current modern society, and even to the yet to be experiences distant future humanity has always

had problems with one natural event...change. In late 16th century, there was an Italian

philosopher by the name of Giordano Bruno who was trying to bring about change in his time's

thinking and beliefs, but naturally, society conflicted what Bruno had to say and would eventually

even kill Bruno for his views. It still affects us in our current times as written in the classic work

"Lord of the Flies". Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding in 1954, contains a character

named Piggy who tried to bring about change in boys he was stranded with on an island.

Unfortunately, no one would really listen to Piggy. Eventually, he would pay the ultimate price

with his life while trying to bring common sense into their secluded island world. Throughout our

human history we have often demonstrated three reasons why new ideas and change are often

halted. Firstly, our belief that who we are and what we know is superior to that which someone

else believes or says. Secondly, as a society, whether

"Before the Venetian Inquisition Bruno knelt, recanted fully, and denied

his beliefs varying from what was generally thought and accepted.

fast as we can, often needing the source to be stopped, and in this case the sources were Bruno and

the people still ended up burning Bruno at the stake shows how even though they got what they

England, he lived off the munificence of patrons, whom after some time he

protecting his life or his ideals, we will do just about anything to maintain them. Piggy and Bruno,

"His unbending integrity and lack of compromise resulted in him being

into trouble. It was evident that this boy could not be made to fit into Dominican

Bruno's unique thoughts both exemplify how we as a society try to suppress those which are

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