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Discuss Lord of the Flies as a political/social commentary
Discuss Lord of the Flies as a political/social commentary
Analysis of Williams Golding's Lord of the Flies
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Alternative Ending for Lord of the Flies Ralph, half staggering, half crawling like a wounded dog, looked up into the sky for a resolution, a sign of hope. But it did not give any. The sounds of the enemy were growing closer, and Ralph's situation was becoming more urgent by the second. He had two choices: to carry on making his way towards the reef, and hope that his luck would turn and a ship would pass his way, or to go up the mountain, into the beast's realm, yet where the savages wouldn't dare look. He chose the latter. A sudden tribal cry brought him back to earth, and triggered an adrenaline rush. With forgotten energy, he leaped through the foliage into the depths of the jungle. When he awoke, sometime later, it was twilight, and the air was snappy and fresh. The sun above him was slowly bleeding away into the horizon. It was this image that brought him back to his aching body, and the chill realisation of his dire circumstances. However something was different this time. The whole world seemed surreal. Images and colours flashed before his eyes, and he felt like he was on wings, flying through the complexities of time. All of a sudden, a voice broke his state of delirium. "Its fizzled out," the voice said. Ralph swung round to its origin. He recognized that voice. "Piggy!" he cried. "I...I thought you were dead!" "It doesn't hurt that much…dying. Feels quite strange actually," Piggy exclaimed. "I'm so sorry Piggy!" "Don't worry Ralph. My auntie says we will all die one day. I mean, it was bound to happen to someone. We needed stuff that the others found boring like rules and laws. But that was... ... middle of paper ... ... off a horrendous stink, that made even Ralph's parched eyes water. "The beast," Ralph murmured. "Yes. The beast. See what I have become? But don't look so disgusted young man. Your fate will be the same as mine. The boat has left without you my son. You are now doomed to a life of death…" the beast whispered. Ralph ran as he had never done in his life. Through the brambles, vines and bushes, past the rocks and on to the beach. He squinted into the horizon. He could make out a blob, like a white blemish on a painting, far out to sea. "Come back!" he cried hysterically. And with the last breath of his lungs he shouted "Don't leave me!" With that, he fell face down in the sand. His heart gave its last beat, and the pain ebbed away. Simon was right. Death didn't hurt. Well not as much as living anyway.
...uilt or fear, and attempt to dodge the stones. Slipping from the log, he would fall into the raging river and over the waterfall, landing in rapidly swirling pool of water.
My Essay is about Ralph and and his Motivation’s and did he contribute to the tragedy in any way. Also about if he prevented any of the deaths and what would I have done differently in his situation. I defend Ralph’s actions as leader, He had tried his best but everyone fell apart. Did Ralph contribute to the tragedies? Ralph had tried his best but he was struggling at handling the problems on the island, He was unaware of the boy’s and what was going on. He had tried to contribute to all of the tragedies but there was too much going on around him it was just hard. What was wrong with Ralph too was that jack ignores everything and try’s to do his own thing the whole time instead of working together with everyone. All Jack wants is his way or his way to him there is no other way. So yes Ralph had try to contribute to the tragedies but Jack and other boys had just did what they wanted to do instead of doing what they should have done. So Ralph had really struggled dealing with everybody. In my opinion Ralph was doing a good job, Yes he kind of gave up for a little b...
The officer led the boys to the ship, one by one in a line, they
Ralph has an idealistic view of the world and he always strives for righteousness and perfection in himself and in others. I think that because he expects perfection in this world, he is disappointed with the imperfections in himself and in others as well as the unfairness in the world. Facing difficult situations, one after another in his life, has affected him deeply because of his idealistic view of the world.
His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (Golding, 290).
Summary- The chapter starts with Ralph laying on the ground covered in bruises and thinking about everything. He then goes back to where the twins are to see how they are doing and the twins tell him that Jack is planning to hunt him down to kill him. He then decides to hide in between rocks while they search for him but in the morning Jack finds out where Ralph is. So Jack and his tribe throw the red rock at him but that doesn't works so they try to smoke him out. So Ralph decides to get out of the rock and starts to run to the woods, also there is a boy in the woods is waiting for him so Ralph stabs him and decides to hide. Once they find him again Ralph starts to roll down a hill and ends up in navy officers arms who has a boat. All the boys start to cry because they realize that are being rescued and that they are going home.
In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there is a part where Simon sneaks off to the jungle to sit in a peaceful clearing. There, Jack mounted a sow’s head on a stick as an offering to the beast. Simon then goes into a seizure and hallucinates that the flies that were on the pig head were attacking him. In this short section it is clear to see that Golding is an exceptional writer with vivid visual description, symbols, and diction.
...when he suggests an idea to get rescued. The reason for Ralph expressing his logic is that he comes from a civilized place just like the girls would. The girls would have suggested a way to get rescued and they probably would get rescued, using their knowledge and understanding, maybe not in the same way as the boys, but the same idea.
In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses a variety of symbols to represent ideas, or abstract notions or conceptions about people, places, and things. A symbol, according to the Webster's Dictionary, is an object that stands for something in addition to its literal meaning. In the book, there is a continual breakdown of society and civilization on the island. During this breakdown, Golding uses symbolism to further explain the process. Some of the things he symbolizes in the novel are the island itself, the conch, the boys clothing, and the violence.
War has engulfed humans for centuries. However, many people do not stop and think about what war actually causes to happen. In the novel, Lord of Flies, by William Golding, conflict leads to chaos due to a lack of power. Jack’s rebellious behavior creates chaos and strips morality from the group, leading to death and a dark realization that war can only result in mutual loss.
People are privileged to live in an advanced stage of development known as civilization. In a civilization, one’s life is bound by rules that are meant to tame its savage natures. A humans possesses better qualities because the laws that we must follow instill order and stability within society. This observation, made by William Golding, dictates itself as one of the most important themes of Lord of the Flies. The novel demonstrates the great need for civilization ion in life because without it, people revert back to animalistic natures.
Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you. People have a choice to be good or bad. In the book Lord of the Flies, a plane full of school boys get stranded on an island. They try to stick together in an attempt to stay alive and get rescued. They begin to split when opposing motives begin to surface causing violence to ensue.
“I will bury him myself./If I die for doing that, good:/I will stay with him, brother;/and my crime will be devotion.”
Much of history’s most renown literature have real-world connections hidden in them, although they may be taxing uncover. William Golding’s classic, Lord of the Flies, is no exception. In this work of art, Golding uses the three main characters, Piggy, Jack, and Ralph, to symbolize various aspects of human nature through their behaviors, actions, and responses.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies indeed has a happy ending in the literal sense. The boys are rescued as their foolish cruelty reaches its apex by the loving, caring, and matured outside world. On the other hand, by whom and what are the boys rescued? Symbolically, the "happy ending" is exactly the opposite. Far from sacrificing artistic excellence, Golding's ending confirms the author's powerful symbolism.