The Extreme
(A comparative essay between 1984 and Lord of The Flies for AP English 11) Janada walks to her slum near the railway station in the piercing cold weather. She tries to remember her childhood but only blank pages appear. She runs her hand through her pockets and pulls out a crumb of bread which she had stolen from a five-year old boy. She feels alienated by the surroundings and uncertain where she belongs. She recalls her elementary education that imbued her with lessons of loyalty to the government. She doesn't know her culture, her tradition, and most of all her family. Her instinct to be a follower makes her believe in everything that the government dictates. She wants to obey the conventions of her society, so that she will not be considered an outcast. However, to be a "conventional" person she has to sacrifice her own individuality. When our world is ruled by lawlessness, confusion, or fear we lose the focus of our life. Orwell and Golding predicted in their novels that each individual, like Janada, could face the same miserable outcomes under destructive governments. Nineteen Eighty-Four and Lord of the Flies contrast the two extreme forms of government, anarchy and
She jumps off the bed and runs downstairs calling her mom and dad desperately. The boys are not tolerant to people who are different from them. The first sign of disorder in the island society is the boys' intolerance toward Piggy's intellectual thinking. Such oppressive acts against sexual instincts result directly in the destruction of human relationships. Thus, there are clear distinctions between the path each government chooses to maintain power. " 'Who built all three? We all built the first one, four of us on the second one, and me 'n Simon built the last one. The boys can think whatever they like and wander around all day. He recognizes that "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. When the boys start to abandon their responsibility to keep the fire burning, they show the first sign of losing interest in being rescued thus predictably shunning themselves from the civilized world. During such confusion, Jack quickly takes the advantage by alleging that there is a beast and promises to "hunt it down.
Common topics in this essay:
Lord Flies,
Eastasia Eurasia,
Introduction Janada,
Brotherhood Goldstein,
Flies Jack's,
Piggy's Simon's,
Flies Golding,
Ministry Plenty,
II Paths,
Minute Hate,
lord flies,
civilized world,
citizens oceania,
human race,
julia julia,
instinct follower,
lord flies 1984,
own sake,
lawlessness confusion,
morning exercise,
hunting dancing,
julia julia julia,
civilization human race,
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