Following the plane crash, the characters find themselves needing to establish a sense of order so that they may survive this extreme situation. They choose a leader; Ralph in LOTF and Jack in Lost. Fear is a prominent theme in both movies. Both the boys and adults struggle with the fear of the unknown. They are frightened of the darkness of the jungle and what they cannot see.
At the beginning, they try to set up a small society similar to the adult's and elect Ralph as a leader. Each elder boy has his own post and responsibility. Everything seems fine at first until the emergence of the beast - the fear grows up in the children's minds and changes everything. The hunters, with Jack as the chief become savage, kill Simon and Piggy, and finally try to kill Ralph. The beautiful island becomes a hell at the end of the novel.
This is due to it really being a conflict, and conflict is one of the major themes since almost every event or action in this book revolves around it. After Jack fails at his first attempt to kill the pig, he quotes “next time…” This is foreshadowing future slaying, pig hunts and his savage killing. The consistent pig runs and tribal dance shows the groups change into savagery and the loss of civilization on the island. This impacts the novel because in any situation where one is stranded and needs help and to be rescued, it is most important the people stranded remain civilized and work to achieve the group’s goal, which is obviously rescue. With the ruin of civilization all order on the island goes completely down the drain and no longer exists and it now becomes a struggle to survive and later pursue the intent of being rescued.
Without animals for testing, where would our lives be going? Maybe, we will have a lot more diseases. First of all, the author claims that we humans have been killing animals for survival and the progress depends on our ability to kill animals. We eat them when we need food and we use them for testing to find new medicine. I found the story very difficult to support, mainly because of the way he stereotyped animal rights.
He uses it against them so he can take advantage of their vulnerability and control them. It symbolizes the savagery inside of every person. Only Simon realizes that they fear the beast because it exists inside of them. The existence of the beast is born out of the boys’ behavior and continues to grow with their ferocity. When it begins to storm, Jack instructs his tribe to do their hunting dance.
This aspect of the human condition is expressed through the differences of Jack and Ralph’s interests and the struggle between the two sides of the boys’ nature, which soon leads to conflicts between good vs. evil and civilisation vs. savagery. When the boys first assemble together on the island, Ralph and Jack appear to be friends and allies; however the tension between them becomes more palpable as we read on. Ralph and Jack epitomises the two different representations of humans. Ralph focuses on safety, organisation and rescue. He stresses the important of keeping a signal fire and building shelters.
The use of the dogs begins the evil use of force, which helps Napoleon maintain power. Later, the dogs do even more immoral things when they are instructed to kill the animals labeled “disloyal.” Stalin, too, had his own special force of “helpers.”Really there are followers loyal to any politician or government leader, but Stalin in particular needed a special police force to eliminate his opponents. This is how Trotsky was killed. Like Stalin using his secret police force to
Native Son Biggers Reaction to Fear Book 1 is called fear as most of Biggers life is surrounded by fear. Fear of white society, fear of being caught at doing something he shouldn’t be doing, fear of his friends. But what the title ‘Fear’ doesn’t express is Biggers reaction to it. Bigger reacts to fear with violence as he finds that it is his only release from the oppressiveness of white society. We know that as, when there is the rat incident, with everybody being scared, Bigger reacts by killing the beast brutally with a skillet.
William Golding’s tragic novel Lord of the flies is a story about a couple of boys who get stranded on an island. Depending on good or bad choices will determine their survival in a life or death situation. It took place on a remote island near England during World War 2. In Lord of the flies, the symbols the conch and Beelzebub help convey Golding’s beliefs that it takes fear and order to run this world of ours. One of the most significant symbols in Lord of the flies is The Conch that serves as a sign of order and authority.
These characteristics get him in trouble and cause his life to change drastically. In the beginning of the novel the audience is presented to Okonkwo and his harsh personality. In his village he is known for being a tough warrior but this achievement has its consequences. In chapter two of the novel the reader gets an understanding of the way Okonkwo is perceived by his family when it states, “Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.” This demonstrates the fear his family feels towards him.