Freedom In Lord Of The Flies

In the dark grim night, the sounds of a Bald Eagle restrained inside of a metallic cage crying for help was heard, but the only noise discerned was the blowing sounds from the vigorous gusts of wind. As time passed, the Bald Eagle’s mind soon became corrupted with thoughts of death, wishing the suffering would end. One day a chance for freedom was given to the ill-fated bird when its captor had unintentionally left the cage door open. Unfortunately, the Bald Eagle, weak and misused, had already given up fighting it’s inner battle to survive and succumbed to it’s greatest wish, death. A similar situation takes place in the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, which involves a group of boys shipwrecked on an island. The secluded

During one of the tribe’s assemblies, when Ralph had spoken “Nobody knows where we are. We may be here a long time”(34), a silence passed. No one has spoken because everyone is having a moment to themselves, fantasizing about happy days at home. This desolation of society has turned Jack’s civilized form into a thirsty hungry savage. The beast within gained control of the boys and fought to protect them from the so called frightening beast. What the boys haven’t recognized is that physically there was no beast, all they are are illusions playing in their minds. Simon, the only boy who respects nature, is the only one to actually figure out the true meaning of the beast in a vision showing a conversation with the Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies had stated in a condescending manner “there isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast...Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!...You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you?... I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are the way they are?” (143). This is validating that the Lord of the Flies knew that mother nature always wins for no one should destroy its natural cycle. It foreshadowed how Simon would die by unintentional causes. He died trying to tell the rest of the boys that they have mistakenly killed the pilot by hitting the parachute with rocks, and not the beast. When this happened, the air was dark and humid with a storm approaching. The weather is indication that Simon’s death would be happening in a matter of time. Just like the pilot, the boys unintentionally kill an innocent victim because of their delusional minds. In the first stages of killing Simon, the boys kept on chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood,” (152) increasing the tone in agony, allowing the inner beasts to gain full control. They surrounded Simon to secure him from escaping and tore