William Glolding 's Lord Of The Flies

Similar to most literary classics, William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies contains allusions to the Christian Bible and character archetypes that convey universal ideas. Golding’s story focuses on a group of British schoolboys who are stranded on an island and ultimately succumb to their innate savage tendencies. Literary analysts often compare components of Lord of the Flies to various aspects in the Christian Bible. For instance, the setting in Lord of the Flies is often linked to the Garden of Eden, and some characters are thought to have religious-inspired names. Critics believe Simon’s name originates from Jesus Christ’s disciple, Peter, whose name was originally Simon. Biblical allusions exist throughout the novel associated with

In the book there is conch which gives the beholder of it power over the rest of the group. Jack knows that the group is torn on who should be their leader, so he does whatever is necessary to get the conch and control the group. Jack knows that the only way to do this is to make the group turn against Ralph. With power on his mind his begins to belittle Ralph and make the group think Ralph hasn’t been a good leader. This happens when Jack says, “Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing” (Golding 238). The group then begins to trust Jack because Ralph seems inferior compared to him. Once Jack has this power he begins to think that everyone who isn’t with him is against him. This leads to Jack killing Piggy to stop and uprising from him and Ralph. There is no way that a 13 year old boy would kill another classmate unless he was fueled with power like Macbeth was. Jack isn’t the only one in the book to let power get the best of him, Ralph also falls victim to it. Ralph begins to disrespect his best friend on the island Piggy when the book says “Ralph pushed Piggy to one side. ‘I was chief and you were going to do what I said’” (Golding 132). This quote shows how Ralph is willing to harm someone he care about just to show everyone including Piggy how powerful he truly is. Both Ralph and Jack let power cloud their judgement which

He has great ability to think short-term problems like food but however, he is not aware of the long-term effects he causes. Jack doesn't have a good sense of morality and does things that would “benefit” the group while not thinking about the morality of his actions. Piggy and Jack are opposites in terms of personality. Piggy is the type of guy that is smart but not self-confident, where Jack is arrogant, over-confident, and nearsighted. For example in the beginning of the book when Ralph didn’t ask him about his real name. Jack is a good leader in terms of brute strength but does not have an ability to do what is really best for his

Jack is always teasing piggy and tends to lean his jokes on the account of him being overweight,“Shut up Fatty”(21). Jack insults people, he bullies Piggy many times in the book. He even gets physical and punches him many times. One of the times he hits him he breaks one of the lenses in his specs. The way he leads influences Roger to go as far as killing Piggy. Jack and the boys make a chant, “Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!”(169). Jack begins to become savage he feels no remorse for killing the animal anymore. He comes up with a chant about killing, and he’s become obsessed with hunting. The evil within Jack grows throughout the story.

Literary devices are techniques often used by authors to portray in-depth analyses of major characters, storylines, and central themes, which take place in a story. These analyses help readers understand a message the author is trying to convey. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses different literary devices in order to demonstrate the boys’ struggle against the lack of society and law on the island, as well as the consequences that have transpired due to this loss. This conflict is evident through the different instances of irony, foreshadowing, and symbolism that occurs throughout the novel.

In this moment Jack and the hunters have killed their first pig, and they were excited to tell everyone as they were chanting “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood (69).” Jack’s excitement went away when Ralph told him that a boat passed away and that he and his hunters were suppose to keep the fire going, but they did not. Jack did not do his part of the job to being rescued by not keeping up with the fire as he instead went to go hunt. When Piggy held Jack responsible for the fire, they began to argue and Jack punched Piggy in the stomach and smacked Piggy in the head. Piggy’s glasses went flying and one of his lenses broke. Jack apologizes about the fire, but he does not apologize to Piggy for breaking his glasses. This is significant

Shortly after Jack’s rebellion and the forming of a new tribe, his violence transitions from insults to murder. Instantly, After the death and murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch, Jack tells Ralph, “there isn’t a tribe for [him] any more” and proceeds to claim that “[he’s] chief”. Jack’s reaction to another individual's deaths shows the evil that resides within him as he no longer cares about human life, only power. He wanted to break the conch, because that’s what inforced the rules and was like magnet pulling the boys to Ralph’s tribe. Jack would do anything to get rid of it, even at the life of another. Piggy’s death signified the things Jack

He often compares Piggy to pigs and tells everyone how irrelevant and silly he is. When Piggy gets the conch and tells how he has a right to speak just like everyone, Jack shuts him up with rude comments about his intelligence and appearance. As a result, he punches Piggy leading to the fall and break of his glasses. ‘You would, would you? Fatty! … He went crouching and feeling over the rocks but Simon, who got there first, found them for him. Passions beat about Simon on the mountaintop with awful wings.” [Page: 75] Jack snatches the conch from Piggy and starts to talk about his own ideas and opinions to the assembly. When Piggy finds Ralph alone, he explains how he thinks Jack doesn’t like him. He says how he spends most of his time thinking about it. As Jack respects Ralph and his ideas as a chief, he won’t hurt him. They also understand each other and appreciate their ideas and help. However, certain times, Jack hates Ralph too when he listens to Piggy’s ideas and try to follow according to it. Once if Ralph is out of Jack’s way, the next person he will want to kill is Piggy. “He [Jack] hates me. I dunno why. If he could do what he wanted-you’re all right, he respects you. Besides-you’d hit him…. ‘I been in bed so much I

