How To Survive In Lord Of The Flies

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Our Drive to Survive
No matter the reason or hardship is, everyone has a drive to survive that comes out during the times life and death is on the line. In literature, stories have plots where this type of scenario comes into play. This is most evident in the novels Night (Wiesel) and Lord of the Flies (Golding) , where the main characters have to go through something they would not normally do, just for the sake of life. Lord of the Flies and Night show how savagery and submission contribute to the ways that people will change and the things that people will do in order to save their life.
First, is Lord of the Flies (Golding), which shows how savagery extends the length that children will go to save their life, even though it may be ending …show more content…

First, is how throughout everything Elie must remain quiet, as if he speaks up, he will surely be killed on the spot. This is shown must prominently with Elie’s dad, as since he was older, he had a hard time keeping up with everyone else and because of this he would often be beat, and in front of Elie nonetheless. This submission also applies to the rest of the prisoners in the concentration camps, who just like Elie have no voice to speak. This is shown in how after witness more and more death, all of the prisoners lose any sense of emotion and no one cries, for fear of being killed. This shows that although Elie and the prisoners may not like it, they have to submit, or they will be killed. Next is another form of submission, however, this type of submission is action rather than emotion. This submission is when all of the prisoners have to do something they do not want to do, just to live another day. This is shown many times in the story, especially in the scenes where Elie and everyone else must march from camp to camp, and if someone slows down they will be immediately shot. This type of submission is also a form of abuse, as they prisoners are also whipped with nothing to say or do. Ultimately, Night shows how awful these conditions were, and how Elie went through the length of beatings, deaths, and heartache just to

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