Survival In Lord Of The Flies

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Lexie Kamrath
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January 25, 2015
Lord of the Flies (Essay) Society bounds everyone together, and without societies standards, morals, values, and the basis of wrong and right is gone. Without society 's strict rules, mayhem, and savagery can come to show. In, Lord of the Flies, William Golding displays that when one is faced with the need of survival; savagery overtakes society through internal conflict, to show that desperation can cause one to make unreasonable decisions.
Piggy points out: the boys have set half the island on fire saying, “You got your small fire all right.” […] “The boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them” (44). The boys present their behavior in
When Ralph sees the navel officer, his realization that he is safe and will be returned to civilization takes him into a depressed state. The rescue is not a moment of unmistakable joy, for Ralph realizes that, although he is saved from death on the island, the events that occurred on the island have changed him and he will never be the same. He has lost his innocence and learned that evil lurks within all human beings. Simons comes to the conclusion that, “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? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” (143). This confirms Simon’s speculation that the beast is only the boys’ themselves. The idea of the evil on the island beginning within the boys is an important in natural human savagery. The Lord of the Flies recognizes itself as the beast and confesses to Simon that it exists within all human beings: “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?” (147). The creature’s disfigured language makes the creature appear even more hideous and evilest, for he taunts Simon with the same informal language the boys use themselves. Simon, startled by his discovery, attempts to portray it to the rest of the boys, but the evil and savagery within them causing them to mistake him for the beast itself, set upon him, and kill

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