Piggy has an external conflict with jack in the novel. Jack is bully’s piggy; therefore, piggy has a controversy standing up for something’s he would like to say. For example, piggy states “ I

When Jack was first asked to kill the pig he hesitated. He said, “ ‘I was waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him’ ” (Golding 31). Although it is not directly stated why Jack didn’t kill the first pig, it is assumed that it is because he is a child and this is his first time killing. This is the only time Jack struggles to kill as it starts to consume him from not only killing just animals but people too. An external conflict is Jack wants to be chief, which causes a tension between him and Ralph. When it was first decided that the boys needed a chief Jack said, “ ‘A Chief! A Chief! I ought to be Chief!’ ” (Golding 22). This was the first time Jack showed any interest in becoming a leader which grew stronger the longer they where on the island. He lets becoming chief consume him and he begins to loose sight of who he

In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, a few dozen boys are stranded on an island after a plane crash. The six to twelve year old kids turn to savages under the lead of the older males, and ultimately cause their own deaths. However, the smaller boys, such as Piggy and Sam and Eric, are the hope and reason of the group. Golding’s purpose of writing the book was to show that the defects in society originate at the defects in human nature. Golding allows the little ones to have no identities or personalities. This is symbolically showing that in society, the ignorant and innocent children are the only hope to a humane society. Innocence is purity, and the innocent children, in which are not corrupted by the bad people and things in the

From the first day they met, Jack was incredibly annoyed by Piggy's eagerness to help, “You’re talking too much,” said Jack Merridew. “Shut up, Fatty” (Golding 21). At this point in the novel, the boys had just begun to meet and Piggy, being the mature person he was, chose to go around learning names and help the other boys become more comfortable with their situation. Jack obviously did not care if he hurt Piggy mentally, so would he care if Piggy was physically hurt? Jack Merridew wanted complete control over everything, including who spoke their ideas when, “I got the conch-” “Conch! Conch!” shouted Jack. “We don’t need the conch anymore.” In this quote one can see how Jack did not only despise Piggy's thoughtfulness, but he also did not appreciate the conch shell’s suggested power, so he chose to deny it. The only reason Piggy wanted to use the shell, was to help the boys create shelters and survive longer; but Jack wanted to do everything on his own and decided to harm anything that got in the way of that. Jack should be charged as an accessory to murder over the death of Piggy, for he coerced Roger into pushing the gigantic rock onto

Jack was one whose personality caused the civilization to come tumbling down. When we first discover the boys on the island and get a mere glimpse of their personalities, it is quite apparent that Jack is going to be one who is power-hungry. He already has a group of followers, the choirboys, of whom he has the utmost power over. He has a very controlling personality that cannot be subsided by the obstacles that are shown in the novel. Jack suffers from wanting to be the best. When he is not chosen as the chief and supreme ruler in the very beginning, it is proven that he will find a way to claw up to the top and take the spot that in his opinion is his right. Jack has quite a reckless personality, and will risk all to be standing alone at the top as king or leader. Jack is also guilty of envy, which goes hand in hand with power. He is envious of everything that Ralph has. Ralph is the chief, and has much common sense. Jack senses this and is jealous of the fact that Ralph can command attention and a following that easily. I also believe, when reflecting back, that Jack is in a sense jealous of Piggy, without being aware of it. Piggy is the complete intellect on the island. While Jack is quite smart, he certainly is not as gifted as Piggy. Piggy can interpret any situation and be the lone voice of knowledge of the masses. Jack not only gets jealous

Jack tries hard to turn everyone against Ralph by saying “Hands up […] whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?” (118). Jack pushes boundaries throughout the whole book because he was not elected to be chief. He continuously tries to cast the group away from Ralph and begins to embrace savagery and violence. Once again Jack displays himself as the id when he is trying to lure the others away from Ralph so he can egotistically become in control of the group to get what he wants. Jack picks on Piggy throughout the whole novel making Piggy seem inferior to everyone; when Jack compares Ralph to Piggy, he is demoralizing him in front of the group and creating the illusion that he is weak. “[Ralph is] like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” (50). From the time Jack met Piggy; he made him look foolish to the group, even the littleuns disrespected him. Now that Jack compares Ralph to Piggy, he convinces the others that he is better fit as a leader than Ralph. Jack uses his hunting skills as a bribe to wean the others away from Ralph to his own tribe. “I gave you food […] and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?” (139). He tricks the other boys into thinking that he is going to be a better chief but they only go to his tribe because they are mortified of the beast. Jack uses their fear of the beast to control them. He makes his tribe sound so wonderful. Food and

Jack is a picky, mean, and bossy leader that doesn’t care about everyone, but only cares for some people and himself. Jack picks out the people he doesn’t like. He doesn’t care about Piggy because he’s probably really