Henry Lord Of The Flies Analysis
Thesis Statement In Golding’s novel he has the boys face the unknown through acts of savagery which shows how human nature is evil through its desire to obtain supremacy over others.
Claim As the boys explore their new home, Henry, one of the littluns, encounters a small lagoon swarming with creatures of the sea.
Evidence/Quotation
“This was fascinating to Henry. He poked about with a bit of stick, that itself was wave-worn and whitened and a vagrant, and tries to control the motions of the scavengers. He made little runnels that the tide filled and tried to crowd them with creatures. He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them” (66; ch. …show more content…
Jack is quickly losing his moral sense and proceeds to facing the unknown by using violence. By him wanting to have power over the monster, Jack starts lose his humanity and becomes a person of wickedness.
Claim
Soon after leaving the somewhat civilized group Ralph has tried to maintain, Jack and his hunters go out and experience their very first kill without being chained to the imposed standards given to them by their old society.
Evidence/Quotation
“Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing. At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. ‘Look.’ He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms” (154, 155; ch. 8).
Reasoning
Golding makes the mood of Jack’s kill very gruesome and dark. Jack, experiencing for the first time being free in the forest from the rules of humanity, embraces the savage instinct inside himself and proceeds to violently killing the piglet. He is being more and more twisted as he gains power from deciding life or death for other living beings.
Claim As the boys explore their new home, Henry, one of the littluns, encounters a small lagoon swarming with creatures of the sea.
Evidence/Quotation
“This was fascinating to Henry. He poked about with a bit of stick, that itself was wave-worn and whitened and a vagrant, and tries to control the motions of the scavengers. He made little runnels that the tide filled and tried to crowd them with creatures. He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them” (66; ch. …show more content…
Jack is quickly losing his moral sense and proceeds to facing the unknown by using violence. By him wanting to have power over the monster, Jack starts lose his humanity and becomes a person of wickedness.
Claim
Soon after leaving the somewhat civilized group Ralph has tried to maintain, Jack and his hunters go out and experience their very first kill without being chained to the imposed standards given to them by their old society.
Evidence/Quotation
“Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing. At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. ‘Look.’ He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms” (154, 155; ch. 8).
Reasoning
Golding makes the mood of Jack’s kill very gruesome and dark. Jack, experiencing for the first time being free in the forest from the rules of humanity, embraces the savage instinct inside himself and proceeds to violently killing the piglet. He is being more and more twisted as he gains power from deciding life or death for other living beings.