Civilization VS Savagery
As humans we all have both a civilized side as well as a savagery side. It's just how things are. We live in the civilized way by peace, morals, laws, trust, and loyalty are just some examples of being and living civil. Some things we seem to take from savagery is to act out in violence in such situations to get and show authority to others and show our power. Some people act out in just a civilized manner as well as just acting out in a savage way. Civilized people are known to be great peace makers, but yet it seems like the savage people are the ones better known for example as Hitler.
In the novel it was very obvious who had symbolized civilization and who symbolized savagery. Jack who was the one who seemed to be thirsty for power and authority then Ralph who was the civilized one who in the beginning was the leader. As the novel went on Jack demanded for power over the group with Ralph. Seeing that Ralph wouldn't allow it Jack seemed to rebel and went his own way. Peer pressure came into play as Jack slowly has the whole tribe other than Piggy on his side. The tribe members were scared to stand up for them selves and speak out because Jack had full power over them and had gotten what he finally had wanted. Yet he seemed like he created his own little dictatorship. When Piggy had tried to stand up for what was right he had got crushed by the big boulder. By that time it seemed like the whole tribe had been fully brain washed by Jack, as thus it being a small dictatorship. At least in my own opinion.
I think it is that savage leaders from Jack all the way to Hitler it was almost the same as Piggy's character. They possibly just wanted to fit in, and feel acceptance. Because in possibly some way they had been bullied by someone who had a higher authority and more power than them. So they just had wanted to do the very same thing to feel good about their own self.
In the novel it was very obvious who had symbolized civilization and who symbolized savagery. Jack who was the one who seemed to be thirsty for power and authority then Ralph who was the civilized one who in the beginning was the leader. As the novel went on Jack demanded for power over the group with Ralph. Seeing that Ralph wouldn't allow it Jack seemed to rebel and went his own way. Peer pressure came into play as Jack slowly has the whole tribe other than Piggy on his side. The tribe members were scared to stand up for them selves and speak out because Jack had full power over them and had gotten what he finally had wanted. Yet he seemed like he created his own little dictatorship. When Piggy had tried to stand up for what was right he had got crushed by the big boulder. By that time it seemed like the whole tribe had been fully brain washed by Jack, as thus it being a small dictatorship. At least in my own opinion.
I think it is that savage leaders from Jack all the way to Hitler it was almost the same as Piggy's character. They possibly just wanted to fit in, and feel acceptance. Because in possibly some way they had been bullied by someone who had a higher authority and more power than them. So they just had wanted to do the very same thing to feel good about their own self.
An Example of a Savagery Leader
An Example of a Civilized Leader
Loss of Innocence
Jack was the first one for me to see that there was some kind of loss of innocence in the novel. When he had wanted to hunt for the pig and had put blood on his face along with others from the tribe showed savagery, yes. But it showed that they were losing their grip on sanity and their own innocence. Another example is after "the hunt" of the pig they cut off the head of the pig and sticks on the spear through the ground. At the end of the book it is completely obvious that the whole tribe had no sign of innocence. Humans were being killed instead of focusing on what mattered like hunting or gathering food.