Survival Lord The Flies Analysis
Britney Tang
Ms.Penafiel
ENG2D1-02
2 November 2015
Survival Meets Lord of the Flies
In Golding's “Lord the flies”, many british boys are stranded on an unknown island from a plane crash during world war two. The boys, especially Ralph and Piggy in the beginning, do not realize how long they are stuck on this island. When they are discussing their fathers, Ralph says “When he gets leave he’ll come and rescue us” indicating that he believes his father is coming. Afterwards, when they find the other choir boys using the conch shell, their sense of survival beings. As the book progresses, the boys forgivably do what they need to do in order to survive because of their desires, sense of group belonging and denial. Many of them are forced to make challenging decisions that not everyone would agree on whether or not it was necessary. Although majority, if not all, would of gone as far as the boys did in order to survive.
Every boy in the book has a different desire, but all for good intentions in a way. This puts them in a tough situation because it is hard to stay civilized as a group when everyone wants different things. For example, Ralph and Jack are two boys with the most opposite desires. While Ralph is constantly concerned about …show more content…
As human beings it is natural for us to act on denial in many tough situations. The boys in Lord of the Flies use denial as a way to continue living on the stranded island. Most of them, like Piggy and Ralph deny the fact that they are not going to be rescued. This means they still believe that there is a chance. They show this by continuously making signal fires for passing ships. At times Ralph snaps out of reality. For example:
”The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning. The fire’s the most important thing on the island, because, because-” (Ch.8,
Ms.Penafiel
ENG2D1-02
2 November 2015
Survival Meets Lord of the Flies
In Golding's “Lord the flies”, many british boys are stranded on an unknown island from a plane crash during world war two. The boys, especially Ralph and Piggy in the beginning, do not realize how long they are stuck on this island. When they are discussing their fathers, Ralph says “When he gets leave he’ll come and rescue us” indicating that he believes his father is coming. Afterwards, when they find the other choir boys using the conch shell, their sense of survival beings. As the book progresses, the boys forgivably do what they need to do in order to survive because of their desires, sense of group belonging and denial. Many of them are forced to make challenging decisions that not everyone would agree on whether or not it was necessary. Although majority, if not all, would of gone as far as the boys did in order to survive.
Every boy in the book has a different desire, but all for good intentions in a way. This puts them in a tough situation because it is hard to stay civilized as a group when everyone wants different things. For example, Ralph and Jack are two boys with the most opposite desires. While Ralph is constantly concerned about …show more content…
As human beings it is natural for us to act on denial in many tough situations. The boys in Lord of the Flies use denial as a way to continue living on the stranded island. Most of them, like Piggy and Ralph deny the fact that they are not going to be rescued. This means they still believe that there is a chance. They show this by continuously making signal fires for passing ships. At times Ralph snaps out of reality. For example:
”The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning. The fire’s the most important thing on the island, because, because-” (Ch.8,