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Lord Of The Flies- -the Deteri - College Papers

Lord Of The Flies- -the Deteri

Rousseau believed that civilization corrupts the essential innocence and goodness of man. The “noble savage” in his own natural habitat will rid himself of societies evils. But that is not what happens in Lord of the Flies. In Fact, Without society keeping him in line, man will revert back to his most primal state, and blur the line between animals and humans…
From the calling of the first meeting and all along up to the final hunt for Ralph the sense of order and respect is gradually declining among the boys. In the beginning everybody listens to what everybody has to say, and they try to build a civilized society on the island. The boys had obviously gotten a pretty ...

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rules!’ he cried excitedly. ‘Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em—“33
The problem comes when the boys start realizing that there is no one there to control them. There are no adults there to make them toil and sweat if they do not want to. The boys realize that swimming and eating fruit all day is more fun, than laying the foundation for a fair and safe society where everybody works for the benefit of the whole group.
The main symbol that represents the law and order on the island is the conch shell. It is with this Ralph calls all the meetings and all of the other boys seem to respect this. Anyone who holds it has the right to be heard. Without this, nobody would probably ever have listened to any of Piggy’s intelligent suggestions. There would have been no fire, no shelters and no assigned place for lavatory use.
As the respect for the conch disappears, so does the law and order on the island. This hits rock bottom as Piggy is killed ...

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