Who swatted the fly? Your clients were paranoid. The boys were stranded on an island, left with only their deepest human instincts. They had to learn how to survive on the island. Being kids, they did a decent job, but along with their youth comes a childish imagination. Their imagination lead them to believe that a beast inhabited the island. This caused mass paranoia, with all of the boys ready to kill the first thing they see that in any way embodies the beast. The boys ended up killing the beast. But the thing is, beasts don't exist. The boys killed Simon, committing the act of murder. The boys stranded on the island, did commit the act of first degree murder, due to the fact that they killed Simon, and there was premeditation, meaning …show more content…
Ralph acknowledges that and says, “ ‘That was murder.’ “You stop it!’ said Piggy, shrilly. ‘What good’re you doing talking like that?’ “ (156). Ralph validates the allegation that the boys committed murder. He knows what they did. He knew there was intent. Piggy tries to deny it, but you know it is just cause he doesn’t like labeling the killing a murder. This right here proves that the boys did commit murder because if a person admits to the crime, then the case is over since they were the suspects and they admitted to …show more content…
When the boys saw “the beast” the boys were ferocious. There was no hesitation. The boys chanted “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” (152). You can see that they obviously acted on instinct. You couldn’t possibly be ready to cut someone's throat without not knowing who they are. Especially when the person you brutally murdered is the same person you’ve known since the day you got stranded on the island. To prove that a murder is first degree, you need to show intent. From all the evidence given, there is clear intent. Also from the text in Ralph’s journal, “ ‘The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.’ “ (152), you clearly see that this wasn’t a little mistake. Simon was torn apart, limb by limb without second
Theme is the moral of the story. There can be 1 for an entire book or many in one book. Bravery helps people stand strong for what is right even when times are tough. is my thematic statement. Our scene is when Bod is on the big rock and the Jacks are telling him why they need to kill him and who they are. Bravery is the theme here because he shows that he will stand up ever when he is afraid. And when he is face to face with the people that want to kill him, he doesn’t run away. One of the Quotes that I believe shows bravery is , “‘you’ve not faded’ said liza ‘anyone could find you.’ ‘Good,’ said Bod. ‘I want them to find me’”. I believe this shows bravery because he is standing up to the jacks even though he might die. Another quote that
Many works of literature inspire new works to be made every day. From things as old as beowulf to the many shakespeare plays, current day writers keep pulling ideas from the classics to create their own stories. Because of this, many older works of literature are still relevant today. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is more current than ever with allusion from Popular television shows, music that is heard on the radio and the newest blockbuster movie. The many allusions in modern day literature and works of art to lord of the flies are too numerous to count.
This scene described the rabid behavior read as, “...tearing of teeth and claws” (Goulding 153). I felt a wave of terror go through my body as I read that line. Just the image of it in my head, I felt violated. The image of boys ripping their friend to bits and pieces terrifies me. The boys were turned into savages at this point of the novel and the only person who slightly seem to have realization of what just happened was Ralph when he stated, “That was murder” (Goulding 156). I’m sure that Ralph felt guilt and shame of the people the island has morphed him into. If I were Ralph I would feel shame of practically murdering a person who showed me nothing but kindness. Goulding including Ralph’s realization it showed the readers that he wasn't completely lost and he still had a small part of his human self within him. Next, the death of Piggy brought tears to my eyes. Piggy’s dead body was described as, “Head opened and stuff came out and turned red” (Goulding 181). My favorite character had to die in such a painful and terrifying way and I felt great amount of sadness and especially because I related him the most than the other
Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws”(Golding 153). Simons death. His murder, caused by the excitement and blood lust of the boys, the power to kill and to kill who ever they pleased. Simon was in the wrong place at the wrong time and paid for this inevitable mistake with his life. “Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of the water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave lifted. Softly surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon 's dead body moved out toward the open ocean”(Golding
The island that the boys are stranded on can be interpreted as the mind of the man. Simon’s death and the hunt
At Simon’s murder the boys, “Leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit and tore.”
