What Is The Difference Between The Cold War And Lord Of The Flies
In societies we must always question how we can create order and keep peace. We strive to avoid destruction and bring order and peace. In the novel The Lord of the Flies and in The Cold War era, societies strived to construct a perfect world. They needed to do this in order to survive and protect their people.
Societies are destroyed when there is a desire for power. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Jack violated the rules the boys created when he stated, “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. Perhaps I’ll let you join. Perhaps not” (Golding, 140). Jack strived more for power than he did for the order and peace they …show more content…
By predicting the effects that our action will have, we can try to adjust the actions we take. In Lord of the Flies, the boys elected a leader and chose jobs because they knew the effects if they did not. They are first rule was declaring that only the person with the conch can speak. By doing this they were avoiding that any one person has too much or too little of a voice. They also ruled that each group will have a task like hunting, building huts, and setting a fire to catch the attention of rescuers. They understood without giving these responsibilities, they would have nowhere to sleep, they would starve or never be rescued. However no matter what they did, the worst thought, the thought of a beast or monster kept them up at night. The younger boys especially were paranoid of something else on the island. During the cold war, a time in America known as the red scare Americans feared the worse. They were paranoid of leaders such as Mccarthy. People were terrified of his method of ridding communism. An online article, “The Red Scare” stated McCarthy,” leveled charges of disloyalty at celebrities, intellectuals and anyone who disagreed with his political views, costing many of his victims their reputations and jobs” (History.com). Many Americans lost their jobs and reputations as a
Societies are destroyed when there is a desire for power. In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Jack violated the rules the boys created when he stated, “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. Perhaps I’ll let you join. Perhaps not” (Golding, 140). Jack strived more for power than he did for the order and peace they …show more content…
By predicting the effects that our action will have, we can try to adjust the actions we take. In Lord of the Flies, the boys elected a leader and chose jobs because they knew the effects if they did not. They are first rule was declaring that only the person with the conch can speak. By doing this they were avoiding that any one person has too much or too little of a voice. They also ruled that each group will have a task like hunting, building huts, and setting a fire to catch the attention of rescuers. They understood without giving these responsibilities, they would have nowhere to sleep, they would starve or never be rescued. However no matter what they did, the worst thought, the thought of a beast or monster kept them up at night. The younger boys especially were paranoid of something else on the island. During the cold war, a time in America known as the red scare Americans feared the worse. They were paranoid of leaders such as Mccarthy. People were terrified of his method of ridding communism. An online article, “The Red Scare” stated McCarthy,” leveled charges of disloyalty at celebrities, intellectuals and anyone who disagreed with his political views, costing many of his victims their reputations and jobs” (History.com). Many Americans lost their jobs and reputations as a