The Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

In the beginning of the novel, a group of boys are stranded on an island resulting in the creation and decline of a civilization, and an uprising of savagery. Fear is an essential element of the story illustrated through foreshadowing, symbolism and diction. The young boys are terrified by a beast on the island. With fear rippling through the group, sheer chaos, savagery, a break in civilization, and a loss of innocence ensues.

Every human being has things that are not perfect within them. Almost all of these things we can not control. Even with these traits, people have learned to live together in peace and harmony with each other. There are so many different faults that a person can have. This does not mean faults on the outside, those do not matter, but on the inside, rather. One may want to put something off, not help when it is needed, or say ‘I’ll do it later.’ Someone else might be scared, fearful of what is ahead, or timid. Or, any other person might be thinking their way is the only way, and anyone who does it wrong is incorrect. All of these traits are faults of our own human nature, and there is nothing we can do about it. Fear, judgement, and procrastination--all are faults that we can not control as human beings.

Are you a leader? well, guess who is, Ralph from lord of the flies by William Golding. Lord of the flies is a fictional book that sets a group of boys on an island during ww2. The boys must find a way to decide on how to live and who will lead them for there time on the island. Ralph is the best leader because he had relationships, chutzpah, and goals.

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the symbols of good and evil through the Lord of the Flies and Simon. In order to convey the underlying message, that the fear of the unknown brings out the evil in humans. William Golding's fictional piece, evil is symbolized through the lord of the flies because he represents the loss of civilization and innocence. This quote shows that the character Lord of the Flies gets into the boy's thoughts, “There isn’t anyone to help you, only me. and I’m the beast fancy to think you can hunt and kill. You knew, didn’t you? I'm part of you. Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why these things are the way they are?” (Golding chapter 8). This quote proves, that the Lord of the Flies are trying to get into the boy’s heads and they are slowly becoming less civilized.

The power-hungry will often feel the need for absolute control, hardly ever getting what they desire, they will often be portrayed as crazy and vicious. The same can be said for Jack; all he wants is to be the leader and make the decisions, but Ralph is the one in control. Jack’s desire for power is ruining his own image, and the well being of the other boys. Without the supervision of adults his morals and values took a turn for the worst.

Vladimir Lenin, a cruel man who was known to abuse his power through dictatorship, once claimed, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” In William Golding’s novel, “Lord of the Flies”, Jack Merridew finds himself in a panicked situation where he makes the decision to take charge and quickly rises to power, turning savage and bringing others down with him. One way that Jack showcases the characteristics of a dictator is through inducing fear in the boys’ eyes through pure manipulation and pushing vulnerability to a new level, all while fighting to keep himself in power. Clearly using specious ideas and statements, Jack is able to manipulate the boys, just as dictators in history are able to manipulate a group of people who share the same fears. The

“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Jack was one the older kids on the island. He was in charge of the choir group when the boys first got the island. Instead he got addicted to killing pigs. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, jack was symbolic of evil and jealousy.

(Violence) "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” (Golding 114-115)

(Law and Order) "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. So we've got to do the right things." (Golding 42)

Ralph: We need an assembly. Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log.

Obama, Hitler, and Queen Elizabeth all are leaders for different types of governments. Similar to The Lord of the Flies. In The Lord of the Flies, many characters represent many types of governments. The novel ,The Lord of the Flies, is a political allegory for three main reasons, Piggy represents a meritocracy, Jack represents a dictatorship, and Ralph represents a democracy.

People are controlled by Society in many ways, such as the clothes they wear, and the music they listen to. It all depends on the society. The way people are controlled by society is by the rules that are made, like when Sam n’ Eric became traders it was a rule that they could not leave Jack’s tribe.With the bad society the boys are in on the island, When Piggy gets knocked off the cliff and died the boys were not upset, they were angry and continued to try and kill each other. Since there are no adults on the island they have to take care of themselves which turns into them trying to hunt and kill each other.

As John Locke once said, “Humans have the natural ability to reason,” this seems to resonate a lot with the idea of government and the ability for everyone to be rational in order to protect our society. In modern times, reasoning mostly achieves the idea of solving a problem without harming others, and because human nature is innately more harmful and abrupt, this causes much trouble within society. In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Golding shows how without proper reason and government, there will be a corruption of society, as seen with the evolution of Piggy as a character.

Sometimes whats ideal in a situation is not what the truth of the situation and can cause your ideals to be lost. In William Golding’s novel, “Lord of the Flies”, he demonstrates a shift in some of the characters from the thought of idealism to the reality and truth of the world. Ralph is a good example of this shift, he starts out thinking the island will be a fun place and they’ll have fun waiting to be rescued, but soon he realizes that there is going to be more hardship and struggles to keep up the moral and hope of rescue. In the book Ralph wanted to keep everyone safe and get them off the island, but Jack wants to be a leader and messes up his plans, making it so that Ralph is alone in his plan to get rescued.

It led to jealousy amongst people. They entered into competition with one another. Likewise, in Lord of the Flies, Jack believes that order and rules is not the best way to run the society. Instead, he believes that all the boys should have fun and not do work. Later in the novel, the group of boys turn on Ralph and choose Jack to be their leader instead. For instance, Ralph says, “The rules!” shouted Ralph. “You are breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” Jack says. These sentences shows that Jack does not care about the rules and doesn’t to have