Order And Chaos In Lord Of The Flies

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 225). In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, he uses the theme of order versus chaos to show that good has the capacity to become evil. It starts with the boys’ beginnings on the island, to the breakdown of their society, to the tragedies that unfold their civilization. The boys are victims of a deteriorating civilization that turns them into ruthless and more animalistic characters without any law, order or control.

Without adult supervision, individuals do what they please. Similarly, adult supervision keeps people under control. When the boys crash land on the island, they realize that adults do not exist on the island. Before the savagery and turmoil, the boys innocently attempt to create a makeshift civilization. Proving unsuccessful, this attempt only destroys friendships and drives the island into further savagery. Ralph, the elected leader, attempts to keep the “civilization” intact; but, Jack rebels, and turns to savagery; thus, ending the boys only real chance of escaping this perilous island. Jack, Roger, and Ralph prove that without parental supervision the human nature is corrupt.

Will Durant, an American writer, historian, and philosopher, once said, “Civilization begins with order, grow with liberty, and ends with chaos.” If civilization is lost within a community, all order can vanish. Every community has some sort of civility and order in place. Without out it, the community would crumble and conflict would break out. Although all communities are flawed, most have something to keep peace. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding gives several examples of various things that keep civilization in order, when a group of boys get stranded on an island. Golding uses a conch to symbolize the boys’ civilization and order and as the time spent on the island increases, that order slowly disappears.

He is a natural leader that tries to keep the boys focused on the end goal of rescue. When many of the boys begin to waver in their dedication to this goal, he reprimands them, saying “‘Do all of you see?...We’ve got to make smoke up there – or die.’” (Golding 81). He shows bravery when the boys are hunting the beast. When “Jack went red” (Golding 104) at the suggestion that he should confront the beast in its castle, Ralph says, “I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue.” (Golding 104). A final example of his heroism is when he stands up for the weaker boys, such as the littluns (the younger boys) and Piggy. When Jack is angered with Ralph for trying to “Keep Piggy out of danger.” (Golding 101), Ralph says, “Have some sense. What can Piggy do with only one eye?” (Golding 101). Ralph is not afraid of becoming unpopular when he is trying to maintain order, but this may be one of his many unheroic flaws. Ralph is seemingly unable to comprehend that he must take into account what others want to do if he wants them to like him. He ignores their pleas for rest when they discover a castle-like structure and scolds them for not helping in the building of their shelters. While he may be right in the fact that they weren’t doing enough to help, he is harming his own image, contributing to the downfall of order. Additionally, Ralph is not immune to the inner evil within them all, as “Piggy and Ralph,

Would you let the desire for power corrupt you like it did to the boys in the Lord of the Flies? In this novel, William Golding illustrates how the longing for power has an ability to corrupt the minds of the innocent and how the symbolic meaning of Piggy’s glasses, the conch shell and fire can change over time to help enable or drive this desire for power.

Things are going to take a drastic turn in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The boys are not prepared for what is going to happen;it is going to lead to their savagery instincts.The boys should take the blame for the devilish things that occur on the island. They kill,make fun of piggy, and fight way too much over the leadership.War is taking place in England and the schoolboys are looking for a state of safety. The only way to safety is leave the country. Things do not go as planned during the flight and the plane gets struck down by a war plane. They land on a deserted island with no adult in sight and truly learn the meaning, man vs nature. They will have to find food and water, choose a leader, and build shelter and a signal fire along with many other things in order to be rescued off the island. A tremendous amount of things take place: Majority of negative and some positive. The island shapes the boy’s personality and turns them into savages. Although they do civilize in the beginning; things

Countless times throughout history, the need for rules and the inevitable failure of the state of nature has been exemplified. This is not only a common theme in history, but in pop culture as well. Former military man, William Golding, captures the quintessence of this concept in his allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies. He uses his book to show both order and chaos in their purest forms and the delicate relationship they have; you cannot have either without the other, and they must be in a perfect balance. Order is logic, harmony, and rules.

The Lord of the Flies is a somewhat morbid book that describes an unfortunate plane crash on an island. The plane was occupied by a large group of English boys. The adult pilot did not survive the crash. The boys attempt to organize themselves and create a somewhat civilized society that ultimately becomes chaotic, disorganized and violent. Thorough out the book, there

The quote, “Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered,” by Jose Saramago, explains the importance of keeping order in civilization. When order does not exist or is not enforced, civilization begins to collapse or break down, which causes chaos. When Piggy discovers the conch in the story, Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, he uses it to establish order on the island, but when he dies order ceases to exist.

Piggy’s glasses are what is used to start the signal fire in the novel and a sense of civilization. Jack is

Imagine yourself on a plane talking to your friend. BOOM! You crashed on an island. You don't know what to do or what surrounds you. You're in shock. In the novel, there is a group of boys that are involved in plane crash on an island. In addition, there are no adults anywhere to be found. In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, he demonstrates how society crumbles without structure through the symbolism of the conch, irony, and the conflict between the boys.

Although Piggy is physically weak, his intelligence and rational thinking benefit Ralph’s leadership. When

Since the theme of the novel “Lord of the Flies” is that chaos and power rule when laws and order fall, Piggy and Jack's relationship equally represent that theme because as soon as Piggy died, Jack and his tribe went berserk on a hunt for Ralph, bringing chaos to the island. Piggy would always try to keep things in order by reasoning, while Jack would try to get things done by using his power alone; we can conclude from that, that Piggy represents order or laws, and Jack represents power, or chaos. Other examples that show how Piggy represents law is that throughout the whole book, whenever he’s around when someone else does something bad, he always wants to and sometimes does tell them that what they are doing is wrong. Jack, on the other

Imagine yourself alone, in a cold dark room with no doors or people in sight. Wondering how you could survive living in something so abandoned. That is exactly how these boys felt. In the book, Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, a plane crash has sent children beyond the eyes of man onto an uninhabited island in which they are the only survivors. All of the boys are under the age of twelve with little to no experience in society. There are many obstacles around them during the time period with hardship and war engulfing anyone in their path. The author uses theses social issues in his writing in many different ways.  Throughout the novel, William Golding uses symbolism, characterization, and tone to illustrate how the children experience a loss

The conch is seen as one of the major symbols of the novel. The conch can symbolize a democratic government. The conch has brought the boys together, formed their society. The conch has made their rules and regulations. In the book no one was suppose to talk unless they had the conch. Halfway through the book the conch starts losing its power. The boys split up into two different tribes. The conch symbolizes the rise and the fall of society’s rules, order, and regulation. It made people understand how much rules and regulations are important in a world’s society. Therefore, the conch mad the “Lord of the Flies” a smaller version of what our society is today.