Lord Of The Flies: Dance And Chant Meaning

Dance and Chant: Beyond Lord of the Flies There is no surprise that the dance and chant in Lord of the Flies would become memorable to the readers when discussing about human savageness. However, the practice is usually mistaken to be the major cause of the tragedy while it is simply just a effective bonding method in the group. In fact, more than just a game for children, the dance and chant creates group identity and social cohesion. It also an effective leadership tactic, contains rites of terror and sacrifice and male predominance that made up an uniting group yet aggressively resist the civilization. Nevertheless, the discussion goes beyond the island and the kids since Lord of the Flies is just a mini model represents a bigger

In Lord of the Flies, Jack is probably too young to actually apply ritual to establish social connection on purpose; however, this unintentional fact also proves that the use of this bonding material happens instinctively “On this view, rituals serves as ‘credibility enhancing displays’ for the group ideologies underlying them” (Whitehouse 675). The group identity does not only happen in children world but it also happen in war, where countries find nationalism and alliances base on a belief or a practice. Moreover, Ralph is the most straightforward example of how the ritual makes the group becomes inviting “‘I hit him,’ said Ralph indignantly. ‘I hit him with my spear, I wounded him.’ He tried for their attention.” (Golding 114). Supposedly, wounding an animal should not be a very proud thing to

Apparently, there are various boys with flourish personality on the island but it only takes a common trait for them to get together “Social identities researchers have argues that personal and social identities are normally like oil and water—if one is activates, the other is not, and the more one prevails in the individual’s social life, the less prominently the other features” (Whitehouse 676). It does not matter before the boys are good or bad, when the restriction of civilization disappear, it is their determination to maintain the moral before the savageness take advantage of their personality. Nevertheless, the ritual is not the blame for why the boys become vicious, in fact, it connects the boys by their similarity and creates the environment for them to unveil their brutal temptation. In Chapter seven, Ralph and Piggy participation in the dance reflects the need of belonging into a society “Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky; found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmend in the terror and make it governable.” (Golding 152). In a challenging situation, Jack’s tribe meets the boys need of food and protection helps