Darick Robertson

The greatest gift man possesses is the ability to choose. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys get stranded on an island without any adults. The boys quickly form their own version of society, by choosing a leader and making “laws.” Consequently, the boys begin to realize they are without supervision and guidance and can make their own decisions. This realization leads to struggles for power and boys giving to their darkest temptations. Golding explores the idea

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding is conveying that when there is no jurisdiction over humans, things are bound to get out of hand. Freedom has no limits and gives many options for one without chains binding and restricting their every movement. Golding shows us that humans are likely to change when there is no authority over them. Firstly, without knowing that there are regulations or rules, anyone is known to think that they can do whatever they want. They believe that all their wrongdoings

Once stranded on an island, a group of boys become separated. Two of them are together, others are dispersed. The two boys who are together need a way to pull the others onto the beach to have a meeting. They look over the lagoon, and they see the perfect thing to do this with: a beautiful, colorful conch shell. The two boys worked together to retrieve the shell. “In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink. Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and

According to the merriam-webster dictionary, the definition of symbolism; artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states. In the book the Lord of the flies, various things are used as symbols to show a truth or some type of relationship. One of the biggest symbolic things in the book was the conch shell. The conch shell was originally founded on a waves upwash during the very first stages of the book. Just like

The conch shell is viable and important allowing for authority to be enforced, but as it began to break civilization crumbled with it. Lord of the Flies is a book focusing on a group of boys which have crash landed on an island without any adults forcing them into a new world of conflict and survival. The reader learns in the beginning of the book about two boys Ralph and Piggy who utilize the conch to send out a call which would notify anyone else on the island to come where they are. They meet

Burden of Leadership In the words of William Shakespeare, “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, many of the characters are faced with the responsibility of authority. Throughout the events of the novel, Ralph tries to keep his power. Jack works to gain power and the role of chief. Piggy, as opposed to Jack and Ralph, works to achieve respect. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding effectively conveys the idea that the responsibility

In the popular television game-show Survivor contestants are staged on a deserted island where they must survive within their tribe. If anything happens to the contestants while they are there, the producers or medical professionals are there quickly with easy ways out. However, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies a group of schoolboys are stranded during a World War II era plane crash. They are forced to hunt and survive by themselves without any adults. They set up a form of democracy and

As humans, we have two instincts that are always at war with each other, constantly battling to be the dominant one. One instinct is our impulse to act savagely and indulge in our selfish ways. The other instinct is to be civilized and live morally by society’s laws. In Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Golding, the author shows these conflicting ways of life through the relationship between two of the main characters: Ralph, who represents civilization, and Jack, who represents savagery

Novels usually tend to have a life lesson that the author has learned. The reader might have to analyze the story to a deeper thought to find the literary devices used. The Lord of the Flies is all about the origin of human characteristics, whether humanity is considered morally good or initially evil, without laws or authority. The conch is one object that shows the theme of humanity. The symbolism of the conch changes throughout the book. The symbolism of the conch is order, democracy, social order

As John ¨Sid Vicious” Beverly, the bassist/ lead singer in the band the S-x Pistols said, “Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy, and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible, but don’t let them take you alive.” Beverly was a man who was against authority his whole life. He was part of an English pop punk band that created songs such as "God Save the Queen", which was about mocking the monarchy and creating chaos on the Queen