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Paige Morrison

Chapter 1: Civilization

1. In the first few pages the Ralph and Piggy quickly know that they need to get the other boys on the island together and figure out what is going on. Piggy and Ralph find a conch and they see it as a way to get the boys together and Ralph takes the leading role and blows into the conch. At first he failed but then a loud noise rolled over the island and in moments boys were running towards Ralph and Piggy. Right away the conch is now symbolizing law and order in the civilization that is becoming on the island. In a moment of struggle the boys try to find a leader, “All right. Who wants Jack for chief? With dreary obedience the choir boys raised their hands. Who wants me?”(Golding 23). After they had established that Ralph was the king it showed that now Jack was going to take a dislike to the rules and may cause a struggle in the civilization. This quote shows a quick success in the civilization because they had established a little and almost everyone agreed with it.

2. In my opinion our current, modern civilization is successful. Even though our country has many downfalls including economy and our war situation there are still many more positives. People in our country who find it to be the future are usually only focusing on the negative things going on instead of the everyday freedoms that our country has and others do not. I believe that our current civilization brings about many opportunities for each individual living here and that makes it a great success.

Chapter 2: Groupthink

1. Groupthink is a very common event happening throughout //Lord Of The Flies// because the boys make many decisions as a group in their meetings when Ralph blows the conch. In every meeting there were clear leaders talking most of the time, Ralph and Jack. Ralph tells the group, “And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to do “Hands up” like at school”(Golding 33). This quote shows that only the confident and older boys will do most of the talking in the group because the younger or more shy boys will not want to take charge and get the conch. Groupthink is now taking over the whole civilization because now only Ralph, Jack, and some of the other boys who have the courage to address the whole group will be making the decisions for everyone on the island. This will have a very negative affect on the boys because if only a small percentage of the boys on the island speak up then the boys will probably not make the best decisions. A group needs everyone’s thoughts and opinions to get to a common goal that will be positive for everyone but groupthink will stop this from happening on the island.

2. In high school groupthink is in a students daily life. In most classes you are put in groups to do projects, papers, or other school work. Each group is working towards a common goal but in each group their will be some kids who do not speak up and some clear leaders that will take control of the group. In any situation talking with a group groupthink is involved with it. To deal with this in groups it is better when you ask everyone their opinions on what ever you are working on. This will give everyone a chance to be heard and it makes the group flow better instead of just a few people taking control.

Chapter 3 and 4: Beezlebub

1. Throughout the time on the island the boys all have strange feelings at times of creepy or strange things around them. It starts to become apparent that Jack is starting to show a “dark” side. At first Jack was timid to kill the first pig he saw and everyone could tell that it was the fear of actually killing a human thing. Then Jack starts to change and when he saw the next pig he reacted and actually killed it and came back and told the group of the gruesome details in an excited tone. As he is describing the killing it gets clear that it was a great thrill to him, ”I cut the pig’s throat. Said Jack proudly”(Golding 69). Instead of having fear of killing a living thing Jack is now proud of slicing into living flesh and it is showing him turning dark. Even before the killing Jack paints a mask on his face and says he sees an “awesome stranger” and he turns into a complete different person under the mask making him seem dark and “Satan” like.

2. In our world the most obvious example of the materialization of evil is the media. We use the media for news, pop culture, and entertainment. Some people abuse our media and use it for their own gain. Their have been many people using twisted reasons and fabricated stories just to get 15 minutes of fame and they go to extremes to reach it. The media has also now given people a reason to try and gain attention, for example people posting videos on Youtube of them doing horrible acts of bullying and violence because they think it was “funny” or “cool”, and it just points out the Materialization of evil in our worlds media.

Chapter 5: Good and Evil

1. During this chapter it becomes obvious of the divide in the boys society. Simon Ralph and Piggy are the ore thoughtful and “good” side, and Jack and all the boys who follow his lead are starting to become the “evil” side. Ralph’s side is trying hard to keep all the boys together and to restore the law and order in the civilization but Jack is quick to protest anything the boys say. Ralph is still trying to group together as he tells them in an assembly,” Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then-“(Golding 82). Ralph’s group of boys shows that they have good intentions but no one is listening to them or respecting it. The rebellion against the law and order is started by Jack, and he uses fear to get all of the other kids on his side and it works. At this point in the book the evil side is winning because there is power in numbers and Jack has the numbers.

2. Determining what is good and what is evil in this world is not as easy as it sounds. Every person cannot be all good or all evil there is a little of both in every person. With that said it good and evil for me is determined by the intentions behind an act. If the intentions were meant to be bad then that is not good. When someone is doing things just for the good of themselves even if it hurts people that is not good. There is many ways to see what is good or evil in this world but it depends on the situation.

Chapter 6: Nyctophobia

1. In chapter six, SamnEric hear some “beast” when it was dark and they were making the fire and they quickly ran and told the other boys of the horror that they saw. Even though the boys did not see it they made everyone fear of a giant beast with claws and wings. They described it,” It was furry. There was something moving behind its head—wings. The beast moved too”(Golding 100). The littluns have had nightmares and thoughts of a great “beast” living on the island but this was an account of actually seeing a beast on the island and it seemed that people believed it. The boys reacted to this fear of the unknown beast by getting together weapons and setting out to find it. Golding is trying to show that humans fear of the unknown leads for them to draw conclusions that may not be true but their fear makes them believe it.

2. My biggest fear in life is being alone. Ever since I was little I could not be alone at any time of the day and it is pretty much still the same today. I just fear being taken by someone while I am alone and when I am alone I just feel unsafe. Being not safe is a fear that everyone has and that is the feeling I get when I am alone. As I have grown up I have been able to stop the fear a little but it still affects my daily life.