Chapter 1
1. Golding makes connections between who owns the power and who doesn’t. Ralph is the first that want to re-create the society they have lost, becoming leader. ”Shut up!” Said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.” (18). Becoming leader doesn’t mean overcoming on others and disrespect them. This is what Ralph seems to do with the boys. In the society, people who got power start to think differently referring to their society level, and often behave diffrently ones they get the power. Ralph isn’t even a leader yet and he is already changing his behaviour.
2. Golding shows, in this quote, the ability to see things differently, but also reveals curiosity to discover something. The candle buds give off light, which looks like they are a candle. Simon likes them because he feels a connection with the nature. Simon sees them as beauty, hope, light, positivity in a lonely island, but also a fragility of nature. “Like candles. Candle bushes. Candle buds.” (28). Jack slashes at them with his knife, saying that they could not help them provide food. This reveals that he only sees things in term of their usefulness to himself.
Chapter 2
3.Golding makes connections between agreements and disagreements in the leadership. Jack at first want to keep order in the society and he is excited about the new rules. On the other side, from his words seems like the rules they created are enforced: “Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em.” “Wee-oh!” “Wacco!” “Bong!” “Doink!” He knows that more rules provide more opportunities to break them, and therefore to be punished. An important aspect of rules that prevent Jack from respecting them was the fact that he was never actually punished for breaking them. This could crate a disorder and disagreements in the leadership.
4.Golding, shows that the society always tries to get a help from science and technology, in the quote “His specs, use them as burning glasses! Said Jack. (40). This means that society always take advantage of technology. When Jack abruptly snatches the glasses from piggy’s face, it represent a victory of savagery over civilization.
5. Golding states about the flaws of democracy with this quote: “Oh, shut up!” Said Ralph feeling savage about Piggy’s knowledge. “I got the conch” said Piggy, in a hurt voice. “I got a right to speak.” (44). Golding, could be stating that if no one respects the rules then democracy won’t work. Even when Piggy has the conch shell nobody listened to him. If there is no punishment for breaking the rules, than everyone can do whatever they want, and this could create flaws in the democracy.
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