Chaos In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis
In Lord of the Flies there is a war between civilization and chaos. The side of chaos is Jack’s side and the civil side is Ralph’s side. Jack’s side has no hope for civilization, there is just chaos because all they want to do is eat, sleep, kill and repeat. In the end chaos takes over the island, but there is hope for civilization.
Chaos wins in the story because when Roger kills Piggy, it symbolizes the corruption of all the boys. Roger is the person who pushes the boulder onto Piggy that kills him. On that note, another example is the symbolism itself of Piggy’s death. In chapter four, Roger throws rocks at Henry. The book says, “ Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry- threw to miss”(62). After this he picks up handfuls of rocks and throws them at Henry and still misses. That shows how Roger had the idea to harm somebody and also shows the defects of human nature. Piggy himself is symbolic. He is symbolic because if he hadn’t been murdered then civilization probably could have won. The fire on the mountain is foreshadowing the end of the book when all of the boys including Samneric, against their will, chase Ralph to the shore. In the beginning of the book there is the fire that burns half of the island …show more content…
The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable." He is talking about how Lord of the Flies tries to show the defects of human nature. Showing that if you put a bunch of people, any age, any gender, shows the defects of human nature. All of the characters in Lord of the Flies had showed an example of the defects of human nature, including Ralph and Piggy. The main example that shows the defects of human nature is the murder of Simon, because everybody participated in that
Chaos wins in the story because when Roger kills Piggy, it symbolizes the corruption of all the boys. Roger is the person who pushes the boulder onto Piggy that kills him. On that note, another example is the symbolism itself of Piggy’s death. In chapter four, Roger throws rocks at Henry. The book says, “ Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry- threw to miss”(62). After this he picks up handfuls of rocks and throws them at Henry and still misses. That shows how Roger had the idea to harm somebody and also shows the defects of human nature. Piggy himself is symbolic. He is symbolic because if he hadn’t been murdered then civilization probably could have won. The fire on the mountain is foreshadowing the end of the book when all of the boys including Samneric, against their will, chase Ralph to the shore. In the beginning of the book there is the fire that burns half of the island …show more content…
The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable." He is talking about how Lord of the Flies tries to show the defects of human nature. Showing that if you put a bunch of people, any age, any gender, shows the defects of human nature. All of the characters in Lord of the Flies had showed an example of the defects of human nature, including Ralph and Piggy. The main example that shows the defects of human nature is the murder of Simon, because everybody participated in that