Essay

[Woman]

English Essay on Lord of the Flies

 

 

 

The test of whether civilization or savagery is greater is put in the book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. The book is about a group of English boys who are stranded in an island in a large ocean. Over time, the boys' minds turn savage. The boys become more savage as they become obsessed with hunting and getting meat. ItÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s evident that savage impulse is superior to civilized reason because almost all of the boys join JackÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s tribe by the end of the story. The fear caused by the beast makes the group more chaotic and less orderly. Ralph and Jack represent civilized reason and savage impulse; the novel ultimately suggests the more powerful of the two is savage impulse.

 

 

 

One of the most important reasons for the group to be more savage is through hunting the pigs. Hunting is a critical part of survival, because through the meat, they get their protein and nutrients from. At first, when the group is not very savage, the group does not depend so much on hunting. They first begin to eat the fruit that appears on the island. However, after eating these exotic fruits, they begin to feel sick from diarrhea. As the group starts to hunt more and more and rely on meat more, they begin to act morel like savages. The group leader, Ralph, is not primarily concerned with hunting. His primary concern is to get the boys rescued as quickly as possible. As the group starts to get more involved in hunting, their behavior begins to break down. The group begins to chant a song when they hunted their first pig, which starts of the group's obsession with hunting. ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅKill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood.ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

[KnightLite]

you know it's funny, i just realized..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when you are absolutely exhausted, and you attempt to read something fairy long......

 

 

 

...concentration skills are suddenly gone..

[Erinwolfrus]

Oooh, nice job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to spell check it though, and I would edit some phrasing, but otherwise it's very good.

 

 

 

9/10

[Gaalsien]

You could mention that as the children become more and more savage the beast grows stronger. First, only one person believes in it, then more do, eventually it gets a physical form in the pigs head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'The game that the boys play causes the boys to act more like savages.' sould be 'the game that the boys play causes them to act more like savages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You could also say how the island itself seems to become more corrupt as the children do; appearing as a paradise when they are civilised but growing darker and more menacing as they grow more savage, its eventual burning showing the destructive nature within the boys by the end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golding seems to say that being civilized is learnt from society as the little'uns, who have been in society less than the older ones, are the first to act like animals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is also the loss of individuality: the twins start off as Sam and Eric, becoming Sam n' Eric, becoming Samneric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think Simon represents reason, Piggy represents knowledge, and the conch represents order, and these are all destroyed by the savagery within man by the end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope that helps.