Alternate Ending For Lord Of The Flies

“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.

“We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we 're capable of” (Phil McGraw) one once said. In Lord of the Flies the characters wear a social mask that opposes their true feelings. Written by William Golding, the story revolves around a group of boys who become stranded on an island and must depend on themselves to survive. They elect a chief, a boy named Ralph. However, as the story progresses, the group become influenced by Jack, an arrogant choir chapter boy. Intriguingly, although they desire to be with Jack and join his tribe, the boys remain with Ralph for most of the story. The rhetorical triangle, which analyzes a speaker or writer based on three ideas- ethos, pathos, and logos-, helps many to better understand the children’s actions and mentality; ethos focuses on the credibility and ethics of the speaker while pathos concerns how the speaker appeals to the emotions of the audience and logos is about the speaker’s use of evidence to appeal to the audience’s sense of reason. The boys stay with Ralph because of Ralph’s use of ethos but prefer to be with Jack because of Jack’s use of pathos and ethos which shows Golding’s message- humans were masks.

In chapter 3 an argument breaks out between Ralph and Jack over the group's priorities. Ralph is trying to build shelters and an SOS fire while Jack and his hunters are craving some meat. I agree with Ralph wanting the priority to be on getting rescued and staying alive, but I disagree with him complaining about it because he is the leader and it's his job to get everyone working. With Jack I understand and agree that people will get tired of eating fruit and other foods similar to that, but I dislike how he's complaining when he's the one that is responsible for hunting. The argument that these two boys have are what I believe to be purely because of laziness. However if they don’t set things right, this problem is only going to

Humans develop in societies with rules, order and government, but humans are not perfect, they have many deficiencies so do the societies they live in. When a group of schoolboys land on a tropical island, Ralph takes on the role of leader by bringing all of the boys together and organizing them. He first explains “There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves.”(p.33), this brings up the question if the boys will have prosperity or will they succumb to the evil on the island. At first the young boys start being successful and civilized, but chaos soon overruns them and evil starts to lurk over the island.The fictional story of the group of British schoolboys stranded on an island and the decisions they make, relates back

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.

Stranded on an island, a group of boys have the choice to be civil or savage. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, British schoolboys are marooned on an island. They voted Ralph to be the leader in an effort to remake the culture that they had left behind, accompanied by the intelligent Piggy as counselor. But Jack wants to be the leader too, and he individually lures all of the boys away from civility to the brutal survivalism of hunters. The conch symbolizes power, respect, and social order. Within the Lord of the Flies, Golding provides a brief look at the savagery that controls even the most civilized human beings. William Golding mirrors our modern day society by

Entering Monday night’s matchup with the shorthanded Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue knew his team would have a challenge in front of them. The Grizzlies were without key players Mike Conley, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, while also missing four other players from their regular rotation. Lue, however, knew the contest with Memphis would be no walk in the park.

In this chapter we are introduced again to Eliza and George on their journey to Canada. They are still at Rachel’s home but will be picked up soon by a man named Phineas. Eliza encouraged George to become a christian again, but George is having a hard time believing in God at the moment, do to everything he and his wife have gone through. All in all, they agree that their main focus is getting to Canada for Harry and their family, and soon Phineas arrives to take them to their next stop. As they’re going, Phineas tells them that their are people looking for them and they’re very close by. A man named Michael soon tells them that the people are coming for them and are extremely close by. Phineas takes them up a hill and they take shelter in the rocks on the top of the hill, but sure enough they’re spotted by Tom Loker and Marks (with some

“Suppose the beast comes when you're all away. I can't see proper, and if i get scared” “You're always scared” This is the tension that falls all at once on Ralph saying that he isn't a good leader as Jack would say in this. This is the breakdown of the conflict from all of the stuff that Jack was feeling as he's trying to get Ralph to not to be the leader anymore because he's power hungry. It really shows what ralph has been hiding and it shows how even though he was saying this deep down he knew that the scariest things were real. It’s really connected to the power that jack i9s trying to get and how he's trying to take down jack in some way because he wants all of the power to run it even though he's scared inside as

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.

During the duration of their time on the island the boy’s connection with humanity declined to a level to which they dehumanized themselves completely. Jack the opposing leader, presents another problem with his bloodlust. His unceasing hunger for a kill keeps him oblivious to the fire and the possibility of being rescued. His actions distract the others from the main goal which is to be rescued. Ralph and Piggy must work together to try and maintain the little order that is left.

Ralph is frustrated with his hair. He decides to call a meeting to get the crowd back into line. He blows the conch shell, and the boys gather. Ralph scolds the boys for their failure to sustain the group’s rules. They have not done anything required of them: they do not work on building the huts, they do not gather drinking water, they neglect the signal fire, and they do not even use the designated toilet area. He restates the importance of the signal fire and attempts to allay the group’s growing fear of beasts and monsters. The littluns, in particular, are increasingly plagued by nightmare visions. Ralph says there are no monsters on the island. Jack likewise maintains that there is no beast, saying that everyone gets frightened and it is just a matter of putting up with it. Piggy seconds Ralph’s rational claim. One of the littluns speaks up and claims that he has actually seen a beast. When the others press him and ask where it could hide during the daytime, he suggests that it might come up from the ocean at night. Jack announces that if there is a creature, he and his hunters will find and kill it. Eventually, only Ralph, Piggy, and Simon are left on the beach. Piggy urges Ralph to blow the conch shell and summon the boys back to the group, but Ralph is afraid that the summons will go ignored and that any trace of order will then collapse. He tells Piggy and Simon that he might abandon leadership of the group, but his friends assure him that the boys need his leadership. As the group drifts off to sleep, the sound of a littlun crying echoes along the

Ralph sees Jack carrying a dead pig. Ralph demands for Piggy’s glasses to be returned but Jack refuses. Ralph calls Jack a thief which annoys Jack to the point where they begin to fight.Ralph tries to talk some sense into Jack concerning the signal fire and Piggy’s glasses. Jack fails to understand Ralph’s point as he orders for Samneric to be tied up.

At encountering a lagoon on a beach a boy meets another boy who wears glasses. Their plane had been shot down because of the war going on at the time. The boys exchange their names, Ralph and the boy with the glasses is Piggy.They begin to wonder where the other survivors are. They encounter a some-sort of a pink trumpet. They pick it up and blow it and sends to boys running to them. Jack the leader of the other survivors come rushing in with them. There is an election for chief and Ralph wins the election. Though jack was upset Ralph made a hunting group as him the leader and the choir the hunters. They head out to the jungle to hunt for food. Jack finds a pig he takes his knife and hesitates to kill it, the pig runs away.

Near the end of the book in chapter 12, all of the boys have gathered in front of the naval officer and were being scolded for their behaviour. Ralph, Jack, Roger and the other members of the tribe were crying tears of shame and felt the disgrace of calling themselves a working society. The main character Ralph was in deep sorrow by knowing that he lost his best friend Piggy and learning that they have reached the end of innocence. He had thrown away Piggy’s trust in chapter 1 and yet he still had faith in Ralph. Ralph thought of Piggy as a nuisance and never appreciated his intelligence until it was too late.