Survival Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best” -Benjamin Disraeli. In the book, Lord of the Flies, A group of boys from England were sent away because of the war, but their plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. There were no adults and the children attempted to keep it civilized, but they could not follow the rules and everything got chaotic on the island. The boys attempted to create a civilized society by creating rules, creating shelter and going hunting, but in the end they had fight to survive.

Over time, many have realized that people have the power to change others, however some believe that people cannot and will not change. One side of this argument is that though people will be the same their whole life, and never change. On the contrary, people have been changed by others over time and throughout history. It is a fact of life that people have the power to change others through their actions, perspectives, and ability to persuade their point of view.

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.

     When a group of children become stranded on a deserted island, the rules of society no longer apply to them. Without the supervision of their parents or of the law, the primitive nature of the boys surfaces. Consequently, the boys live without luxury that could have been obtained had they maintained a society on the island. Instead, these young boys take advantage of their freedom, and life as they knew it deteriorates. Lord of the Flies is influenced by the author's life and experiences. Golding's outlook on life changes, due to his heavy involvement in W.W.II, to his current philosophy that "The shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual, and not on any political system

In the story “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, he shows how the boys lost all innocence and civilization. The boys went from having innocent child minds to taking lives of other people, acting savage, and losing all civilization due to problems on the island. The boys had forgotten where they came from and became savage in order to survive; it was the need of survival that caused the loss of innocence among the boys.

Thesis Statement: The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding portrays the theme that regardless of each person’s different background and characteristics, every individual has the ability to commit brutal acts. While this book depicts Ralph and Piggy as the most civilized characters, and Jack and his hunters as young English choir boys, their actions reveal that they all have the capability to act violently.

In the novel, "Lord of the Flies," a group of British boys are left on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Throughout the novel, they have conflicts between civilization and savagery, good vs. evil, order vs. chaos, and reason vs. impulse. What would it be like if the boys were replaced by a group of girls? Would they behave the same way they did in the novel? I believe that the girls would act in the same behavior as the boys in all ways because, everyone is installed with evil inside them which is their natural instinct, also because in life there is always a power struggle in all manners, and the outcome with the girls would be similar-since both sexes would plan on getting rescued.

William Golding, author of the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, had a number of life experiences that impacted his view of the world and led to the creation of his book. The most prominent experience he has had might of been his time spent in the Royal Navy, which revealed a darkness in himself and his writing. This darkness was portrayed by the beast by aspects of War, Fear, and Savagery.

Finally, I am finished with middle school. Anxiously thinking about the first day of high school, I knew that it would be hectic and wild, but I was ecstatic. Of course, the night before I could not sleep. I lay awake dreaming about how my first day at John Paul II will go. How will it be meeting new people and seeing old friends from last year? Will high school be hard? Will I get lost? I kept thinking about the unknown and worst possible outcomes. My first day of high school was unexpected.

I am stuck babysitting my siblings. They are jumping on the bed, breaking rules my mother made. Suddenly they fall off the bed and hit their heads. I tell them that rules are there to help and protect you and you should have listened. In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, A plane full of schoolboys crash onto an undiscovered island. The boys select a leader named Ralph. As the days go on, The boys break the rules Ralph setup and shortly after he loses control over the boys. The boys breaking rules causes the death of two characters. Knowing this, Rules are there to help and protect them.

Could civilization live a normal and stable life, without any rules and orders to obey? Could you picture, New York City, with no laws to follow and everyone doing as they please? Just imagine the disasters that we will experience. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, we see how each individual character reacts differently to the exposure of complete freedom from an organized society. Also, awe see how this separation from a structural society causes chaos among all these different characters.

Humans have a tendency to join along with whatever the biggest group of people are doing. This problem with humans partakes in the novel Lord of the Flies among all of the boys. Every single boy that joins Jack’s tribe abandoned being civilized to be in the larger group, Ralph and Piggy abandoned their individuality to have fun with the larger group of boys for a while, and Piggy again lost some individuality of his own due to him being different. Every boy on the island has shown he drive to abandon individuality in order to be apart of the large community. Firstly, almost all of the boys gave up civilization to join the better group, according to most of the boys.

More and more human are murdered everyday for no reason at all. People will often start off good and then will later turn bad because of power or an audience watching. I believe that humans are bad because they are violent and are selfish. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are bad through being violent. Simon got killed because Jack made everyone else fear the beast that was never there.

wanted to be leader and thought he was the best for the job. Already he had

Quickly after they wash ashore, the boys choose a leader. It is no accident that they choose Ralph, the strongest and oldest among them; the group realizes that he is the only one capable of maintaining a semblance of order. Classical realism believes that man is evil and that the only ways to tame man is to teach him how to reason and to distract him from acting on his natural impulses. By giving each member of the group a task to focus on, Ralph is distracting them from acting in destructive ways.