Cannibalism Lord Of The Flies Analysis
“Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures” When people are at their lowest times they turn to actions they thought they would never partake in. In the book “Lord Of The Flies” by WIlliam Golding. Cannibalism is something the boys on the island grow into with time. After they have gone through what they possibly can eat that may be found on the island such as insects, or animals they take a turn for the worst. Cannibalism is something that the boys turn into with time throughout the story. Ralph and Jack are two young boys who are in a love/hate relationship fighting to become the head leader or “Chief” of all the boys on the island. When they have different views on how to survive on the island they ultimately clash. Jack, whose primary
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In the passage “Again, the flesh and blood of dead men are commonly eaten and drunk to inspire bravery, wisdom, or other qualities for which the men themselves were”.(439a) In Chapter 9 when they boys reenact the sow killing scene and Simon is thrown into the middle where he is attacked by the boys and ends up dead on the beach”The beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch”(153). Simon is a bold character who goes out to look around the forest since he is not afraid of what is out there in the forest knowing there’s no beast. When Simon wakes up he goes up to the mountain top to see that their is a dead parashooter “Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit on the top and look down at him…. The flies had found the figure..Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward.. The flies settle once more”.(146) Now there is no beast but the rest of the boys think there is, Simon Is fearless and tries to get to the rest of the boys to get past their fears and realize there is no such thing as the beast on the island. Perhaps all of the boys realize how brave of a boy Simon was, that all of the boys in Jack’s tribe wanted that bravery and fearlessness when they face Ralph in the forest. That’s why they are tearing at Simon’s body on the
In the passage “Again, the flesh and blood of dead men are commonly eaten and drunk to inspire bravery, wisdom, or other qualities for which the men themselves were”.(439a) In Chapter 9 when they boys reenact the sow killing scene and Simon is thrown into the middle where he is attacked by the boys and ends up dead on the beach”The beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch”(153). Simon is a bold character who goes out to look around the forest since he is not afraid of what is out there in the forest knowing there’s no beast. When Simon wakes up he goes up to the mountain top to see that their is a dead parashooter “Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit on the top and look down at him…. The flies had found the figure..Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward.. The flies settle once more”.(146) Now there is no beast but the rest of the boys think there is, Simon Is fearless and tries to get to the rest of the boys to get past their fears and realize there is no such thing as the beast on the island. Perhaps all of the boys realize how brave of a boy Simon was, that all of the boys in Jack’s tribe wanted that bravery and fearlessness when they face Ralph in the forest. That’s why they are tearing at Simon’s body on the