With its benign climate, fresh water and abundant fruit, the island setting of Lord of the Flies could be seen as a modern Garden of Eden until... a little boy comes forward in Chapter 2 and asks the assembly questions. What element does he introduce to the island? How does he describe it? How does the descriptive phrase, "the small boy twisted further into himself" hint at a theme? Which theme? How does this theme connect to societies of today and of all times? Give specific examples. (This post closes at midnight on Sunday, April 14, 2013. No credit will be given to plagiarized responses.)
Friday, April 12, 2013
And then man emerged
With its benign climate, fresh water and abundant fruit, the island setting of Lord of the Flies could be seen as a modern Garden of Eden until... a little boy comes forward in Chapter 2 and asks the assembly questions. What element does he introduce to the island? How does he describe it? How does the descriptive phrase, "the small boy twisted further into himself" hint at a theme? Which theme? How does this theme connect to societies of today and of all times? Give specific examples. (This post closes at midnight on Sunday, April 14, 2013. No credit will be given to plagiarized responses.)
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When the little boy asks about the beastie, he brings fear onto the island. He decribes the beastie as snake-like and ever so big. The boy becomes uncomfortable when telling the others about the beastie and "twisted farther into himself." This reveals a theme by showing that many of the boys will start caring for themselves only; hower in order to survive they need to work together. For example, once the boys make the fire and look around, the boy that talked about the beastie is gone. If the boys would have been looking out for each other, the boy would have never gone missing. This theme connects to society because people only live for themselves. They do things for the best interest of themselves instead of people as a whole, but if people would work together, much more would get accomplished.
The little boy introduces the element of mystery and fear. Not everything on the island is good and the boys don't know everything that is on the island. The boy describes the beast as being like a snake and very big. He says it came to him during the night and tried to eat him. "the small boy twisted further into himself" hints at the theme of survival. No one believes the young boy because they are young and only worried about themselves. They need each other, but they do not realize this. Today, people only live for themselves and for money. Everyone is only trying to get ahead in live. If people helped each other, the world would be a better place. Not only that, but people jump into things without thinking things through. The boys rush to make a fire, but they realize they have no way of lighting it. This shows that people only want what is best, but never think things through.
When the little boy describes the beastie he says it is snake like. This description could be seen as another reference to the Garden of Eden, since the evil in the Garden was a snake. Snakes symbolize evil. The true evil is not the snake itself but the fear that it brings to the group. From this moment on many of the group will begin to fear for themselves and no one else. When chaos consumes society people look out for themselves.
The little boy introduces the beastie, which is a symbol for danger, fear and the unknown. He describes it a as a snake-thing, which could be resembling the snake/devil that persuaded Eve. The phrase "the small boy twisted further into himself" hints that the theme is defending and protecting oneself. It hints at this theme because the boy twists into himself instead of going to someone else for help. The theme connects to today because everyone is out to protect themselves and no one else. People will harm other in order to get ahead of everyone else. For example, politicians put other politicians down in order to win the election. They harm others reputation in order to defend and protect themselves.
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