Savagery In 'Lord Of The Flies' By William Golding

In the Lord of the Flies, the boys face major problems on the island. They try to act civilized and have order, but with Jack and his group of hunters rebelling, this order slowly goes down the drain. To makes things worse, Jack begins to act cruel and evil to the boys and even the animals. This lead to facepainting which symbolizes savagery, the “Beastie” which eventually means the boy’s fear and cruelty, and the pigs head on the stick, which was the turning point of complete evil, and a sacrifice to the beastie, which means a whole lot more that it seems.

In Chapter 7 of, “Lord of the Flies,” the boys recreate the scene of hunting down the boar, which is transforming them into kids that are willing to face fears. This behavior between all the boys is ritualistic and extremely important. The recreation of hunting down the boar with Ralph trying fighting to get a handful of the flesh and Jack trying to finish off the pig, really describes an act of ritualistic behavior between the boys. During this recreation, Robert acts as the pig and all of the other boys swing at Robert with twigs. This reenactment gets out of hand quickly. “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (Golding 130). All of this boys are starting to lose their composure and become uncivilized amongst each

It left a good emotion on the kids where they felt like savages. I will support this reason of mine with another article called “ The Teenage brain”. In this article it says dopamine a brain chemical released when something makes them feel good. Also, It says it leads teenagers to make irrational decisions more in teenagers than any other age. This means when they killed the pig dopamine was released. When that happened they started to kill more and act like beast. Since the had no rule or authority, they acted like they were savages and needed to kill every pig on the island. It made them feel good, so they kept on doing these actions. As the story progressed their action just got worse and

Throughout history it is easy to see the rise and fall of institutions, social or otherwise. There are some things that seem to work and others that do not work as effectively. Schools and authoritarian figures keep people from misbehaving and forcing education. Parents have a strong influence in teaching the right from the wrong. Other times institutions do not work as effectively. Leaders become dictators and destroy the sense of culture in societies and deprive people of the essential right of free speech and expression. William Golding's Lord of the Flies suggests that people need institutions such as parents and schools, to not only be socially accepted, but also for survival. Contrary to Golding, I do not think that it is necessary for

He goes to share his hunting story to Ralph and a boy named Piggy. On page 69, the narrator shares, “I cut the pig’s throat,’ said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.” This quotation shows us that civilization is lost when the urge to kill takes over because it shows the stage where Jack is proudly killing animals, but still feeling a little bit uncomfortable with it. In this example, Jack proudly shares that he has killed, but still twitches after saying he did. Jack is still hanging onto the little bit of civilization that is left on their island. Lastly, in the end of the book, Piggy, Ralph, and Sam and Eric, a set of twins, are the only ones who have not joined a new tribe created by Jack. The other older boys raid what they have left and leads Ralph, Piggy and the twins to confront Jack. While Jack and Ralph are yelling at each other and fighting, a large boulder rolls down a hill and strucks Piggy, who falls off of a cliff and quickly dies. On page 181, the narrator states, “Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone. This time the silence was complete. Ralph‘s lips formed a word

William Golding uses the theme that humans are naturally bad at heart, in the book Lord of the Flies to highlight that without the order and respect we choose to live our daily lives with our human nature will ultimately take us into chaos and savagery. Morals are what we choose to live by, this is what keeps us accountable. Morals do not appear overnight. Overtime they are ingrained throughout our childhood. Giving us a sense of right and wrong. Humans are not born with the idea of looking out for the welfare of others, we naturally want to satisfy ourselves. Respect and rules are important, in running an orderly society. Many leaders will demand respect, earning respect far succeeds that of demanding, in ruling a society.

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a novel that revolves around the concept of civilization versus savagery. The boys argue about points that eventually split the boys amongst themselves. These disputes come up multiple times over the course of the novel. One of which being the fight over the leader of the boys. Some believed the leader should be Jack while others believed it should be Ralph. Ralph was the leader of the civilized group, and Jack was the leader of the savage and bloodthirsty hunting group. Important arguments between the civilized boys and savage boys come up in three important moments throughout the book: when the signal fire is allowed to go out and a boat passes by the island, when Jack leaves the civilized group to create his group of savages, and when the savages steal Piggy’s glasses to make their own fire.

