William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a work of fiction published in 1954. The novel is set at the beginning of World War II when a plane full of young British boys crashes onto an uncharted island. The survivors assemble and establish rules and order on the island. However, their civilization does not last very long as the boys are soon plagued with fear and savagery. Through conflict and imagery, Golding examines how fear can be used to someone’s advantage to create or destroy order.
In Lord of the Flies, the boys use fear positively by temporarily creating order. After seeing what they think is the Beast at the summit of the mountain, Ralph decides that they would no longer be able to relight the signal fire there. Fortunately, Piggy reminds …show more content…
By re-invoking their fears of not being rescued, Piggy is able to force the boys to fulfil their roles in the society, and thus restore order. Piggy also benefits by doing so, because he finally receives some respect from the group. After Jack and most of his hunters quit Ralph’s group, they hunt a sow and invite the remainder of Ralph’s group to a feast. They decide to attend and at the feast, “The boys [ar]ranged themselves in rows on the grass before him… “‘I gave you food,”’ said Jack, “‘and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?”’ (150). By using the fears of the Beast and starvation, Jack is able to impel his followers to obey his authority which then creates order in his tribe. And because Jack’s authority is obeyed, he also acquires power which is advantageous against Ralph towards the end of the novel. After Piggy falls to his death and Samneric are captured by Jack’s tribe, Ralph escapes …show more content…
Terrorist groups such as ISIS execute numerous tragic attacks across the globe. As a result, they have instilled fear into civilians which leads to panic and the destruction of order. Another way that ISIS members benefit from the fear of them is that it makes them seem stronger and more powerful than they really are, so that civilians are even more fearful. In North Korea, the dictator Kim Jong Un and the government use the fear of harsh punishments to force citizens to be productive, much like Roger does in Lord of the Flies. This fear also aids in preventing crimes in the country which allows for the stability of order. Furthermore, the prevention of crimes creates a safer environment that every North Korean benefits from. At high schools in America, students must consistently complete their work in order to earn a passing grade and ascend to the next grade level or graduate. The fear of not being able to do so encourages most students to complete their schoolwork, hence the definition of order. Similar to the fear of harsh punishments in North Korea, the fear of not advancing creates a better learning environment from which every student benefits in
In Lord of the Flies, the boys use fear positively by temporarily creating order. After seeing what they think is the Beast at the summit of the mountain, Ralph decides that they would no longer be able to relight the signal fire there. Fortunately, Piggy reminds …show more content…
By re-invoking their fears of not being rescued, Piggy is able to force the boys to fulfil their roles in the society, and thus restore order. Piggy also benefits by doing so, because he finally receives some respect from the group. After Jack and most of his hunters quit Ralph’s group, they hunt a sow and invite the remainder of Ralph’s group to a feast. They decide to attend and at the feast, “The boys [ar]ranged themselves in rows on the grass before him… “‘I gave you food,”’ said Jack, “‘and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?”’ (150). By using the fears of the Beast and starvation, Jack is able to impel his followers to obey his authority which then creates order in his tribe. And because Jack’s authority is obeyed, he also acquires power which is advantageous against Ralph towards the end of the novel. After Piggy falls to his death and Samneric are captured by Jack’s tribe, Ralph escapes …show more content…
Terrorist groups such as ISIS execute numerous tragic attacks across the globe. As a result, they have instilled fear into civilians which leads to panic and the destruction of order. Another way that ISIS members benefit from the fear of them is that it makes them seem stronger and more powerful than they really are, so that civilians are even more fearful. In North Korea, the dictator Kim Jong Un and the government use the fear of harsh punishments to force citizens to be productive, much like Roger does in Lord of the Flies. This fear also aids in preventing crimes in the country which allows for the stability of order. Furthermore, the prevention of crimes creates a safer environment that every North Korean benefits from. At high schools in America, students must consistently complete their work in order to earn a passing grade and ascend to the next grade level or graduate. The fear of not being able to do so encourages most students to complete their schoolwork, hence the definition of order. Similar to the fear of harsh punishments in North Korea, the fear of not advancing creates a better learning environment from which every student benefits in