After killing a living animal we both experienced a strange sense of guilt and shame. While we were aware of our intentions to murder an innocent animal, we felt the remorseful and somewhat regretful after the deed was done. Prior to this experience I realize that I do not have the hunting mentality as Bass does. He knows he is aware that he is a predator and lives to hunt and eat the meat of his prey, just as a natural predator does. I, on the other hand, like to eat meat and would rather not think of the animal that had to be killed in order to get it.
Minos condemns Deadalus and Icarus to a Labyrinth. Being the master craftsman that Deadalus was he constructs a pair of wings out of wax and feathers, for both him and his son Icarus to escape from Labyrinth. After constructing the wings and giving them to Icarus he warns him: to not fly too close towards the sun, because the wax would melt on the wings, and send Icarus into the ocean where he would drown. Not listening to his father, Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax melted and he fell to his horrible drowning death in the ocean. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag and Icarus are similar in the sense that they both undermine the advice of others and they undermine the law.
This is exactly what happened to the boys in Lord of the Flies. Ralph, Piggy, Jack and the other stranded students find themselves on a deserted island. When kids got to the deserted island after the plane crashed they had to survive without adult help. In the civilization vs. savagery allegory Ralph is part of civilization. He represents reason and leadership.
Ralph is introduced as an optimistic boy. However, Ralph gradually matures by understanding the difficulties of surviving on a deserted island, labeling Simon’s death as murder, and comprehending his loss of innocence. Upon arrival to the island, Ralph is very idealistic on his viewpoint to his situation. When Ralph first meets Piggy, he and Piggy play together as if nothing is wrong — “Ralph danced out into the hot air of the beach and then returned as a fighter-plane…and machine-gunned Piggy” (11). In this situation, Ralph has just
Daniella Briceno Mr. Shaft ENG2DI January 7, 13 The Corruption of Power The desire for power has the potential to corrupt an individual’s personality, morals and actions. It is ultimately man’s worst enemy as it can lead to absolute immorality of individuals. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies provides a profound insight into human nature, but does so in a way that disturbs and shocks the reader. Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of British boys, whose plane crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean during the midst of a raging war. It indicates that the desire for power can lead one to act in a deranged manner.
English A Level 13 January 2014 Lord of the Flies: Changes in Jack “Appearances are often deceiving.” ( Aesop Quotes ). In the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack Merridew appears to be a usual English boy, but turns out to be a cold blooded killer, who is thirsty for power. He goes through many changes in the book Lord of the Flies, which the other boys down a path of savagery. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, Jack was first seen as an ordinary English boy who was leader of the choir boys. The first thing that changes about Jack Merridew is his exterior.
The theme of the novel Lord of the Flies is the loss of innocence. In the beginning of the novel, the boys were stranded on the island at just the age to leave the idealism and face the reality of the real world. The boys were orderly children who were waiting for rescue, but the hunters have no desire to return back to civilization, which led into the hunters losing the sense of innocence. The deeper the novel gets we being to see the “beast” inside the children come out. As they were on the island the children started to fight but then it started to end as them torturing and killing one another.
Roger found a lodgment for his point and began pushing until he was leaning with his whole weight”. This savage behavior shows that soon or later it will turn out to be survival of the fittest because eventually there will be a shortage of food. The boys begin to hunt each other after running into arguments and fights between the two leaders and fear took over the other boys when the picked tribes. “And we’ve got to be careful and throw our spears like at a pig” “we’re going to spread out in a line across the island- “we’re going forward from this end-” “until we find you”. Jack’s tribe of boys has degenerated completely into savages by killing and hunting their companions.
Wider Reading: the Written Assignment-‘The Lord of the Flies’ and ‘The Day of the Triffids’ Both Golding and Wyndham write about groups of people trying to hold onto civilization after a disaster. What is each writer showing us about human beings by putting his character in this situation? Each writer shows us aspects of human beings largely through putting their groups of people in extreme conditions as they hold onto civilization revealing their true personalities such as fear. However, there are large differences as Golding shows group of young boys stranded on an island, Wyndham using groups of sighted people of various ages sometimes with the blind as well. This is carried on further by the different views of human beings as each writer observes different experiences during the Cold War, the time when the book was written.
Inevitably, they form two rival groups: the Hunters, led by Jack (Tom Chapin) ensure meat for the others, preoccupied with immediate survival, doing so while enjoying the castaway life they are imposed. The other group is led by Ralph (James Aubrey), who build shelters and collect food, waiting to be rescued. This clearly illustrates the difference between civilization and savagery. For such a low budget film, this was quite a great effort on Brook’s part. It did not fail to capture the strong emotions and details of the novel.