No matter how hard man tries, he is bound to destroy nature even if it is unintentional. In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of young boys are involved in a plane crash and become stranded on a deserted island after an attempt to escape from the dangers of World War II. When the boys first arrive on the island, it is peaceful and untouched by mankind, but over time the boys slowly damage the purity of the island as they begin to make fires and start a civilization. They work together and scavenge the island for resources in order to ensure their survival. In need of rescue, the boys gather materials such as sticks and tree bark to start a fire for smoke signals but soon learn that the fire is dangerous to nature
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When the boys first arrive on the island, they are joyous to find out that the island provides them with food and untouched material to make shelters. They explore and consider it to be a “good island” since it contains everything they need for survival. After their exploration, Ralph says to the boys: “‘But this is a good island. We-Jack, Simon, and me-we climbed the mountain. It’s wizard. There’s food and drink…’ (34). This discovery leads the boys to the understanding that the island has everything they need for survival. In addition, the boys plan on using the resources to signal for rescue. However, in the process, they unintentionally set fire to the island and manage to destroy what the good island has given to them: “Small flames stirred at the trunk of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing” (44). The deadly fire slowly tears through nature and damages the “good island”. Later on, when Ralph becomes a fugitive and tries to escape the deadly wrath of Jack and his tribe, Jack’s tribe sets fire to the island to try to force Ralph out of hiding: “They had smoked him out and set the island on fire” (197). While their intentions are to smoke out Ralph, they carelessly set the whole island ablaze. The boys unintentionally corrupt and destroy
When the boys first arrive on the island, they are joyous to find out that the island provides them with food and untouched material to make shelters. They explore and consider it to be a “good island” since it contains everything they need for survival. After their exploration, Ralph says to the boys: “‘But this is a good island. We-Jack, Simon, and me-we climbed the mountain. It’s wizard. There’s food and drink…’ (34). This discovery leads the boys to the understanding that the island has everything they need for survival. In addition, the boys plan on using the resources to signal for rescue. However, in the process, they unintentionally set fire to the island and manage to destroy what the good island has given to them: “Small flames stirred at the trunk of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing” (44). The deadly fire slowly tears through nature and damages the “good island”. Later on, when Ralph becomes a fugitive and tries to escape the deadly wrath of Jack and his tribe, Jack’s tribe sets fire to the island to try to force Ralph out of hiding: “They had smoked him out and set the island on fire” (197). While their intentions are to smoke out Ralph, they carelessly set the whole island ablaze. The boys unintentionally corrupt and destroy