But instead of trying to gain knowledge it is being destroyed, all because society is trying to promote ignorance which causes sameness in all. Montag battles this sameness and goes against what society offers up because of his belief in what humanity can become and what it will become if nothing is changed. The plots are similar as well. Both are trying to accomplish something that goes against their society but they know
In the novel, Ralph represents order and productive leadership. Also, Ralph fulfills the insecure feelings the boys have at the beginning of the book by influencing his own ambition unto them so that they feel the comfort of shelter and hope of rescue. One of Ralph’s strengths, although it also becomes one of his weaknesses later on is
Piggy’s brains help the group of boys drastically because even though Ralph is calling the shots, he gets almost all his ideas from Piggy. Also, he is very reserved and never really steps up to any challenge or obstacle. Instead, he hides behind Ralph and believes he needs approval from him to do anything. Lord of the Flies, by the end of the book, is survival of the fittest, and Piggy does not have the characteristics to survive and ends up perishing due to a rock. He is not able to be a proficient leader to the assembly of boys because of the certain character traits that Piggy
Although he wants to hit him, he always aims to miss because he still has vivid memories of “the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law” and he feels that there might be consequences for such actions (62). As the book progresses and the boys become more savage, these memories slowly fade away. When Roger hears that Jack is going to beat a boy called Wilfred up for no apparent reason, he “received [those news] as an illumination. He [sat] assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority,”(162). This is the moment when he realizes that there are no consequences on the island anymore.
Brody was on a path that he then could not alter even if he wanted to. Even after Steve went through all the trouble to learn, he found out that his first love was not meant to be and yet still could not stop the yearning to learn. Love for Debbie grew to a different type of love for learning. Not all college students are attending school because they want to. Sometimes their heads aren’t in the right place, only thinking about partying or just overworking themselves and stressing over an overload of work.
Like a pack of kids!’ By now they were listening to the tirade. ‘How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?” (Page 45) This quote shows how Piggy is trying to get all of their attention in order to tell the boys what they should. His ideas always seem to make the most sense, but have trouble getting his messages through. I believe that Piggy would actually make the best leader out of the boys, but his physical appearance is what sets his leadership skills apart from ralph. Simon Throughout the novel, Simon remains as a flat and static character.
Whether or not be want to be successful at school is because of memories of parents who tell us to try our best. An example of memory shaping someone’s understanding of themselves is in Spies when old Stephen goes back to The Close. He goes back to try and make sense of his memories to understand better what was going on. However following these memories is difficult for Stephen as they are child’s memories and happened a long time ago and even appear in black and white. Old Stephen has trouble putting these memories in chronological order to truly understand what young Stephen was thinking.
Alexie learned not only how to read but to love reading. He used his passion of reading to remove himself from the stereotype of being unintelligent Indian boy, push himself through the school system, and not to fail in life. His reservation looking at him like a trader. Reading books when he had the time too. *Non-Idians teacher they expect them to be dumb in class but smart outside of class.
Discuss how Holden's alienation is both the source of his strength and the source of his problems Holden’s alienation was both the source of his strength and the source of his problems. Throughout the novel, Holden goes through a series of events where he shows strength and weakness based on the way he alienates himself. His strength of alienating himself would be his way of self protection. His weakness would be how de does not know how to confront change, confusion or conflict which causes him to run away from his problems. His strength on alienating himself would be his way of self protection.
Order and chaos is a central theme in this novel. It reveals that the instinct to go against your good morals can happen when absolutely necessary but sometimes it can go too far. Golding shows this through Jack and