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Lord of the Flies Essay Brain Storm
Characters Analysis
Ralph
Leadership
Why does his leadership fail?
The impact it had on the island
Goals
building shelter
Keeping the fire alive
civilization
democracy
Change in character
Hopeful to desperate
Power?
Jack
desire for power
Dictatorship
Savagery
Disciplined child but lead to savage dictator
What drives him to lose control over himself?
Simon
Christ-life figure
What his death symbolizes
Goodness
Connection to nature
Found what the beast really is
why does no one listen to him?
Piggy
Rationalism
Intellect
What his death means
End of logic
Chaos starts to emerge
Voice of reason
Roger
Most violent
Enjoy causing pain towards other
Throws rock
Kills piggy
Presents the dark side of humanity
Themes
Struggle between civilization and savagey
Started off with trying to maintain order with rules
The conch meeting
Keep the fire lit
Event that lead to civil breakdown
Simon/piggy death
Broken piggy's glasses
End of logic
End of reason
Conch destruction
loss of innocence
Transition to schoolboys to killers
Simon death
hunt rituals
human bahavior
fear of the unkown
Lack of control
How feat control your actions
Power dynamics and leadership styles
Ralph vs. Jack
Result of change in leadership
Ralph
rules
Cooperations
democratic
Jack
Fear
Violence
dictatorship
Human nature
Are people inherently good or evil?
What happen without a stable government
Symbols
The conch shell
Law
Order
civilization
What it means....
when it got destroyed
End of civilization
when it ignored
when it shattered
Agreement to work together
"The beast"
Fear
Humam inner savagery
How does it fuel their violence
The darkness within humans
Simon's recognition that the "real beast" is within them
Piggy's glasses
Intelligence
Knowledge
Logic
Understand things clearer
When destroyed, dynamic changes
Practical tool
Start the fire to survive
The fire
Hope
Desire to be save
Once prioritize
When f
The lord of the Flies (Pig's head)
Physical rep. of boy descent into savagery
Simon's recognition that the "real beast" is within them
Chaos
Connection to real life
Historical events parallets
WWII
Cold War
Competing for power
Ralph = democracy
democracy vs. dictatorship
Other Survival Stories
Where people face extreme circumstances
Plane crash
Begin strandard
How did that effect them
Modern Society
Fear
Power struggles
Debates
Nature vs Nurture
Naturally savages?
Does the island bring our the worst>
Leadership
Was Ralph too soft to be a good leader
Was Jack brutal leadership result in the boys savagery
Optimism vs Pessimism on humanity
Optimism
That we still seek rescue and civilization
Pessimism
That we'll savages at heart