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Lord of The Flies Society (Jack (Egomaniac. arrogant, boastful, confident,…
Lord of The Flies Society
Context
Golding creates a microcosm of the real world however, it has no rules or laws, he shows how this lack of consequences can lead to horrifying results e.g. death
He witnessed WWII (joined the navy in 1940) and the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945
Explores the idea of evil within human beings, and their capacity for evil
Freud's Theory of the Ego
The super ego is the sense of conscience and morality
The ego is the conscious, rational mind
The id is made up of the instinctual needs and desires
Ralph
He is the main character, and he represents civilisation and democracy
The first character we meet, who is excited to find out that there are no adults on the island, and how the whole place seems like a paradise
'Democracy' - He is voted to be chief among all the boys, he wants to create a civilised utopia for them
Ends up giving in to the instincts of the Id in some parts of the novel (in relation to Freud's theory of the ego)
when he injures the pig for the first time
mob mentality, when he participates in murdering Simon
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy"
he realises and understands the potential evil within humans
the society has broken down to its lowest level
Jack
Egomaniac. arrogant, boastful, confident, the antagonist of LOTF
Chapter chorister, head boy - he thinks these are the highest status and reasons why he should be chief - he's lived in a society where these positions would be praised for and would show power
Strongly represents savagery, dictatorship, violence
Enjoys the pleasure from killing and hunting, and wants to encourage the other boys to do the same
He presents himself as a dictator when leading his 'tribe', he rules them by terror, using the beast as a way of controlling them and saying he will protect them from the threat
Leads the boys to descend into savagery
Ends up completely disregarding the 'rules', the conch
Represents how instinctual, savagery behaviour can lead to severe consequences when there are no restrictions of civilisation
General
Arrive on the island - they are pleased with the fact that they are alone, with no adults to govern them
They do a democratic vote, deciding on Ralph to become chief, they come up with rules and maintain order
Jack slowly becomes obsessed with hunting and obtaining meat - this becomes frighteningly less and less for survival, but for his own interest and thirst for blood
The boys become more focused on 'adapting' to the island than being rescued - the choir in charge for keeping the fire going ditches their duty to go hunting with Jack - they are enthused over capturing/killing a pig despite losing the chance of rescue (Ralph and Piggy are extremely mad at them as a ship passes without noticing the boys on the island)
When Ralph joins in with trying to kill the pig, he gives in to his Id, forgets about morality and ends up injuring the pig - which he is proud of doing - he calls it a fun 'game' - says this uneasily because he becomes uncomfortable with how engrossed he was