Human Nature and Lord of the Flies-I.S.U.
# 13) Bullies
Bullying is when a person or group frequently harms someone who is weaker or more vulnerable then themselves. They do this by means of physical, verbal, or mental abuse. Bullies can be male, female, young or old. The nature of a bully depends on many factors such as sex, age, and past experiences. Depending on the nature of the bully, their actions can have many negative effects on others. Bullies display many characteristics such as aggression, rivalry, and competitive behavior. Bullying occurs in many different places, a good example is in the novel The Lord of the Flies. Jack, the antagonist in this novel, displays many characteristics of a bully. Many children have been
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When it comes to bulling males and females have different approaches. So what characteristics do bullies really share? First of all, male bullies tend to confront a victim more direct, not only do they insult their victim but they may also physically their victim. Females tend to bully their victims indirectly. For example it is common for female bullies to spread rumors about their victim or force others to shun the victim. Also while male bullies tend to bully people of both genders female bullies tend to attack that of the same gender, female. All in all both male and female bullies assert power over the victim by hostility.
With this said in relation to the novel The Lord of the Flies there were bullies in many different ways. A good example is Jack, the antagonist in this novel, jack originally started off as the leader of the choir boys, and as the novel progresses Jack becomes the leader of the hunters and become more savage and violent. Throughout the novel displays many different characteristics of a bully. Firstly, Jack constantly picks on another character in the novel named piggy. Piggy is an overweight child that wears glasses. Jack repeatedly harms piggy both physically and emotionally. First of all, Jack physically harms piggy, some examples of physical abuses are when Jack steals Piggy’s glasses it disables piggy from seeing properly “His- specs use them as burning
In the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’, Golding uses the theme of violence surfacing throughout the text. One reason for this was, Golding believed that every individual has the potential for evil and that the flawed human nature is seen in ‘mankind’s essential sickness’. His belief in this arrived through his time spent in war, so his aim was to challenge Ballantyne’s novel ‘Coral Island’, and in which Golding’s book the truth would be shown about his own thoughts of the darkness of mankind. As the theme of violence is in the heart of the novel, another reason of this is due to the quick breakdown of civilisation on the island. Through the breakdown, an ideal situation of
One form of bullying that Golding expresses throughout the Lord of the Flies is physical bullying, and Golding expresses this form much like how it is used today. Golding shows readers that the characters,
Many can argue that the reason the boys in Golding's Lord of the Flies turned savage is because they were really scared of each other. But that is not the case. Human instincts played a huge role in the outcome of their drastic change. Psychologically, Jack's hunger caused him to become aggressive towards the boys, making them aggressive as well. The lack of contact with the outside world affects the group of boys, causing them to be afraid of outsiders. Jack's tribe uses war paint to hide their identities and to make them feel better about their wrong doings, which results in more catastrophes. So, human instincts not only affect who they are, but their actions as well.
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, towards the end you see a lot of harsh name calling and violence. For instance when Jack took Piggy’s glasses and Ralph and Piggy went to get the glasses back. Jack called Piggy and Ralph awful names and wounded up even killing Piggy and hurting Ralph. These boys couldn’t have been taught this at home for their parents weren’t home from working to pay for the boarding school. They only were taught at school for they didn’t have an influence in their home. This still happens now-a-days, students will only learn at school. Schools should be the ones to teach the students what is respectful and how bully hurts
Research shows that half of the children in our world have been or are being bullied. Out of all those children bullied only one out of ten of them will report it. The dictionary defines bullying as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated over time” (Bully Definition” 1). Bullies have many characteristics such as rivalry, competitive behavior, and aggression. In Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, Jack can be considered the antagonist because he has many characteristics of a bully. One of the lines that stuck out was “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding, William” 152). Right
Bullying in the schools of today harms the innocent students all because of the at home violence the bully had received I will talk about the risk of bullying along with the effect bullying has on students. Bullying has affected people since the dawn of time. The first reference that a bullying scenario was recorded is found in the Bible. This relates to Lord of the Flies in the way bullying took over their lives. From the story to today’s world, they are similar methods of bullying found in both, from making fun of a nerd to beating up a kid these are found in both.
