Lord Of The Flies External Conflict
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Oftentimes in society, we take many things for granted. Many things we may not even notice. We take for granted the safety of the normality of our lives. We also take advantage of the care and precision that goes into keeping that way. In our safe society the behaviors we display are expected to be courteous and polite. Society does not expect the people in it to be rude or without manners. Our society is like this because we are always being watched, being regulated. Many times people have wondered what would happen if we were not always watched. We wonder if man would be evil or good. That is exactly …show more content…
The theme and external conflict are shown in the quote, ‘And you shut up! Who are you anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing-’ (Golding). The author uses this to display how questionable civilization really is in the face of savagery. This dialogue is meant to remind us of a “dog-eat-dog” world. It also forces the reader to see the twisted form of power and responsibility this world would have. Otherwise put, this particular quote shows what man would be preferred to be ruled like, free only in one aspect; that you were free to choose this way of being ruled. The natural state of man prefers to be kept like dogs, well-fed but tightly collared with the possibility of being punished at random with no explanation. There are yet other examples of external conflict, ‘Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong-we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat-!’ (Golding). The passage is used to show the disregard for rules, for civilization. The quote is meant to shock readers with the raw brutality that they use everything. The number one tool of the natural man is violence, according to Golding. The purpose of this passage is to point out the utter lack of brain to balance out the over use of brawn, the brutality of mankind without audience the need to self-assert
Oftentimes in society, we take many things for granted. Many things we may not even notice. We take for granted the safety of the normality of our lives. We also take advantage of the care and precision that goes into keeping that way. In our safe society the behaviors we display are expected to be courteous and polite. Society does not expect the people in it to be rude or without manners. Our society is like this because we are always being watched, being regulated. Many times people have wondered what would happen if we were not always watched. We wonder if man would be evil or good. That is exactly …show more content…
The theme and external conflict are shown in the quote, ‘And you shut up! Who are you anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing-’ (Golding). The author uses this to display how questionable civilization really is in the face of savagery. This dialogue is meant to remind us of a “dog-eat-dog” world. It also forces the reader to see the twisted form of power and responsibility this world would have. Otherwise put, this particular quote shows what man would be preferred to be ruled like, free only in one aspect; that you were free to choose this way of being ruled. The natural state of man prefers to be kept like dogs, well-fed but tightly collared with the possibility of being punished at random with no explanation. There are yet other examples of external conflict, ‘Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong-we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat-!’ (Golding). The passage is used to show the disregard for rules, for civilization. The quote is meant to shock readers with the raw brutality that they use everything. The number one tool of the natural man is violence, according to Golding. The purpose of this passage is to point out the utter lack of brain to balance out the over use of brawn, the brutality of mankind without audience the need to self-assert