Which is better, to have rules and agree or to kunt and kill
Lord of the Flies is a story of hardships, death and ultimately, survival. The island on which the boys are on presented many difficulties for their living on. In this situation, there was no time for fun and games, work was much more important. The group consisted completely of pre-pubescent young boys and the thing that destroyed their democratic ways was the allure of having lots of fun, swimming, feasts and other enjoyable activities. If the splitting of the groups, i.e when Ralph and Jack went their separate ways, the bloodshed would have been prevented. But when the decision came to be made, the promise of "..having fun.." from Jack was too much for most of the boys, and that decision they made turned them into the bloodthirsty savages who murdered two innocent boys.In the beginning, when the boys first met and assembled at the platform, the conch was the symbol of power. The person holding the conch always had the attention of everyone. There was a leader, Ralph, who was elected by the children. This represented democracy, a government elected for by the whole population and they lived in a classless and tolerant society. There were rules wh
"A snake-thing. Ever so big. He saw it." This, in my opinion, is a small-scale resemblance of the real world. If there was no law enforcement, or in Lord of the Flies, adults, people would be just like that. Society would collapse into chaos. The children, although they aren't mature, they behave exactly as adults would in an environment in which they inhabited. Selfish, greedy always wanting more for themselves and not caring for others. The original island when the boys first landed was a paradise, much like in "Coral Island". Slowly they fell victim to the evils of the island. Not all the kids believed this, for example "but how could it be a bad island?" asked Piggy. Their fears of the evils are represented by the "snake thing" which was first brought up by a littl'un. The provocations of pride, being the top person, the boss, of being a hunter, killing and eating wild pigs, were all symbolized by the pig's head which they left as sacrifice for the "thing", their unknown fears. As it sat there, it gathered the flies, thus it was called The Lord of the Flies which is an old expression for Satan. They were just like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. They did what was wrong, and they were punished by evil, who was Satan.
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Approximate Word count = 978
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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