Having just discovered who the beast really is, Simon hurries and runs to tell the others not expecting to be attacked. As Simon returned to the boys, “the littluns screamed and blundered” saying “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” completely ignoring the “cries” coming from Simon (195). Having been blinded by their need or thirst for blood, the boys demonstrate the savagery within the human soul as they ignore the cries coming from Simon. They have no mercy for what they think is the beast and attack it ruthlessly. In the video_______, the group of friends also act vicously towards their friend with the shelter. In one of the scenes the where the doctor won’t open the door to his shelter, his friends threaten him to open it in order to keep their family alive. The human nature within consumes them when they feel as though they are in a life or death situation. They act selfishly towards the doctor only proving that humans are in deed selfish in the cruelist of times. These friends show similar characteristics to that of the boys when they threatened the doctor in hopes for him to open the door to his shleter. Like Lord of the Flies, in _________ the friends act savage like when they try to desperately open the door to the doctors
Mankind is innately evil. The allegorical novel, The Lord of the Flies, allows for little interpretation about human nature. William Golding depicts the idea, “evil is an inborn trait of man” (Golding). Throughout the novel the children who have crash landed on the island begin to uncover their savage nature. Although all of the children somehow succumb to a heinous behaviour, Jack, Ralph, and Roger become most noticeably corrupt. Ultimately, it becomes clear that malicious intent is intrinsic in mankind.
Ralph and simon that the rest of the kids horesplay was a bad idea. In the novel Golding writes, “Shouting that he is the beast, the boys descend upon Simon and start to tear him apart with their bare hands and teeth. Simon tries desperately to explain what has happened and to remind them of who he is, but he trips and plunges over the rocks onto the beach. The boys fall on him and violently kill him” ( ). This just goes to show us that the other boys’ horseplay and beliefs lead to bad things. Ralph did not take part in this act because he knew what was wrong.
There wasn’t any kind or response as they saw Simon get murdered in this moment, except expressing emotions of fear. They saw him, and knew it wasn’t the beast. No one stopped to help Simon, they let him die to the hands of Jack and his group of hunters. That also went along with another psychological factor. The boys were following whoever took charge which led them to be manipulated, or they were under blind obedience to authority. This quote of dialogue shows us that they were going to let a chief takeover decide things for them instead providing ideas themselves: “‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide for things.’ ‘a chief!, a chief!’” (Golding 22). Clearly showing their willingness to have a leader and more importantly, to be led. This was only the beginning of the boys just following and needing a leader just because they couldn’t do anything, along with them being under the influence of fear. Everyone just followed whoever took charge and didn’t bother to weigh the pros and cons, or actually question if they were a good leader. They were so blinded and would do whatever it takes to survive. This also connecting to this next psychological
The possible evidence for the charge can be found when Ralph is thinking of the people chasing him within the tribe and he makes the remark, “they were somewhere in that line” hinting at previous friends such as Sam and Eric chasing him for his blood (Golding 196). This evidence shows support in the attempt of first degree murder, yet for a first degree charge to be made there must be acknowledgement of the act being made, preplanning or the idea of chasing after someone, and finally death of the targeted person. Since Ralph was able to live through the chase from the tribe, Sam & Eric couldn’t be charged with first degree murder since the intended target
Ralph believes that Simon's death was murder, but Piggy doesn’t. Piggy was in denial and says: “you stop it!”(Goulding 156) Piggy said this after Ralph said, ”that was murder,” (Goulding 156)Piggy said that because he didn’t want Ralph to think like that.
Do you believe when people are born, they are born with a blank slate? An English philosopher named John Locke believed that people are born with a blank slate and we acquire ideas from our environment and the people that influence us. In the book “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding it shows us that everyone has evil inside of us and even children can do things that we will not expect they would do. Jack Merridew was a good example because he represented evil in the novel he turned savaged and let the evil inside of him take over his actions and these actions impacted other characters. Jack Merridew let his anger toward Ralph change him and also him wanting power and being the leader of them.
“The duty of the youth is to challenge corruption,” Kurt Cobain once said. The Lord of the Flies tells a fictional story of a group of kids whose plane crashes on an island. Among these boys is Jack, a choirboy who is eager to hunt and create laws. However, in Lord of the Flies, the character Jack shows himself to be an arrogant tyrant because throughout the novel he acts in a way that is cruel, evil, and violent.
Numerous times in the book, this was acquainted with the characteristic of savagery. After failing to kill his first pig, and soon experiencing the rush of trying to catch another, the thirst for it began to become exposed. " Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I'd like to catch a pig first-" He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again” (Golding 53). Highlighting the mad look in his from this quote, really draws the attention towards the evolving butal nature inside of him. Almost paying no mind to this at the time, Ralph and the other boys let is roll of their shoulders. “‘You wouldn't care to help with the shelters, I suppose?’ ‘We want meat - ’ ‘And we don't get it.’ Now the antagonism was audible. ‘But I shall! Next time! I've got to get a barb on this spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out.’” (51) Each time he goes out, the frustration of his neglect rises from others especially Ralph, and his inhumanity