Concept of Democracy and Equality in Lord of the Flies
Concept of Democracy and Equality in Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Flies is not just a nasty story about little boys on an island. In fact it is a parable about real life and human nature. This book is about Golding’s views on human society and having lived through two world wars and many others, Golding has seen how evil we can get and the continual ironic re occurrences of human errors throughout history. At first, Golding is saying that the future is gray, society is disintegrating and anarchy and violence are due to thrive once more, but the arrival of the naval officers symbolizes that there is still hope. He show this all with the continual theme that evil is present as a destructive influence in man, operating against the forces of reason and civilization.
When landing on the island, the boys were faced with freedom from rules, or as Piggy saw it, freedom from adults. On the Island, the boys had problems from the beginning. The first thing the boys did was form their own society, establishing rules and electing a chief- these were remnants of their past, and the automatic need for authority was in their blood. Both Ralph and Jack wanted to be chief and when the rest of the biguns and littluns voted for Ralph, it caused the first sign of friction between the two ‘elders’. Ralph tries to deal with the problem by appointing Jack the leader of the hunters, and leader of the keepers of fire. However, even though being a good chief and making everyone happy, this solution ended up doing more harm than good. There are definitely problems with between Ralph’s system of practicality, common sense and civilized life, and Jack’s instinct of hatred and savagery.
Although establishing a serious foundation of rules and civilization, Ralph was pulled in another direction as well as all the other boys, he wanted to have fun going hunting, playing and building forts. Everyone deep down inside them wants pleasure. He also realized, though, the need for fire. The fire was one of the only the hopes of returning to civilization again. At first the fire seemed like fun to the boys, but when realization of the hard work for constant upkeep occurred, the boys got bored and wanted to go on and do more exciting activities. The boys lost...