What Is The Importance Of Human Rights In Lord Of The Flies

Register to read the introduction… Human rights are rights and freedom to which all humans are entitled, although differing from country to country. Human rights help us to recognise and respect this in ourselves and in each other. Rules protect our human rights by keeping a fair and limited Government. In the movie ‘Lord of the Flies’, by the end of the film, Piggy’s and Ralph’s rights had virtually disappeared because they decided not to join the rebellion. Piggy didn’t feel safe when sleeping, due to being attacked several times during the night by Jack’s group, he was ridiculed because of his weight, and the rebellions didn’t like the fact that he was intelligent and sensible. When he decided to stand up and confront everyone about how ludicrous and insensible they were going about surviving, he was killed. This example shows that Piggy had no freedom of speech. After Piggy was killed, Ralph felt very unsafe and felt the need to hide in the jungle, his basic rights of a human being of being able to live and to feel safe were stripped when Jack’s group became blood thirsty …show more content…
Effective laws must also be known to the public. The conch in the movie symbolized rules and structure, only the individual who was holding the conch was allowed to speak, which was effective until Jack decided to branch off and make his own group. This rule was effective as it was clearly stated to everyone in the society that only the person holding the conch could talk. If a law isn’t able to be enforced, it’s not effective and not practical. Roles weren’t specifically handed out to members of the society on the island, thus making it hard for them to stay civilised. No one was afraid to break a rule, as there were no sanctions that would follow. Jack found that he had nothing to lose if he broke off into his own group; he didn’t have to follow rules and do things he didn’t want to like keeping watch of the