Lord of the Flies4

A detailed Summary of Lord of the Flies4

The Island is a microcosm of the evil we produce in the world today. Greed, power,

domination are all factors of evil in the story line and in today's society.

The first human instinct is survival. The fittest will survive, as in the book, and in today's

world. For example, someone who is very skilled in math or physical feats may receive a

scholarship pertaining to their skill. Taller and attractive people seem to get the better and

higher paying jobs. Aborigines in Australia will eat grubs and insects to survive. We may

find this repulsive but human instinct rules when we have no other options.

Our human instinct also makes us frown upon people with undesirable traits such as

obesity, poor eyesight or deformities. These people cannot fend for themselves as well as

fitter people and die off so they may not reproduce. The fittest survive.

The role of survival of the fittest was best described on (pg. 8) "I can't swim on account

of my asthma". Piggy was already going down in the food chain of the island. Ralph was

a tall attractive boy who had very good leadership skills. It is no wonder that he voted in

become the chief. These are the kinds of leaders we want in our society.

leader that wasn't as smart as Piggy but had the leadership skills and personality to

When there is no order chaos arises. There are many examples of this in our society today.

slamming into tree trunks. Then later on in the book he showed everyone that he wasn't

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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