Descent Into Savagery: Lord of The Flies
Descent into Savagery
Lord of The Flies
11/15/2013
By: Em Boone.
Grade 10 English
Descent into Savagery The novel “Lord of The Flies” seems completely innocent at first, but as you read on, you can tell that the isolated island is getting to them. The boys become violent and thirsty for human fear. They are questioned “Is the beast only within us?” I will describe their descent into savagery with a variety of extracts from the novel, trying to prove that the ‘best’ is within us all. In the beginning the boys are very civilized and decide that since they are British they must do things properly. Ralph was the one to blow the conch, so they all agree to vote him chief. “Let’s vote – him with the shell.” (P.21.) Jack the other candidate for chief looks shocked that for once in his life, he wasn’t chosen first. Ralph noticing this announces that Jack is in charge of the choir and lets him chose their island job. Jack makes them hunters. Ralph in my opinion was a good choice, he proves this later on by thinking thoroughly and keeping a sane civil mind. Ralphs first decision as chief is for Jack, Simon and himself to do the ‘grown-up’ thing and explore the island. They want to make sure it is an island, and see if they’re in fact the only human inhabitants. When finished exploring, they are proven right. “There aren’t any grown-ups. We shall have to look after ourselves.” (P.31.) Ralph then creates his first rule: having ‘hands-up’ like at school during assemblies, then that person would be given the conch in order to speak. The hunter’s fist opportunity to kill a pig is during the exploring of the island. Jack raises his knife into the air and freezes. He doesn’t stab the pig because “of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.” (P.29.) In the beginning death was scary. This shows Jack not being able to bare the blood, which aggravates him more,
Lord of The Flies
11/15/2013
By: Em Boone.
Grade 10 English
Descent into Savagery The novel “Lord of The Flies” seems completely innocent at first, but as you read on, you can tell that the isolated island is getting to them. The boys become violent and thirsty for human fear. They are questioned “Is the beast only within us?” I will describe their descent into savagery with a variety of extracts from the novel, trying to prove that the ‘best’ is within us all. In the beginning the boys are very civilized and decide that since they are British they must do things properly. Ralph was the one to blow the conch, so they all agree to vote him chief. “Let’s vote – him with the shell.” (P.21.) Jack the other candidate for chief looks shocked that for once in his life, he wasn’t chosen first. Ralph noticing this announces that Jack is in charge of the choir and lets him chose their island job. Jack makes them hunters. Ralph in my opinion was a good choice, he proves this later on by thinking thoroughly and keeping a sane civil mind. Ralphs first decision as chief is for Jack, Simon and himself to do the ‘grown-up’ thing and explore the island. They want to make sure it is an island, and see if they’re in fact the only human inhabitants. When finished exploring, they are proven right. “There aren’t any grown-ups. We shall have to look after ourselves.” (P.31.) Ralph then creates his first rule: having ‘hands-up’ like at school during assemblies, then that person would be given the conch in order to speak. The hunter’s fist opportunity to kill a pig is during the exploring of the island. Jack raises his knife into the air and freezes. He doesn’t stab the pig because “of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.” (P.29.) In the beginning death was scary. This shows Jack not being able to bare the blood, which aggravates him more,