Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Are you a leader? well, guess who is, Ralph from lord of the flies by William Golding. Lord of the flies is a fictional book that sets a group of boys on an island during ww2. The boys must find a way to decide on how to live and who will lead them for there time on the island. Ralph is the best leader because he had relationships, chutzpah, and goals.

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the symbols of good and evil through the Lord of the Flies and Simon. In order to convey the underlying message, that the fear of the unknown brings out the evil in humans. William Golding's fictional piece, evil is symbolized through the lord of the flies because he represents the loss of civilization and innocence. This quote shows that the character Lord of the Flies gets into the boy's thoughts, “There isn’t anyone to help you, only me. and I’m the beast fancy to think you can hunt and kill. You knew, didn’t you? I'm part of you. Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why these things are the way they are?” (Golding chapter 8). This quote proves, that the Lord of the Flies are trying to get into the boy’s heads and they are slowly becoming less civilized.

“When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed”(Rand). This was stated by Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand; the extract relates to the novel William Golding wrote called Lord of the Flies. Golding wrote about a group of schoolboys trapped on an island from a plane crash. The boys had to figure out how to survive without grownups. Trying to survive was difficult because they had to have common sense and order. They lose those traits throughout the book which resulted in selfishness and corrupt behaviors.

Chirst figure represents all that are innately good as a subtle, yet suggestive figure which parallels to Jesus Chirst. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Simon is intended to be a Chirst-like figure who demonstrates generosity, omniscience, and benevolence. Although Simon is not directly described as the Chirst himself, in these two passages from chapters three and nine, literal figures of Simon are given to compare him to the Christ through: his generosity towards the outcasts, being the only one to confront the truth, and denial of revealing the truth by the boys. Initially, the biblical parallel of Chirst and Simon’s benevolene is represented in the earlier passage through the description of Simon’s physical appearance.

“We want to have fun, and we want to be rescued” (page 37) A good chief or leader is someone that cares about all the individuals in the group, does not break people down, and blunt and honest with a group. In this case, Ralph would be the best choice for chief for many reasons. As shown by that quote he really cares about what was best for the group, but yet was also about having fun on the island while they were deserted. Ralph throughout the novel shows civilization through his action and so many more characteristics that make up a good leader. Ralph is the best leader in the novel. This is evident because he makes good decisions to benefit the group, his priority is to be rescued over everything else, and he is the most civilized of all

In social experiment titled the “Milgram experiment” a group of scientists gathered people to gather other “participants”, those participants were actually an audio recording playing. The people electrocuting the others believed that the participants we strapped in and could not move. The more questions the people on the other side would get wring the higher and more painful the electrocutions would get.Even when the “people” on the other side would yell out to stop and were begging for mercy they would continue to shock them because the scientist said it was okay. This relates to how in the “Lord of the Flies” by William Goldings when all the littluns began to beat and hurt simon just because jack was saying it was okay and didn't stop them. This proves that humans are born good but are taught to be evil.

In Lord Of The Flies, the Beast on the Island represents more than just literally just a Beast on the Island. The Beast on the Island literally means there is a Beast on an Island, the boys believe there is something on the Island, other the the boys. The boys’ also blame the beast for anything that happens on the island that they cannot explain. The Youngins believe that there really is a beast, while the older kids believe it's just their imaginations.

“Later, Michelle tries talking to me. She explains why nobody could help me when it rained. “We don’t force the students to listen, Wren. We can’t stop the rain. Or the sun, or the wind. We can only help you prepare for it. If you’re unwilling to listen to take advice, that’s your choice. (Van Draanen, 67)

Children are supposed to be innocent beings. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, they are the exact opposite. William Golding writes about how the children on the island are, at first, civil and everything is in order. As the story goes on, things start to slowly change. Many things start going wrong and the children start resorting to savagery. William Golding suggests that the longer a group is removed from civilization, the more savage their behaviour becomes.

"where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequiently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. ", a quote from lord acton, displays the inevitable outcome of power spread out between few. this quote is proven true in "the lord of the flies" showing that it's important to stand up to those who try to take power and ue it to abuse other. in "the lord of the flies" jack consistantly challanges ralph's authority and evintually strips him of it. in the quote "see!

Kyle Campbell Ms. Schneider English 3-4 12 May 2015 The Architecture of Society “Henry was a bit of a leader this afternoon, because the other two were Percival and Johnny, the smallest boys on the island.” (Golding 60) This quote from The Lord of The Flies shows how much social classes are ingrained into people as a whole.

“I sing country, blues, gospel, and rock. Many colored think I’m a white man who adopted black music.”

What is an illusion of self-confidence? Illusion, defined by Webster's dictionary, states that it is, “a misleading image presented to the vision.” That describes exactly what the boys in Lord of the Flies experienced. The incredible story of Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding. Reality is defined as “ the world or state of things as they actually exist”. . .”

“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast--Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! Said the head. You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s a no go? Why things are the way they are?” (page 206)

“Wilbur Wanted Love,” Just Like Piggy… Ronald D. Laing had once said, “Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.” This statement declares that being alienated is only a result from being violent with others, thus creating hatred and savagery among people trying to be true to themselves. This quote relates to one of the novels written by William Golding. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, a character known as “Piggy” is alienated from the rest of the characters for his superior intelligence, physical appearance, and his endurable capabilities.