Moral: Envy and greed lead to Jack’s devolution. Jack envies Ralph’s power and he wants that power and control over the boys (greed). To an extent, Ralph represents the good/civilization in people, while Jack represents the bad/savagery. Whenever Jack and Ralph are arguing, it shows how the bad and the good of a person are always fighting, always wanting to come out victorious. When Jack gains the support of the boys, this shows that everyone has evil inside of them, but it's usually held back unless something triggers it to come out.
Lord of the Flies Humans have traits that differ from animals. Some possess the iniquity to turn savage and some of us have the integrity needed to stay civil. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of young British boys land on a deserted island trying to behave in a proper matter. These young boys try to remain civil by making rules and tasks for each other. Once these regulations get broken they soon turn into savages and begin to demolish the island and themselves.
Jack’s tribe of boys has degenerated completely into savages by killing and hunting their companions. The boys’ uncivilized ways of life lead them into degeneration into savaged men. The lord of the flies shows us what life would be like without rules & regulations being enforced. Even though Ralph tried really hard to stay organized and civilized the savage in the young boys had taken over their civilized mentality. What is this story really trying to tell us, if all these symbols mean something for
Evil starts to take over Jack, and he ends up killing one of the boys, Simon. He believes that he is killing the beast, when in reality the beast was in him all along and eventually came
One major comparison between two stories is that they both have characters that use violence in order to gain what they desire. In The Lord of the Flies the antagonist, Jack, can be compared parallel to the creation of Frankenstein. Jack is one of the older boys on the island who became leader of the hunters but wishes to have complete power over the group of boys. Jack is wild, cruel and represents human savagery. When Jack is not accepted by all of the boys as the new leader he becomes angry and violent against those who disagree with him.
(Ralph is more a peacekeeper and Jack is more of a killer) But as the story goes on and they find it obvious that their differences will never be settled, Jack rebelled and made a “rival tribe”. - As soon as Jack leaves and makes his own tribe, I thought someone was going to die because Jack always talked about how he wanted to kill Piggie because he was weak and would make good meat. - The climax is when Simon finds the Lord of the Flies (which is the evil inside of each boy) but then when he tries to explain it to everyone he is killed and everything falls apart it seems. - The plot depended on the boys’ personalities because if it wasn’t for Jack being so rebellious the boys could have gone through the same safe routine every day and eventually be saved; Jack could kill a pig each week they could have all kept the fire going the boys could collect fruit every day this would be a sustainable way to live for at least a
Jack is considered as controlling because he thinks everything is to go his way. For example “His specs-use them as burning glasses.” (.38) His violence makes him seem more in control and powerful by using fear to keep the other boys under his authority. Neither does home not being voted leader stop him from being reckless and trying to change the dynamics of the island. Therefore, Jack started his own group, “…my hunters will protect you from the beast who will join my tribe?” (pg.159) All the other boys wanted to remain loyal to Ralph but they began to
His ideas are deemed “dangerous,” “hare-brained,” and “uncertain” confirming that honour is not confined to valorous fighting. It is thus Hal who emerges as an optimal marriage of courage, intelligence and connection to the people. Encapsulating the best of both societies, Hal earns ‘grace’ and a ‘princely tongue’ as he grows into the archetypal leader England requires. Defeating his nemesis Hotspur in battle, Hotspur’s final words “thy wound my thoughts worse than thy sword my flesh,” which exacerbate his incompetence as he values honour, an intangible concept, above his own livelihood. Contrasting Hotspur’s desolate view of life and humanity, Hal remarks “two stars keep not their motion in one sphere” identifying his values, and leadership superior to that of Hotspurs, as he
As a result, Jack painting his face represents him letting go of society and civilization, to being a savage devoted to hunting and killing. Jack demonstrates the most change in the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. All Jack longs for is power, and when he gets the opportunity to be in charge of being a hunter and killer, he is the first to lead the boys down a path of savagery, and cast off the restraints of being a civilization by painting his face. As a result, he is a savage boy who wants to
The monster acts with extreme selfishness and from that comes unethical behaviour and actions. After not getting what he wanted, he promises to destroy Victor’s life and threatens him, by saying “I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night" (137). The monster decides to unrightfully take revenge on Victor. The monster is so self-centred that it is incapable of acting ethical, and that its actions are solely to achieve its horrific goal. The above quote also ties in with one of the themes of the book, which is monstrosity.