Another interesting moment is that everything at the beginning reshow’s something later on only on a bigger scale. For Example- the two fires or the deaths of Percival and Piggy. In this essay, I will talk about the key points that led to the loss of civilization. “We did everything adults would do. What went wrong? ” William Gilding, Lord of the Flies The first point, I would like to introduce is Jack’s impact on the community. Jack is a very strong individual, who believes that if you can’t solve a problem, you should just avoid it.
As well as that he is the oldest and the strongest, which in theory would make him sensible, despite that, he chooses not to support rules and sensibility. “Jack’s face swam near him. “And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing?” “I’m chief. I was chosen. ” “Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense” Now it is quite obvious, that Jack represents an autocratic government, where power is taken; and Ralph represents democratic governments, where power is given.
Moreover, Jack understands mob mentality, and uses physical examples, of tortures to threaten other savages. As a result of Jack’s actions, mob mentality starts to grow. Mob mentality, happens when individuals, act as a group. Therefore, they try to hide their personality, which makes them free of all laws and obligations. An example in the book would be how the savages, attacked Rally’s shelters and they weren’t even sorry for a bit, but if adults would’ve been there… “Someone was throwing stones: Roger was dropping them, his one hand still on the lever.
Below him, Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat. ” William Gilding, Lord of the Flies. To Roger, it is literally indifferent, who Ralph and Piggy are. To him, they are just a ‘shock of Hair and ‘a bag of fat’. It is impossible that Roger would have pushed the lever, if adults were there and Jack wasn’t. This is how mob mentality influences the people. It can also be seen, when all of the characters are present at the killing of Simon. Another important factor, responsible for the loss of civilization, is the death of Simon.
It can be described as the watershed moment, because after that they aren’t afraid to kill. If he was regarded as the ‘Beast, killing him didn’t stop the boys being scared of the ‘Beast’. “We was [was on the outside. We never done nothing we never seen nothing. ” [Said Ralph] Lord of the Flies, William Gilding. Ralph tells Piggy; hide the fact, that they were both present at the murder of Simon. This implies that Ralph still has a sense of responsibility and ‘what’s right and wrong. Ralph is still ashamed that they hadn’t stopped the savages.
Above all, darkness and evil of humanity affected the boys, the most. Gilding, himself fought in the WI and saw Hiroshima, AS concentration camps and much more; so he really understands what mankind is capable of. “Maybe [ … L there is a beast What I mean is… Maybe it’s only us. ” Lord of the Flies, William Gilding Simon and Piggy achieve same-but-different conclusions. Piggy has rational, external, empirical attitude, saying: we’re afraid of each other. Simon has a more spiritual believe: it’s not each other we need to be afraid of, but us.
