Outcome Engineering Manipulation is used in nearly every endeavor encountered throughout an average day. Things ranging from day to day commercials all the way to political campaigns are using concealed techniques of manipulation influencing the everyday actions of the public. Leaving any person with access to the world, vulnerable to manipulation. Webster dictionary defines manipulation as, “to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one 's own advantage”. Meaning that anyone can come to be skilled in the art of manipulation, even children. Stories such as Night, Lord of the Flies, and The Picture of Dorian Gray are evidence of the disastrous effects of manipulation on the physical state, relationships, mental Such as in The Picture of Dorian Gray: “Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him.He becomes an echo of someone else’s music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is self-development.”(Wilde 13). The words of an honored role model can easily persuade even the purest of hearts into the darkness of crime and evil, such as Dorian Gray. At this moment, Gray falls victim to the flourishing words of Lord Henry, who manipulates Gray from a timid and shining boy to nothing but a shallow man who commits capital crimes to conceal his secret. Gray steps into a life of shadows and insecurity where he continues to sin and loses all sight of the innocence of his youth as a result of the deceitful and conniving words of an elder. Lord Henry had convinced him that he was of no consequence, and he could do nothing to preserve his beauty and innocence, which in turn destroyed both as well as his humanity. “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 294). An environment in which barbarity is not discouraged and normal societal rules do not apply, adults and children are manipulated by their darker side, and begin to act in ways they would ordinarily label as inhumane.The lack of adults and civilization took a toll on the boys in The Lord of the Flies. Boys among the group succumbed to the manipulation of their animal-like instincts and began to commit acts of barbarity as they turned on themselves, their upbringing, and each other. The innate traits of innocence and humanity within all can easily be robbed by anyone or any situation with the assistance of manipulation regardless the
When William Golding published the renown novel Lord of the Flies in 1954 readers were aghast at the critical standpoint Golding took on human nature. Golding undermined human nature into what readers viewed as bare savagery. Golding developed characters that started to view violence as an everyday thing. Violence is evident when the gang of boys yelled “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” This dehumanizing line exemplifies the inborn evil in the boys. Golding’s message was to place emphasis on the evil in human nature and he clearly conveyed that with Jack and his tribe; the complete opposite of Ralph’s tribe.
One part of the book where manipulation is used is on page 9 when Obie is talking to Archie and he couldn't say what he wanted to say as shown here -You couldn't win an argument with Archie. He was too quick with his words.- This supports the theme of manipulation because in an argument if you can say your thoughts on a subject then you get downsized and and you don't feel as strong about your perspective on the subject than you did before. Another part of the book where manipulation is shown is on page 48 and it says -You could take a kids lunch money and nothing happens because kids wanted peace at any price.- This text proves manipulation is a main theme because if you take a kids lunch money and nothing happens because they want peace this shows that the kids in this book are willing to pay money for peace instead of fighting for what's right.
Evil is an immense theme in the Lord of the Flies. This book helps us understand how society has a big part in changing someone’s personality. Nurture is also a big part in the novel. It symbolizes the meaning behind what it is like to change personalities/behavior depending on an environment.
Within The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde depicts two characters that follow the philosophy of Walter Pater. These two characters are Dorian Gray and Henry Wotton. They both embody Pater’s ideal of placing as much enjoyment in one’s short life as possible. While Dorian learns of Pater’s philosophy from Henry he soon exceeds his teacher and becomes invested within the philosophy of living life to the fullest. Dorian exceeds Henry in Pater’s philosophy through his active experimentation and desire for beauty, but Dorian fails to live up to all of Pater’s expectations due to his inability to separate morality for art.
William Golding’s novel ‘The Lord of The Flies’ tells the story of a group of English boys isolated on a desert island, left to attempt to retain civilisation. In the novel, Golding shows one of the boys, Jack, to change significantly. At the beginning of the book, Jack’s character desires power and although he does not immediately get it, he retains the values of civilized behaviour. However, as the story proceeds, his character becomes more savage, leaving behind the values of society. Jack uses fear of the beast to control the other boys and he changes to become the book’s representation of savagery, violence and domination. He is first taken over with an obsession to hunt, which leads to a change in his physical appearance This change of character is significant as he leads the other boys into savagery, representing Golding’s views of there being a bad and unforgiving nature to every human.
