The Human Brain In William Golding's The Lord Of The Flies

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding shows the progression of absolute power, and how ambition can take over one's mind. Stranded on an island after their plane crashed, the boys create their own democracy with one absolute ruler, just like many other governments throughout history. The boys voted Ralph as their ruler, but Jack slowly starts to take some of Ralph’s power, and eventually usurps him as their chief. Lord of the Flies suggests that absolute power is corrupt, and that humans are overly ambitious in wanting to take power from the person who has the most of it.

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of young boys are marooned on an island and have to fend for themselves. Although it has never been officially banned in any school district, it is one of the most frequently challenged books of all time, due to its violence and implication that humans are animals without society. According to the ALA website, it is number 8 on the list of 100 most banned and challenged books of all time, showing how controversial it is among adults and parents (insert citation here). Attempts to ban the book are misguided and miss the point of the novel entirely. It should not be banned or challenged in any school district.

The feeling of hot sand underneath your toes, every single day at the same time. The days go by slowly, with little to no hope of being rescued. This is what it was like for the children in the realistic fiction novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. There was a plane full of children that crashed, all of them under the age of 12. They ended up on an unknown island in the Pacific Ocean. The boys need fend for themselves and they all had to figure out how to survive. Eventually all of the boys soon turned into savages and went against one another by hurting the others. There are two main characters who took charge right away due to no supervision: Jack and Ralph. Jack was mainly in charge of hunting, and Ralph was in charge of shelters. Each of the boys are in competition for chief, which leads to lack of authority. All of the children soon begin to “lose their minds,” but the debate is: are the actions of the boys based off of their environment, or biological factors? The behaviors of the boys are directly related to biological factors, because of past experiences, lack of resources, and brain development.

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, over a dozen boys are stranded on an island with no adults and to fend for themselves. One individual in Jack Merridew, a boy who is turned cruel and ruthless, is being charged with 1st degree murder for the deaths of two boys, Piggy and Simon. First degree murder is characterized as deaths that a person committed was the individual either plans and commits the murder conscience of their actions. Jack is guilty of first degree and should be charged with 1st murder degree murder because of his direct involvement in Simon’s death, his dictatorial of leadership leading to the other boys’ savage behavior, and his disregard for human life.

When the boys land on the island, they try to create order, especially the older boys who are 12 years old and can reason critically, by making rules like the conch, having a chief, keeping the fire going, going to the bathroom near the rocks instead of wherever you are. Yet, the boys fail because there is no authoritative adult to successfully enforce the rules leading the boys to ignore the rules, which causes chaos. For example, Ralph tries to create order by assigning jobs, but the boys are unable to follow through. Ralph complains to Jack about building the

Although it is primarily Jack’s fault for leading the group down a path of disorder and savagery, none of the other boys really tried to add any input into what was occurring. For example, Ralph was the leader, however, he nor anyone else really acted like a leader and opposed any idea that would ultimately have a chance of bettering their chance of survival. Another example can be seen when Piggy is blaming Jack for all of their misfortune but never actually said any of it to his face as he is afraid of Jack and what might happen if he stood up, “Are we savages or what? Only now there’s no signal going up. Ships may be passing. Do you remember how he went hunting and the fire went out and ship passed by? And they all think he’s the best as chief”’

In today’s society, brain and brawn are considered to be of equal value because a society cannot run smoothly without both. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the issue of brain versus brawn and what will be the dominant element on the island creates conflict between the boys and Piggy, and when one starts to look down upon another, it tears apart a society. We see this when Piggy finds the conch and can’t physically blow it, doesn’t fit in with the group, and when he dies a martyr.

Explanation: And here we have one of the most painful parts of the book to read. It started as a game, but it didn’t take long for it to spiral downhill. That mob-mentality thing I was talking about before horrifically comes into play here. The paragraph starts with saying Simon was crying, but as soon as the mob turns on him he’s described as they see it, the beast, degraded to an it. Nothing but the tearing of teeth, in other words they kept attacking even after he was dead. Simon represented the goodness of humanity and true kindness, and after this there’s nothing but horror and evil. When Simon died the good parts of the island left with him.

It is evident in The Lord of the Flies that with every passing day on the island, a portion of the boys’ sanity withers away, along with their proper social etiquette. There are a lot of things on the island that the boys fear, one being themselves, that could cause them to act violently and more or less kill each other. This can be witnessed in the novel when Simon is lurking through the creepers and trees which are of a plentiful capacity, and gets bombarded by spears and rocks as the other boys attempt to kill Simon, or to them, the “Beastie” out of paranoia and fright. Out of all the boys as far as violence goes, Jack is the worst, killing anybody who would dare question him and having the confidence to single handedly take down the beast makes him an obvious contender to be the one who kills the entire island trying to rule out who the beast could be.

3. Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man. -Anthony Burgess

This is my Essay, I will be writing about a very special Milestone in William golding's fantastic career. In 1954, after 21 rejections, William golding published his first Novel. The famous Novel is very well known by its name “ lord of the files”. The Novel to me was very

Lord of the Flies, written by the Nobel laureate William Golding, is a frightening and influential work of fiction. The macabre maestro Stephen King wrote in his introduction to the book, “Flies always represented what novels are for…not just entertainment, but life and death… The writer’s imagination becomes the reader’s

In the novel, Lord Of The Flies, when a group of boys get stranded after a plane crash. The boys must find a good leader and there’s only two good choices it’s between a self arrogant kid named Jack and a smart,peaceful, and kind boy named Ralph for some reason something happens and so their was also some other kids that are with them the names of the kids are piggy and Simon.The reason that some people think that jack is a good leader is that he get’s to hunt all day meaning that the tribe is getting to eat and the other characteristic is he doesn’t care about the rules and he is the reason why piggy and Simon are dead in the story and he was a mean leader by turning innocent kids on an island that are only try to

You crash-land on an island. No civilization. No law. No order. What do you do? Well, for a group of young boys, they start reverting back into primitive nature. One boy, by the name Jack Merridew, starts devolving quicker than the others. He starts craving blood and lusting to kill. He even smears clay his on face to help camouflage himself to help hunt. Even though most of the boys start trying to develop society, a few, like Jack, start wanting to kill. Imagery also shows how the boys start back tracking into their ancient primitive nature. The boys even get aggressive, violent even, when playing with each other. Characterization also comes into play. Boys that seem to be more evil or tainted nature are seen to descend faster than boys with a good nature. You see, unless society and rules are set in place, people can start to default to a primitive nature.

Realistic fiction is one of the most thrilling and nerve-wracking types of stories ever. They can throw the reader off course with all kinds of twists and turns. One good example would be,”Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding. In the book, a group of schoolboys crash landed by a bomb