To begin, the beast is used throughout the novel presenting the theme of fear. At first, the existence of this beast was questioned upon as the beast is perceived as nothing more than a product of the boys' imaginations. This introduces an active source of fear and most importantly existing evil within the island. However, the beast is symbolic of natural evil within each child, ultimately leading to the downfall of civilization. Rather than the boys being blindly afraid of the unknown, they begin embracing the beast, providing physical characteristics, as well as a name. As time passes, the fear of the beast does not diminish. In fact, fear intensifies in strength as the story progresses as the boys’ behavior lead to the existence of what

When a plane full of boys crashes, and there are no adults left to guide the young ones, you can only imagine the beasts that emerge. Where does the beasty come from though: environment or biology. I think the boys savage and immoral behavior should be blamed on biology.

People are often scared of monsters when they are young, but once they grow older and mature, they begin to realize that the idea was made up in their heads. However, some people are so set on the theory of there being mythological creatures that they do not think of the possibility of actual people being monsters instead. We like to believe that we live in a world where none of us are sane and our behavior is superb. When in reality, it is the opposite. We do not realize how much hatred, rape, and violence there is in the world. In the book, The Lord of the Flies, the boys debate on whether the beast is real or not. The irony throughout the book is based on how the boys are so terrified of there being a fictitious monster on the island that they do not realize that they are the monsters themselves. As the boys begin to act more savagely, their belief of the existence of the beast becomes stronger. Throughout the book, it is clear that the boys are, in fact, the real beast, as evidenced by the spreading hatred, the sexual assaults, and violence.

“I’m frightened. Of us.” That quote (p.140) was spoken by the main protagonist, Ralph, in Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding after Ralph’s friend, Simon, was killed by the “animalistic” actions of the other boys. Golding explores a whole new world of fiction in his unique twist and style of writing. The novel, can really make us ponder on what really the young boys were thinking and therefore acting upon during their unexpected “vacation” to a deserted island. The boys’ age varied from six to twelve and they all made poor choices, even the oldest of the boys, throughout the whole plot. In Lord of the Flies, the young boys’ age affects the way they act because their age influences their ability to cause death, fighting, and natural

Throughout the novel of Lord of the Flies, William Golding provides a profound insight into human nature. Golding builds on a message that all human beings have natural evil inside them. To emphasize, the innate evil is revealed when there’s lack of civilization. The boys are constantly faced with numerous fears and eventually break up into two different groups. Although the boys believe the beast lives in the jungle, Golding makes it clear that it lurks in their hearts. The message of inner evil is portrayed throughout the book by the destruction of the conch, terrifying beast, and character developments to establish the hidden message throughout the novel.

In the beginning of the story, a number of the boys began to display their first signs of savagery by having a constant hunger for killing pigs. Even though killing pigs was clearly necessary for survival, the boys who hunted, especially power-hungry Jack Merridew, started going a bit too far when it came to hunting them. He started coming up with various chants and songs about blood and murder during his hunts. Even though he was referring to pigs, the song still conveyed the meaning that he was well on his way towards his descent to madness because of his constant description of death and blood:”Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!...Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” (115, 153) During their first

“He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn't a proper chief.” (126). Jack is power hungry and becomes more and more obsessed with hunting. At the end of chapter one Jack was not able to kill a pig and actually thinks of the blood as “unbearable”, but later in the book he actually “giggled” at the sight of blood on his hands and did not hesitate to kill. “Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her…At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands.“Look.”(135). Jack has not only killed a pig, but he looks upon the action as a pleasurable experience. Jack, the former choir boy, becomes more and more savage and is able to jump from killing a pig to actually killing a fellow choirboy. Indeed, under Jack's leadership, the boys become inhuman and like animals as they violently attack and kill Simon. “There were no words, and no movement but the tearing of teeth and claws.”(153). Golding uses this irony of choir boys who used to sing to God who now have no words at