader to get of the island faster. That was true at first, but as time went on they lost hope in getting off the island and would rather indulge in the pleasures of the island. The evidence is, “I’m too tired. And what’s the good?”

These kids were not born to feel violent or feel the need to bully people, but they were forced into it due to the frequent taunting they received. If these kids never got taunted for how they acted and dressed then they would have never been made into the vicious, dangerous people they were. In Lord of the Flies some of the kids were forced into becoming bullies and savages because of the conditions they faced on the island. At first, Jack comes off as a responsible kid, and knows to follow the rules. “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are the best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things” (Golding). Jack shows a sense of responsibility knowing to follow the rules and not be savages. Jack is later transformed into a bloodthirsty, brutal killer, because of the factors around him on the island. The combination of no parents, order, or even civilization has a big impact

Throughout William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies there is an ever-present conflict in Jack, as an antagonist with savage instincts, which he cannot control. As the story progresses we see Jack become power crazy and turn completely ruthless against the other boys. With no organization by Jack's actions and words that are openly displayed to the boys he turns the group form civilized group to group of complete savages.

In 1954 William Golding wrote the fictional novel Lord of the Flies, which is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island because of a plane crash, and have to find a way to stay civilized while trying to get rescued. Two boys who ended up hating each other are the characters Jack and Ralph. Even though Ralph was the main leader, they both end up being leaders but in different ways. Jack mostly used meanness and Ralph was nice and supportive. They also had the same goal but in different ways. Jack hunted and separated himself from Ralph and his group, Ralph mostly built and made plans. But they both were the most determined out of any character in the novel. In Lord of the Flies you can learn a lot, but the main theme is that

Ralph asks the boys to build huts and find food. In the process of doing this the boys, and littluns goof off, and Ralph is infuriated. Making him lose his temper and altering his personality with the patience he had for the boys. Although Simon does help Ralph build the huts and find food, Ralph doesn't find that it is enough and thinks that everyone ends up doing the work very wrong. During this event it shows Ralph becoming aggressive with the boys, and the things that go on, on the island. In chapter Ralph calls a meeting discussing the rules and character Jack becomes loud and tries to take over the meeting and leads off with a group of boys and his “choir”. Leaving Ralph alone angered and with fewer boys.

Ralph calls the assembly in chapter 5 because nobody is following the disciplines on the island. They do not want to build the shelter, and they do not want to build the fire, they also do not want to use the stated toilet area. “The world, that understandable lawful world, was slipping away” (Page 91, Chapter 5). The civilization departs as soon as the wane of the laws. People will lose their principles and humanist characters without the law .

Throughout the Lord of the Flies novel the idea of pure evilness is portrayed through many characters. Jack a young British choir boy, who is stranded on the island along with his friends tends to show an intense savageness like none other. He cherishes the idea to of power and command over anyone on the island. The idea of power was first brought to him when the group of stranded boys suggest that they elect a leader, this responsibility falling between one of two boys, Ralph or Jack. When the boys elect Ralph as their leader, a chain of emotion and events are set in motion to be carried out by Jack.