Lord Of The Flies Dbq

The kids were running around trying kill the beast. Simone was running in the forest alone and in the dark. The kids were chanting and one boy pointed at Simon running saying that he was the beast and the kids ran and killed him. When the boys realized who it was it was too late, Simon was dead. Ralph believed that it was a murder but Piggy believed that it was an accident. In my opinion Simon’s death was not a murder. The boys did not intentionally kill Simon’e so to me that's not murder. The boys have justification, they stuck on an island trying to protect themselves

Beast? “Kill it! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” WIlliam Golding’s Lord of the FLies is one ofthe most powerful and popular novels of the 20th century, but no one truly knows what the “beast” is, except for Golding himself. The novel begins just after a plane evacuating a group of English schoolboys has been shot down over an unnamed deserted island in the Pacific Ocean.When the boys first land, there is an air of adventure and even celebration at their newfound freedom from grownups, but what the children don’t know is that there is something there with them. As the book goes on, there are many different thought of what this thing is, or some would say what the “beast” is.

Although The Lord of the Flies and LOST are many years apart, they both ask the same questions… Are people civilized?

Do you think you could last on an Island? Do you think you could last on an island with out your parents or even adults? Well the kids in Lord Of The Flies had to figure that out when there plane crashed on an island and there were no adults to help them or anyone but eachother. Do you think you could survive?

The real problem during the boy's experience is they succumb in human nature. After some time on the island and civilization is slowly starting to rot Golding states, “Surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea" (Golding 154). To clarify, the boys as they were babies their parent always taught them to never murder anybody as a rule. As the boys start to realize that there are no rules on the island and are given freedom their human nature breaks and murders a little boy. Furthermore, after Simon's death, Jack wasn't done with lurking for more blood to spill, Golding says, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee: the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

Jack should not be arrested for the death of Simon. I feel like his death was everyone's fault. They all jump on him and attacked him without even checking to see if it was the beast or not. I think that all of the young boys were accessory to the murder. "The beast struggled forward, broke the ring, and fell over the steep edge of the rock to stand by the water" (Golding 153). That means the boys should have been able to easily tell that it was a human not a “beast”. Simon was walking on his feet and I’m guessing that the boys thought it was an animal or creature of some sort so they should have checked it out before attacking. But the boys had their primal instincts kick in and that is what made them attack.

From the first day they met, Jack was incredibly annoyed by Piggy's eagerness to help, “You’re talking too much,” said Jack Merridew. “Shut up, Fatty” (Golding 21). At this point in the novel, the boys had just begun to meet and Piggy, being the mature person he was, chose to go around learning names and help the other boys become more comfortable with their situation. Jack obviously did not care if he hurt Piggy mentally, so would he care if Piggy was physically hurt? Jack Merridew wanted complete control over everything, including who spoke their ideas when, “I got the conch-” “Conch! Conch!” shouted Jack. “We don’t need the conch anymore.” In this quote one can see how Jack did not only despise Piggy's thoughtfulness, but he also did not appreciate the conch shell’s suggested power, so he chose to deny it. The only reason Piggy wanted to use the shell, was to help the boys create shelters and survive longer; but Jack wanted to do everything on his own and decided to harm anything that got in the way of that. Jack should be charged as an accessory to murder over the death of Piggy, for he coerced Roger into pushing the gigantic rock onto

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, and The Simpsons “Das Bus” episode, the parody of the novel, both showcase the fierce battle between nature and the children. The reader discloses who leads and who breaks through the harsh environment alive. These stories can compare in numerous ways, but also differ in many ways so that The Simpsons fans find it comical. Lord of the Flies has a much more serious tone, while The Simpsons episode tries to add a bit of a twist that makes it’s humorful to its audience. Many of the characters in The Simpsons resemble the ones in Lord of the Flies, which makes the two “Lord of the Flies”, very easy to compare and contrast. Lord of the Flies and The Simpsons both compare and contrast Bart and Ralph, how they keep everyone in control, and also how they become savages.

I try to believe that it was an accident that Simon was killed, I try to think that he was asking for it by coming in the middle of the night through the jungle, screaming and what not, but I still cant help but think that Jack did kill him on purpose. On the night of Simon’s death, I realised something, that everything started going wrong because of Jack, everything traced back to him, he led everyone into the descent of savagery, it had gone too far. With the barbaric, animalistic murder of Simon, the last fragment of civilised order on the island was stripped away, and savagery took over. Now all of the boys in Jacks group have become inhuman savages. It’s all because of him.

Jack, one of the lead characters in the novel, alludes to the biblical figure Judas for his betrayal to the good of the people brought forth by Jesus. Jack is the reason Simon is killed, for he betrayed Ralph’s rules and brought forth the evil within the children’s minds. Jack refuses Ralph’s ideas and regulations in trade for fun and hunting. This shows his betrayal to the good of man and his want to bring evil forth to the island.

The excessive hunting showed how the boys just killed for no apparent reason; this is not a normal thing for an innocent boy to do. It seemed as if all jack wanted to do is hunt instead of caring about protection and shelter. Humans were killed because the boys began to unravel the true nature of humans. Simon died when Jack said "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill His Blood!" Simon is eventually stabbed with a spear and that causes his death. The boys devour what they believe is the beast (Simon) and even if it was the beast, eating a beast doesn’t sound like what ‘innocent boys’ would do. Piggy’s death of course was most certainly not an accident. Rodger clearly knew what he was doing and he was throwing rocks just aiming to cause harm to someone, the rock hit Piggy and he fell off Castle Rock and died.

     The deaths of Simon and Jesus also had many things in common. Both were killed by members of their community, and were persecuted for the sins and evil of others. The events that directly followed the deaths of Simon and Jesus are very much similar also. According to the Bible, when Jesus was being persecuted “there was darkness over the whole land” (Mark 15:33) and once he died the earth shook. When Simon died “the clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall” (Golding 153).

It is very common for children to fear monsters. Therefore it’s unsurprising when, in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, English schoolboys who are marooned on an island in the midst of a war develop a fear of the mysterious thing they claim is a “Beast”. There is a bundle of possibilities of what the “beast” could symbolize. However, it is surprising to discover that as you read Lord of the Flies, its representation evolves.

William Golding, author of the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, had a number of life experiences that impacted his view of the world and led to the creation of his book. The most prominent experience he has had might of been his time spent in the Royal Navy, which revealed a darkness in himself and his writing. This darkness was portrayed by the beast by aspects of War, Fear, and Savagery.

Ralph, shyly admits that had lost several honourable friends due to the actions made by the group. It was first the death of Simon, when Ralph realized that the group was capable of almost anything. Simon, being mistaken for a ‘beast’, was killed in the boy’s mob mentality to kill whatever they were afraid of. “It was dark no one could see him, it was an accident, I don’t believe anybody meant to harm anyone, but it was still… murder” says Ralph.