Lord Of The Flies - Discovery :: essays research papers

Lord Of Flies( The Importance of self-discovery)1Human should understand the importance of self-discovery. Inthe Lord of the Flies,Ralph, Simon and Samneric learned the weaknesses and darknesswithin the human hearts. People grows up when they faces achallenge. Ralph s challenge is how to be a good and responsibleleader. Simons challenge is how to speak at front of people. Samnerics challenge is how to make right choice. The accuracy aboutself-discovery may be cruel, but it is worth to learn from it.2Ralph is being a playful, innocent child in the beginning of thestory, but towards the end he matures significantly. ExcludingPiggy, Ralph is the most mature and responsible member of theboys, for he is concerned throughout the book with keeping thefire on the mountain going, and building shelter. " If a institutionalisecomes near the island they may not notice us. So we must makesmoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire." pg,37Ralph always has the ardent belief that a ll the children will besaved from the island sooner or later, but at middle part of the storyhe begins to doubting it. At end of the story, after the death ofPiggy, Ralphs encounter with the Lord of the Flies, he knocksover the pigs skull. " A sick fear and rage sweep him. Fiercely hehit out at the filthy thing in front of him that bobbed like a toy andcame back, still grinning into his face, so that he lashed and criedout in loathing." pg206 Ralph realize the evil is part of him andjust as to other boys. However, he is the only person whoacknowledges the importance of being responsible, and he takesover as a true leader even though he is not necessarily good at it.  3Sam and Eric represents the crowd in modern society, just likeevery ordinary human. They are faithful and mostly good. Theycan be described as loyalist in the story. Their rule is to dishwhomever is the leader. For example when Jack says " Grab themNo one moved. Jack shouted angrily. I said " grab them" "Samneric finally give into his threats on their travel to move Rock.Later, then betray Ralph, by showing his hiding place to Jack. "Youre sure he meant in there? The twin moaned faintly and thensquealed again. " " He meant hed hide in there?" pg. 214 In thisway, Samneric symbolize the weakness of human nature. Theyhave lose any real sense of obedience to others.