Emma Hubacher
English 9A--G period
2 October 2012
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1954. Print.
Jack of all trades In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys must chose between exposing their wild-side or sticking to their civilization past when their plan is crashed on a deserted island. Since there is only a handful of boys that survive a, one of the boys must take on the responsibility of being the most influential character of the novel. Jack Merridew, is the most influential character in Lord of the Flies because he is very persuasive and he uses fear to take control of the boys and make them obey his every wish. In Lord of the Flies, the plan crash forces the boys to take responsibilities for not just themselves but for others. The boys are in need of a leader and even though Ralph is the chief at the beginning of the novel, Jack is obviously the character with the most influence on the other boys. Jack uses persuasion techniques to sway the other boys thoughts and ideas, throughout his reign as chief of Castle Rock. When Ralph and his tribe and stuggeling to keep their fire going, Jack appears from the woods and calls to them, “‘Listen all of you. Me and my hunters, we’re living along the beach by a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come and see us”’ (Golding 140). Merridew makes the idea of hunting sound way more appealing than keeping up with the care of fires, building shelters, and attempting rescue all day long. Jack is trying to build his tribe and make himself the one and only true chief of the island. Another example of when Jack uses persuasion against the boys is when his tribe is having a meeting and trying to straighten out the beastie issue that had happened the night before. The boys of the island are trying to figure out how they could have mistaken Simon for the beast when Jack said, “‘I expect the beast disguised itself”’ (161). Jack’s tribe chooses to believe this because they might be going mad from being on the island for so long and people can truly
Hadrian Burton Mr. Martinez English 2 5/8/15 Lord of The Flies Essay Crash! Suddenly the peaceful field trip you were having with your school has become a scramble for survival when the plane you were in has to make an emergency crash landing in a remote area. The Pilot and chaperones at the front of the plane are dead leaving only you and a large hand full of other students that you don't know alive. The boys in the book Lord of The Flies face a similar situation when the plane they were on to…
EAE3U Unit 2 – Novel Ideas Activity 3 – Sharing Information Essay-Style Questions for Lord of the Flies Section A – Novel a) Compare and contrast two characters from the novel. Lord of the flies is a novel centered more upon the actions of Jack and Ralph. In the novel, by William Golding, Jack and Ralph are two of the older boys, and they quickly become the two leaders of the island; One by election and one by force. Both of them come from the same civilization, and know how to follow rules, though…
Lord of the Flies Essay- Rough Throughout William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies”, a major theme of power takes place. The author is trying to show that no matter what the scenario is, there will always be some a form of power to take or receive. Power comes with a great amount of responsibility that needs certain characteristics to withhold it. During this story, authority is not only taken and received but also abused. The main characters Ralph and Jack take authority due to being the oldest…
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Lord of the Flies Essay In William Golding’s ‘Lord of the flies’ a group of British School boys are stranded on a deserted island when their plane crashes. The freedom of having no adults or rules is taken advantage of as the boys behaviours slowly turn from being civilised school boys, to dangerous savages. They go from living in a society with rules to an uncivilized society where jealousy and evil over powers. The beast they were hunting turns out to be the inner darkness inside each boy and was…
Lord of The Flies Essay Joelle Jacobs ENG101-01 Friday Jan 10th 2014 The Lord Of The Flies In the novel, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding a plane carrying a group of British school boys gets shot down and crashes on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot of the plane is killed and the surviving boys are without adult supervision. As the boys wait for rescue they create their own civilization. Two of the boys, Jack and Ralph, both want to be the leader…
Lord of the Flies: Final Essay Throughout the book Lord of the Flies, there were many people that chose to be a leader, forced everyone to believe that they were a leader, or should have been a leader. I believed that Piggy should have been the leader of the group. He was one of the only people that showed real leadership, responsibility, common sense, and many other things. There are many reasons I believe Piggy should have been the leader of the group through the book. One reason was that…
The Lord of The Flies Essay 3. The beast begins as an idea in the boys’ heads, develops into (a) physical object(s), and finally manifests as something into which they transform. Discuss how Golding exploits the “beast” as a literary device to explore his ideas about human behavior Lord of The Flies is a book written by William Golding published in 1954. The book was set in the time during World War II. and Aa plane crashed on an island where the only survivors were a group of schoolboys. Golding…
there is a plane filled with a group of schoolboys from Britain that gets shot down over a deserted island. The boys discover a conch shell along the beach and the shell is something we see over and over again throughout the book. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding creates many characters that experience change throughout the book. One of his main characters, Jack, is the protagonist that goes through the most change. He begins the novel as a preppy choir boy who seethes the fact that he…
When the explorers return, Ralph sounds the conch shell, summoning the boys to another meeting on the beach. He tells the group that there are no adults on the island and that they need to organize a few things to look after themselves. Jack reminds Ralph of the pig they found trapped in the vines in the jungle, and Ralph agrees that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. Ralph declares that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak. Whoever…
