Savages Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

In the book, The Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, when the book states, “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or Savages?” (91), this quote shows the author is trying to give the message that in our society, we tend to act as humans, and at the same time, animals. For example, in December 1955 until December 1956, a woman named Rosa Parks had inspired many people to peacefully protest the lack of civil rights for the African Americans of her time by not riding the public buses because African Americans were forced to sit in the back of the bus; therefore, behind all of the white people. Rather than leading violent riots about the issue, she chose to find a peaceful solution, unlike white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia

who were protesting the removal of a confederate statue of Robert E. Lee. The protest became a violent riot when white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters and left a total of 33 people injured and 1 person killed. Rosa Parks is seen today as a hero who found a non-violent, humane solution to a nation-wide issue, however, the white nationalists chose to solve the problem with brutality and force. In conclusion, even today, in our modern community, we are not always as civil as we hope we are.