Introduction: Society is necessary in the world. This is because society is such an important part of our world, because without it there would be chaos. If there is no society, then there is nothing that tells people how they should act or punishes them for their actions. With society, we have all come together and agreed on what is right, and we have helped each other to stay on the spot and do right. William Golding wrote the book Lord of the Flies in 1911, which is set on an uninhabited island, with a group of young boys who crash land on it and are forced to survive. Background: They create their own “tribe” which is like a society in that it has rules and places responsibilities on children. However, starting with a few boys, the tribe begins to crumble and lose its grip on the boys, who fall into chaos and become wild, without rules, even committing murders. Thesis Statement: William Golding shows in Lord of the Flies that every person is born evil and that without society keeping people in check, they will fall into chaos, commit horrible crimes, and follow their greed. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Topic Sentence: Society is necessary because humans are naturally drawn to violent ideas and actions. Evidence and Quotes: Even though most people will always try or do the right thing, this is only due to society's hold on people. Comment: This is not always true however, as this is usually only the case in societies that reward people's good deeds, but even then people still commit crimes and are violent. People are constantly trying to do the morally right thing, but without society watching over us, who is there to say what is morally right or wrong? Without society saying something is bad, is it really considered bad? Because of society, we all agree that killing someone is a horrible thing, but without society would we still be able to come to the same conclusion? At the beginning of Lord of the Flies, the children start out with good intentions, they create a tribe with someone in charge, rules and responsibilities. They all agree on the need to work together to keep the fire burning to signal any passing boats and to take turns maintaining it. As time goes by, the boys begin to step away from their responsibilities to do whatever they want, even having a ship pass by the island because the fire went out because the people who were supposed to watch over it, the hunters, were out hunting . a pig. Ralph, who was elected leader, suggested building shelters since they had enough food and water, but Jack and his hunters only want meat. Eventually, an entire wild, ritualistic tribe emerges led by Jack, and because it seems "fun", everyone decides to join that tribe. However, during a "festival" that the tribe was organizing, everyone gets angry at the idea of killing a "beast" that they believe is hiding in the dark woods, chanting "Kill the pig, cut her throat, shed her blood", so when a boy named Simon staggers out of the woods, all the other boys converge on Simon. On page 153 it states: “Immediately the crowd rushed after it, toppled off the rock, jumped on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, no movement except the tearing of teeth and claws... Presently the pile broke up and the figures staggered away. Only the beast lay motionless, a few meters from the sea. Even in the rain they could see how small the beast was;and his blood was already staining the sand. There are also examples from this day. There are often times when people do horrible things that they regret at the time, just because others did them. People want to fit in and be part of something, so they often do things they know they shouldn't do. Comment: This quote shows how without society to keep us in check, we would fall into chaos and commit horrible crimes, like the children in LOTF did. Topic Sentence: Another reason why humans need society to keep them in check is because attempts at peace and unity tend to fail without society to support them. Comment: We always talk about fighting for peace and unity in the world in order to better help the world, but if there were no society people would still be driven to try to find peace, equality and unity in the world, or people would rather have the world falls more and more into chaos and problems, so it benefits. Evidence and Quotes: In LOTF, the boys attempted to be united when they created their tribe and had Ralph as their leader with the conch representing authority and leadership aided by Ralph. The conch represents democracy, since in the book whoever held the conch could speak and be heard. As time passed, however, as the boys became wilder and distanced themselves from the tribe, the conch lost its power. They no longer respected or saw the conch as an authority, and when it was destroyed on page 181, saying, "the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist." Comment: The democracy they had was completely destroyed and they fell completely into anarchy, even killing Piggy later. At the beginning of the book, the boys voted to see who would lead their new tribe, two boys wanted to be the leader, Ralph and Jack. Ralph is much calmer and fairer, while Jack is reckless and aggressive. Ralph is elected leader by popular vote and Jack is not happy, but Ralph allows Jack to have a say. In this way, Ralph and Jack form a friendship with each other and all is well. After some time, they both begin to realize that they have very different views on how things should go and happen, and their friendship begins to become strained. Evidence and Quotes: Eventually, the two different tribes, one ruled by Jack which is chaotic, and one which has its few remaining members ruled by Ralph, go to "war". The wild tribe then captures Sam and Eric, some of the last members of Ralph's tribe, and kills Piggy. Jack then attempts to kill Ralph, as on page 181, it states: “Viciously, with full intent, [Jack] threw his spear at Ralph. The tip tore the skin and flesh above Ralph's ribs, then broke off and fell into the water. Comment: This simply shows how unity and peace on the island did not last, as society began to wither and die, everything eventually boiled down to chaos and murder. Topic Sentence: While some people like to argue that humans are good at heart, and that society is the reason they are corrupt, William Golding's Lord of the Flies completely disproves this. Evidence and quotes: To begin with, in the beginning everything on the island was fine, they were able to create their tribe and elect a leader without any problems, the tribe was democratic as everyone had a say, they just had to hold the shell, they managed to find food and water and eventually were able to work together to accomplish some things, like making a fire. Over time, as the societies' hold on them began to weaken, they became more savage and chaotic, preferring to kill pigs rather than try to get home, as Jack and.
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