Every individual reacts to unfamiliar situations differently and the outcomes are always different. Many things determine the outcome such as the level of maturity going into the situation, level of violence during the situation, and fear of the unknown in the situation, In Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, it suggests that unfamiliar situations can lead too poor judgments resulting in violence. When a child is faced with an unfamiliar situation and has a lack of maturity, they may react poorly creating conflicts. In Golding's Lord of the flies, the immaturity and jealousy of the children began conflicts that resulted in violence. When Jack was jealous of Ralph being the chief “vicious, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph” (181).
Why are people cruel to each other? Is it due to the environment one grows up in or the way someone was raised. There are many factors that lead to humans becoming cruel to others. In both Lord of the Flies and other articles, the reasons people are cruel to one another is due to the morals and ethics and the government system they are raised in. In Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Golding illustrates how the difference in ethics and morals combined and the of governmental structures the boys have can lead to conflict, which eventually leads to violence within society.
In Lord of the Flies, the kids secluded Piggy from their group because of the way he acted and his appearance was different from his peers. Children with abnormal appearances or who suffer from disabilities are more likely endure constant harassment from their peers in the classroom, this behavior is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. Bullying is when one person intimidates another. Bullying involves an aimed threat of physical aggression and is done by a larger or older person toward a smaller or younger person.
One important reason that humans are basically violent and savage is that the hunters on the island acted violent and savage. According to the Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt Jack and his tribe represented evil and violence. " A dark side of human nature" What the Houghton is saying here is that the hunters were so eager to make up rules and were so ready to punish the people who didn't follow them, even disregarding the rules they already had as a whole group. Jack who is the main leader of the hunters ( choirboys) was so interested and desired in killing living creatures. They even painted their faces and, made up their own chant with killing something. The chant goes by,"Kill the beast! Cut its throat! Spill its blood! Do him in!'. They sang
Humans are capable of demonstrating a wide range of emotions and actions; thus it can be said people are for the most part, dual natured. History is the biggest evidence to support this; for the cruel, bloody wars but also the random acts of kindness that keep the world from falling into complete despair. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the ominous novel explores the descent into madness of a group of boys that crash land on a stranded island amidst the commotion of the Cold War. As the book progresses, the main character, Ralph, assumes power over the group as an elected leader while Jack, a more violent boy, initially assents to Ralph being chief, but later on finds himself falling into the temptations of violence and gathers a
Bullying and incivility (B&I) has become near and dear to my heart because I was bullied a few years ago by my supervisor. In the midst of the occurrence, it was very upsetting and after the occurrence I made up excuses for her behavior. But the next day on my way to work, my heart started racing, my stomach was upset and I was just really uncomfortable and anxious. At that point, I knew that I had to do something about it. I consider myself a strong person and can put up with a lot. So I imagined this happening to someone who did not have my same spirit and asked how would they feel, how often does bullying occur in our current setting and what has been done to combat bullying and incivility. Unfortunately, leadership has
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the reader witness numerous accounts of bullying. We read about bullying when Piggy told Ralph he could call him any name besides what the kids at school used to call him, which was Piggy. Bullying is a huge problem all over the world and we need to end it.
Bullies Vs. Dictators Bullies and dictators are known as the supreme leaders of their territory, but there is quite a distinction in what defines a bully and what defines a dictator. A bully is someone who uses their power to intimidate and harm those who are weaker. On the other hand, a dictator is someone who gets power by force and that rules a whole country. Both of these live by tormenting the lives of others, but they have different ways of doing so.
What is a bully? A bully is a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. There are many types of bullying. There is verbal bullying when someone is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes teasing, name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, and threatening to cause self harm. Another form of bullying is social bullying. It involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationship. Social bullying includes spreading rumors about someone, telling other children not to be friends with someone, and embarrassing someone in public. Then there is physical bullying which involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Which includes hitting or kicking, tripping, taking or breaking someone’s things.