Lord Of The Flies Survival Analysis
Group Survival within: Lord of the Flies
Survival is an omnipresent principle that all life depend on for existence. Within the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, survival is observed as a major and important element that has to do with part struggle and part endurance. Within this novel, several characters come across the need to survive on an isolated island but there are unable to due to obstacles such as fear and doubts of vacating a creature filled island, controversies and quarrels with the group and stressful geography of the island. It is because of a person’s ability to persevere through uneasy trials, they have a chance at survival.
Fear is perilous to the mind during aspects of survival. Within the novel, the character Ralph, (the elected ruler of a group of boys stranded on an island) is a victim of fear. Ralph holds a meeting with the entire group and confesses his concern for the groups in ability to maintain a chance of leaving the island. “‘Look at us! How many are we? And we can’t even keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to---ought to die before we let the fire out?’” (Golding 81). Ralph questions the group’s capability of survival when the group can’t maintain a fire and a chance of leaving the …show more content…
Ralph is the elected leader of the group and as their leader his first role was to learn the islands geographical landmarks. “Ralph’s left the perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity; and always, almost visible, was the heat” (10). Ralph clearly sees the importance of the role given to him and decides to map out the island as a starting point as the group’s survival leader. During this voyage, Ralph leads a small set of boys up to the mountain of the island to grasp a better perspective of the island. Ralph tackles his geographical obstacles with his wit and his will to ensure the survival of the
Survival is an omnipresent principle that all life depend on for existence. Within the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, survival is observed as a major and important element that has to do with part struggle and part endurance. Within this novel, several characters come across the need to survive on an isolated island but there are unable to due to obstacles such as fear and doubts of vacating a creature filled island, controversies and quarrels with the group and stressful geography of the island. It is because of a person’s ability to persevere through uneasy trials, they have a chance at survival.
Fear is perilous to the mind during aspects of survival. Within the novel, the character Ralph, (the elected ruler of a group of boys stranded on an island) is a victim of fear. Ralph holds a meeting with the entire group and confesses his concern for the groups in ability to maintain a chance of leaving the island. “‘Look at us! How many are we? And we can’t even keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to---ought to die before we let the fire out?’” (Golding 81). Ralph questions the group’s capability of survival when the group can’t maintain a fire and a chance of leaving the …show more content…
Ralph is the elected leader of the group and as their leader his first role was to learn the islands geographical landmarks. “Ralph’s left the perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity; and always, almost visible, was the heat” (10). Ralph clearly sees the importance of the role given to him and decides to map out the island as a starting point as the group’s survival leader. During this voyage, Ralph leads a small set of boys up to the mountain of the island to grasp a better perspective of the island. Ralph tackles his geographical obstacles with his wit and his will to ensure the survival of the