Jack Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Jack Merridew is one of the main characters in the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. Jack came across as a natural leader partially because of his attitude, stature, and desires to have fun. Jack’s regular behavior and cruel nature says about who he is as a human being. Since Jack does come across as a natural leader, he lacks the ability to be one, and rather acts as a dictator. This dictatorship that Jack is trying to create causes himself to act merciless and unforgiving towards others.

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, because of three defining moments, Jack changed the most out of all the boys. The first of the moments that changed him occurred in the beginning of the novel on page 23 when Ralph was chosen to be the chief of the boys instead of Jack. Jack was upset at not being chief, but he still took a position of leadership by making the choir boys the hunters and volunteering to be in charge of them. Ralph says “Jack’s in charge of the choir. They can be-what do you want them to be?’’

In the modern day, it has almost become a crime if you do not follow the “normal” social situation and everything included. The decisions on what food we eat and even what clothes we wear are greatly influenced by standards set in place by larger companies. Human beings have the urge to fit in and be accepted by the majority. People are so afraid of being judged and so concerned with fitting in that they would do anything to make themselves look good. It is impossible that the human race be so unique that everyone is completely different.

The Final Vote “Ralph I think that we should have a meeting” said Piggy. “We need to talk about what happened to Simon and we need to decide once and for all who is going to be chief.” [Ralph looks at Piggy with an expression of deep thought] “I agree, but I don’t know what to say.” “I do Ralph, I’ll do all the talking.”

The boys were running as fast as they could to keep up with the pig they hit with the spear. They all haven’t had meat in days and they were craving it, they were losing their innocence and becoming savages. This is one thing in the book, Lord of the Flies, that shows a loss of innocence. This is a common theme throughout this book, a loss of innocence. Some examples of this are the killing of Piggy, the hunts, the actions of the tribe, and just Jack in general.

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.” Rene Magritte. When you read this quote you can think of the deep symbolism in Lord of the flies. In the book there are many things that have different meanings, such as the fire means hope and how the lord of the flies is a sign for evil. They each have deeper meanings that can be related to WWII (but also) as well to modern America.

“How does William Golding use a range of literary techniques to explore how characters use their power to control others in Lord of the Flies?” The classic 1954 book “Lord of the Flies’, written by William Golding demonstrates powerful literary techniques in order to explore how characters use and abuse their power to control others. Three techniques that illustrate this theme include: how the setting influences the characters actions, how the boys are characterized, and finally, the symbols they come to use as an element of power.

When Franklin D Roosevelt was in the presidential race with Herbert Hoover, he said something that has had an impact American citizens since 1932, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. Although some people believe he was a loiter and had some pretty bad policies as president, he had something going with this quote. While most presidents typically produce quotes that make you want to fear yourself into voting for them, FDR decided to lift the fear factor altogether. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys allow fear to consume them and take over their sense of judgement, much like FDR warned Americans of nearly 100 years ago. Fear can cause your mind to react in ways you have no control over.

George R.R. Martin once said in Storm of Swords “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” The quote talks about the savage beast in everyone if given the tools the inner beasts starts to reveal, just like the group of innocent schoolboys in the adventure novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding. A group of English schoolboys survived a plane crash on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean during world war II, they are given spears where their inner evilness and savage has slowly reveal under the right condition turning them into a group of beast. In the Lord of the flies, death played a major role; the mulberry boy, Simon and Piggy’s untimely

The Truth About Human Nature My perspective on the goodness of humanity was completely altered after not only reading Lord of the Flies, but also from personal experiences in my own life. Recently I was shopping at DSW with my brother, a 12-year-old who made it clear that he would rather be doing anything but shoe shopping. He was complaining and insisting that we go home, but my mom was in need of a new pair of shoes for work. I was killing time browsing for shoes when my brother kicked me in the shin and hit me for no reason.

Where would we be without acceptance in the world today? All of us would be living in a society where everyone was frightened of being different. Barbara Jordan’s quote, “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves”, mirrors the thought that acceptance is crucial in today’s ever-changing world. The two pieces of text that will be analyzed and related to the aforementioned quote are Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, and Texas vs. Johnson: Majority Opinion, which was written by Justice William Brennan. In the novel by William Golding, a group of schoolboys experience a plane crash and find themselves on an island in the middle of nowhere.

When Jack, Ralph, and Simon go on their expedition they come across a tied up piglet and decide to kill so as Ralph and Simon hold it down, Jack was supposed to slit its throat to let all the blood spill out, but, he paused and the piglet got away. The literal reason for Jack not killing the piglet is that he cannot deal with seeing the piglets blood flush out all over the ground. "There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm" (Golding 31). The concept for why he could not is because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because he could not handle the blood. When the pig gets away, Jack says that he was just choosing a place, decide where to stab him, this foreshadows the death of something when Jack finds the place.

When isolated from civilization, humans are no longer bound by the moral shackles of society and must adopt a slightly different, yet still regimented lifestyles to maintain order. The work of realistic fiction Lord of the Flies by William Golding conveys the idea that all humans are inherently evil and that the descent to barbarism is inevitable. In the book, a plane is shot down and crashes onto an island. The pilot is dead, but a small group of boys survive. They attempt to survive and stay civilized, but the evil that Golding believes resides in all humans takes over which results in the majority of the group falling to barbarism.

Lord of the Flies: Abuse of Power Power is something that everyone gets to experience at some point in their lives. It can force people to do things out of spite or fear. One character in particular, Jack, is very conscious of these issues. He uses them to torture the other boys and divide the group to obtain as much power as possible. Jack is not afraid to do what he needs to even if it costs him his childhood.