The Island is a microcosm of the evil we produce in the world today. Greed, power,
domination are all factors of evil in the story line and in today's society.
The first human instinct is survival. The fittest will survive, as in the book, and in today's
world. For example, someone who is very skilled in math or physical feats may receive a
scholarship pertaining to their skill. Taller and attractive people seem to get the better and
higher paying jobs. Aborigines in Australia will eat grubs and insects to survive. We may
find this repulsive but human instinct rules when we have no other options.
Our human instinct also makes us frown upon people with undesirable traits such as
obesity, poor eyesight or deformities. These people cannot fend for themselves as well as
fitter people and die off so they may not reproduce. The fittest survive.
The role of survival of the fittest was best described on (pg. 8) "I can't swim on account
of my asthma". Piggy was already going down in the food chain of the island. Ralph was
a tall attractive boy who had very good leadership skills. It is no wonder that he voted in
as leader. Piggy can't defend himself . An example of this is (pg. 17) "Shut up fatty."
Another example is when piggy wants to come with them up the mountain,(pg. 20), " I'll
come." " your no good for a job like this" .The boys on the island resorted to killing pigs
with such savagery when they felt that they were hungry.
When there is no order chaos arises. There are many examples of this in our society today.
Riots happen when the people think they can get away with it. The number of people
outweigh the number of authority figures. People hurt other people and steal. This is not
something that would happen in an ordered society. All these people know what's
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