Chess In Lord Of The Flies Foresightedness

In the summer before the sixth grade, I learned how to play chess. During that summer, I was going to a summer school, Avid Academy, and everyone there knew how to play. Not wanting to be left out, I asked a newly-made friend if he could teach me. So he taught me, knights go in L, bishops go diagonal, eat the king to win, and more. The game was complicated. And as expected I lost my first game, but despite the loss, chess quickly became one of my favorite games. But, throughout the whole game, my opponent took a long time to make moves, while I on the other hand, was quick to make moves and quick to regret it. I didn’t consider my moves thoroughly, didn’t plan out, and I had a lack of farsightedness.
In chess, there is a rule that if one
Growing up also requires one to be able to make decisions that benefit the future. In Lord of the Flies, when the boys first reaches the island Ralph says, “‘We can help [the Navy] to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire’”(Golding 29). Immediately after landing, Ralph makes this decision, already having the foresight that rescue is the only way to truly survive and he re-emphasizes the need to be rescued throughout the book. It especially emphasized in this scene with the words “we can help” and “we must”. Despite the fact that Simon and Piggy died, Jack and Roger were only managed to be rescued due to Piggy and Ralph’s foresight to build a signal fire. If they were on the island any longer, they would’ve burned to death, showing that foresight is a requirement for not only growing up, but also coming of age. Alternatively, an example of me not being far-sighted was when, “I begged my mom for years to let me stay home alone after school” (Wang “Morning” 9). I had originally thought it was a good idea, only focusing on the good and positive part of staying home alone, forgetting that being “alone” was one of my greatest fears. I was distracted by my own begging and desperation to get something I hadn’t had. I hadn’t considered that I would be terrified, but I would’ve known if I had thought a bit more about the consequence of being home alone. Writing the vignette on this experience allowed me to reflect on my past decisions and let me see that my younger self, who wasn’t mature at all, truly suffered due to a lack of foresight. In real life, adults are able to make the decisions that has the most benefits in the