In the novel The Lord of the flies, William Golding illustrates the decline from innocence to savagery through a group of young boys. In the early chapters of The Lord of the Flies, the boys strive to maintain order. Throughout the book however, the organized civilization Ralph, Piggy, and Simon work diligently towards rapidly crumbles into pure, unadulterated, savagery. The book emphasized the idea that all humans have the potential for savagery, even the seemingly pure children of the book. The decline of all civilized behavior in these boys represents how easily all order can dissolve into chaos. The book’s antagonist, Jack, is the epitome of the evil present in us all. Conversely, the book’s protagonist, Ralph, and his only true ally, Piggy, both struggle to stifle their inner
Manipulation is the art of control,the art of being destructive and playing as a villainous character and people obtain this power in many ways. Whether it be from hierarchical power which derives from someone like a Kim Jong UN who enslaves his people from wisdom of the outer world to make himself a God. It can also come from being incredibly deceivable for example from intelligence like Iago from Othello who made Othello kill his wife and himself just by abusing his trait of jealousy. These two seemingly is not the case for 10050 Cielo Drive and 3301 Waverly Place that got his family to do it. Manson who had an average iq and spent half of his life in jail.
As much as everyone would like to believe that all people are inherently good, the illusion of innocence that is often presumed throughout childhood makes the revelation of human nature especially hard to bear. Arthur Koestler said, “Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion”, and this one is certainly a very hard reality to cope with. In the novel Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding tells the story of a group of British schoolboys who crash land on an uninhabited island in the midst of a world war, and how they regress from civilization to savagery. By conveying Ralph’s reactions to the deaths of Simon and Piggy, providing detailed, symbolic imagery of the cliffs and the lagoon, and showing Ralph’s despair at his new understanding
When it comes to manipulation many view it as a negative aspect in life. Although people view it as a negative aspect, they continue to manipulate words and actions to get what they want. Ken Kesey applied manipulation in the book to reveal the positive and negative sides of manipulation. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a controversial novel that describes the inner workings of a mental institution.
Within each of us lurks a beast waiting for the first opportunity to bare its ugly fangs. A vestige of ages past, when violence and destruction was man’s only language, the beast only needs a bit of chaos to resurface. William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, is hinged on this idea. In the story, a group of English schoolboys are stranded on an island without a single adult. They try initially to keep a rough semblance of civilization in place, calling assemblies and lighting signal fires, but the beast is soon awoken from its primeval slumber to wreak terror among them. Golding makes it his duty to reveal the innate evil of the human soul in Lord of the Flies by not only displaying general chaos, but detailing specific instances where the violent nature of man bleeds through. The “darkness of man’s heart” (Golding 202) is demonstrated when Roger feels the sudden urge to throw rocks toward a younger boy, when the boys’ game of mock hunting turns a little too real, and when the little savages murder Simon in a passionate frenzy.
The classic novel by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray inspires beauty, and romance. The main focus of the novel is aesthetics, a philosophical view detailing the nature of creation and appreciation of art and beauty. The tragedy of the young Dorian Gray after becoming misled by his companion, Lord Henry Wotton, is one that causes many to reform ideas on life and purpose. Lord Henry believes in hedonism, a thought stating that pleasure is the only true good; he declares, “The only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses” (Wilde). This outlook is tempting for many persons, including that of the title character, Dorian Gray. In contrast to Lord Henry is an artist named Basil Hallward, whom perceives Dorian to be his muse; serving as inspiration, and purpose. Basil has many moral traits including trust, compassion, and kindness. His infatuation with Dorian causes him to change his art and style, composing an exquisite painting of the young boy. Basil states, “the work I have done, since I met Dorian Gray, is good work, is the best work of my life…his personality has suggested to me an entirely new manner in art, an entirely new mode of style. I see things differently.” (Wilde). Dorian becomes so mesmerized by the beauty of the picture and the words of Lord Henry that he wishes for the picture to depict his sins and age, rather than his physical being. To the surprise of the young Dorian, his wish becomes fulfilled. This theme shares similarity to the Faust story, as the title character exchanges his soul for pleasures
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding expresses the idea that humans are naturally immoral, and that people are moral only because of the pressures of civilization. He does this by writing about a group of boys, and their story of survival on an island. The civilized society they form quickly deteriorates into a savage tribe, showing that away from civilization and adults, the boys quickly deteriorate into the state man was millions of years ago. This tendency is shown most in Jack, who has an animalistic love of power, and Roger, who loves to kill for pleasure. Even the most civilized boys, Ralph and Piggy, show that they have a savage side too as they watch Simon get murdered without trying to save him. Simon, the only one who seems to have a truly good spirit, is killed, symbolizing how rare truly good people are, and how quickly those personalities become corrupted.
In human society, people will do what comes easiest. They will be manipulated and mistreated before they start to think for themselves or to act as individuals. This is shown well by the boys in The Lord of the Flies because boys have not yet suppressed their basic natures as completely as adults have. The thoughtless attitudes that the boys have is common in human society, even if adults pretend otherwise.
Most people perceive children as being innocent, precious beings. Some believe that they are angelic. Put in the wrong situations though, they can become savage beasts. The innocence leaves their bodies and they are no longer precious. The survival of the fittest instinct kicks on and they can become killers. In the book Lord of the Flies the theme is that kids are not as innocent s they seem.
The power of manipulation is a very powerful tool and can easily be misused to benefit