Persuasive Essay On Lord Of The Flies

Let’s be honest; being stranded on an island is a real nightmare. Now, imagine being stranded on an island with a bunch of kids! Though a group of kids may not sound too intimidating, when released from society's constraints and adult supervision, the saying “all’s well that ends well” certainly doesn't apply here. In the heavily famed novel Lord of the Flies written by Nobel Prize of Literature winner William Golding, a group of schoolboys from the age of six to twelve are caught in the midst of the next world war. As they are flying on a plane to escape the dangers on their hometown, they are shot down and crash-land on an island whose population of humans is zero. Once everything gets set in order, the boys begin creating their own society. They even elect a chief and make rules that everyone must follow. Unfortunately, not everything goes as planned, and with hostility rising between the characters as the book progresses, the fragility of human civilization is heavily explored upon in this exhilarating novel.

Jack and the rest of the boys are looking around trying to contemplate all that just had happened. A naval officer had just put Jack in handcuffs and taken him away with the rest of the boys following. They are all getting on a boat and get shipped back to where they came from, all of the boys were all shocked that they were even getting saved in the first place. All of the officers were asking the boys questions but the boys were too stunned to even speak. For weeks they have dreamed of being saved, of being home, and of their family and finally now it was happening.

Why do humans behave the way they do? What causes the monsters of the world to be monsters? There are hundreds of answers for these questions but a typical answer would be the society they live in. A child reflects their parents traits just as humans reflect their own society's traits. A significant theme in William Golding's Lord of the Flies is how a society or environment around someone amplifies the behaviors in a person.

The island is burning, fear and flames fill the eyes of the littleluns, gray smoke and crispy ashes fill the gloomy sky. Tree after tree is burning due to the malicious acts of Jack and his makeshift society. What was once a cordial and civilized group, is now a pack of wild animals. “When you put those together, you get a volatile mix that creates an inability to govern your own behavior…. You’re not really aware of your own thought processes….

Just like modern society, the boys in The Lord of the Flies also try to make laws to preserve social order but fail to correctly implement them. Near the middle of the book Ralph tries to implement rules at the assembly to get the littluns to be more hygienic which ultimately fails and leaves the littluns just laughing. “‘There’s another thing. We chose those rocks right along beyond the bathing pool as a lavatory. That was sensible too.

Lord of the Flies won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1983. The story talks about the problems with people trying to build societies and how corrupt people can get. These people building the society are children no more than 12. The Nobel Prize is nothing they just give out, the book got it for a reason. He won the Nobel Prize “for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today." Not only did it win a Nobel Prize but it is also banned in several hundred schools. You might be asking “How would a Nobel Prize winning book be banned?” Well, it’s considered a “challenging book,” it has violent phrases and sentences, but it also starts

Lord of the Flies is about a group of kids that survived a deadly plane crash that killed the pilot. They start off by making rules so they have some order, but they slowly start to go against each other. They start having fights and eventually, a small group of the kids end up killing one of the other kids. In addition, the group of kids that are the hunters kill a pig, cut off its head, and impaled it on a wooden spear/stick. Because of all the flies and insects that were covering the head, the one who killed the pig was named Lord of the

In the book Lord of the Flies by, William Golding there are a group of young innocent boys became witness and apart of the dark side of humanity. A group of boys had great hope when disaster struck and their plane crashed. They attempted to survive in an unsupervised and isolated environment. The young boys decided to elect a leader, Ralph. Ralph strived to establish rules for housing and sanitation however during their journey Jack

Imagine being stranded on an island, in a dystopian world, surrounded by the vast and seemingly endless ocean, with little to no hope of escape. This is the very world where William Golding’s critically acclaimed novel “Lord of the Flies” is set. I have recently been informed about a ‘survival expo’ that you are organising and I would like to share with you a book that I consider to be of exceptional quality, and that I also believe to almost indefinitely meet the criteria required for your exposition. The book exposes its readers to various controversial themes related to survival and the numerous flaws that constitute human nature. It also contains the content that avid readers of survival novels will share an appreciation for due to the

From the start, Jack works with Ralph and is caring and helpful. Jack starts taking initiative for many tasks and basic responsibilities for the boys. Jack shows leadership skills by volunteering to maintain the bonfire on top of the mountain, and be on the lookout for any ships that would pass. He gathers the choir around him who already see him as their leader and assigns them responsibility: “Ralph, I’ll split up the choir- my hunters, that is- into groups, and we’ll be responsible for keeping the fire

From the ruins of civilization To an island no one could see Children create their own nation With promise to turn to debris Brought together by a conch’s cry A chief was elected to lead Jack still bothered by a pig’s demise Couldn’t commit the foul deed Ralph’s superiority meant no more Insight lost along the way Enticed by fun they abandon their chore Evil led them far astray

“’We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island!’” This is a phrase spoken by the Lord of the Flies, a disembodied pig head, to a young plane-crash survivor, Simon. It perfectly captures the delusions and insanity in William Golding’s realistic fiction/adventure novel, The Lord of the Flies. With parts throughout the story such as the testing of friendships and the sacrifice for the greater good, the book contains many examples of strong themes. Of all the thematic elements in The Lord of the Flies, two of the most predominant ones are reality and illusion, followed by human interaction.

Ever since the beginning of literature, the goal of all writers was to entertain their readers. In literature genres continuously expand and develop but, all great literature contains three necessary traits in order to appeal to all readers. Classic novels such as; "Antigone", Lord of the Flies, and The Odyssey all differ in genre; however, they all contain similar attributes. After studying all of these novels I discovered three features every great work of literature contains. "Antigone's" drama, Lord of the Flies' comedy, and the action-packed Odyssey each primarily focus on one of the three traits; however, none of them lack drama, comedy, and action.

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there is a plane crash which abandones a large amount of little boys with no adults on an island stranded with no food, water, or shelter easily accessible. The boys struggle to survive through the whole book and end up turning on each other because of a disagreement of what is more important, a signal fire or hunting. A quote from this book reads, "'Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'" (Golding page. 104). This quote displays what Jack believes is the right path of the boys surviving on the island, hunting. Ralph on the other hand, had a different approach of obtaining order. This quote explains just that, "'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 page. 40). All being under sixteen of age they shouldn't have to deal with this kind of situation. They are obviously not responsible enough to survive on their own being that

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there is a plane crash which abandoned a large amount of boys with no parental guidance on an island stranded with no food, water, or an easily accessible shelter. The boys struggled to survive through the whole book and ended up turning on each other because of a disagreement of what is more important, a signal fire or hunting. A quote from this book reads, "'Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'" (Golding page. 104). This quote displays what Jack believes is the right path for the boys surviving on the island. Ralph on the other hand, had a different approach of obtaining order. This quote explains just that, "'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 page. 40). All being under the age of sixteen, they shouldn't be obligated to deal with this kind of situation. They are obviously not responsible enough to survive on