Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Let's face it, the ending of Lord of The Flies would not have happened in real life. There is no magic ending that makes everything better. The fact that a random Navy Officer sees the smoke of the island may happen, but it is less likely that the boys would automatically go back to their "Locke" state of nature. It is also more likely that Ralph's state of nature will emerge and he would take his revenge on Jack and the boys. This is what I believe would happen:
Ralph heard a noise to the left of him. He slowly crept towards the noise. When he saw the feet, he pounced at the feet,l knocking the biggun down. He covered his mouth and knocked him out with a rock. He laid the biggun against a tree and kept moving. He continued in a pattern of hiding and knocking a biggun out. 
After awhile, he went to the beach, where he found the rest of the boys and Jack. 
"Where is Roger?" He thought.
He turned around as he heard a noise. He saw Roger thrusting a two sided stick at his head. He ducked and picked up a stick he had taken from one of the boys. He blocked Roger's attack and tripped him in the process, causing the two sided stick to go into the ground. Roger  pushed himself back up. He tried to pull the stick out of the ground, but Ralph pushed Roger down, impaling his head onto the stick. "That's for Piggy." Ralph said walking away. 
Leaving the body, Ralph walked out onto the beach. The flames now had engulfed most of the island. "How ironic," thought Ralph as he did a quick glance over his shoulder, "I've been trying to get enough smoke to signal a boat all this time. Well, I got my small fire alright."
"Look who finally showed up," Jack sneered, "Well, we'll give you a quick death, right boys?"
The small group of boys on the beach gave a loud cheer, but Jack looked worried.
"Roger? Roger? Roger attack!" Jack shouted more out of fear than out of power. 
Suddenly, Maurice, Sam and Eric came out carrying most of the boys who Ralph had knocked out. With a look of shock, Jack ran towards the forest where he had sent Roger. He found him there, his head forced down on the stick, but instead of a smile like the pig's face, Roger's face was a face that realized his time had come. His eyes were looking up at Jack as if to tell him he was next.
"Jack, you have had your fun, now it is time to listen to me. No, not because you elected me, because if you don't, I will kill you here and now. Simon was right, it was our fault things were falling apart. But now there is no choice to go back to England with the innocence we came with, we will forever be killers, Maurice, you and I. There may be some hope for the littluns and Sam and Eric, but not us." Ralph went back to the beach, but not without saying one last thing to Jack. "Jack, either come with me peacefully and I will let you live, or die."
After Ralph walked back to the beach, a swarm of flies came to eat their fill, leaving Jack's head buzzing.


Lord of The Flies supports the idea that human nature at its heart is the need to survive by any means necessary.


The story of Sudan's Lost Boys is an incredible story. Boys who show compassion towards each other, making a trip of unthinkable horror. It is a very heart warming I must agree, but to not sound to cynical, I believe that human nature's instinct of survival is very part of this story. The basic instinct is to survive by any means necessary. The boys traveled in a pack, which is smart because if they had a better chance of surviving in a bigger group. They knew that to survive, they would need to leave people behind. For example, when lions attacked, they knew if they tried to save people from being eaten, they would also get attacked, and probably die. They chose to save themselves instead of help save another boy. Also with the crocidiles, they could only help themselves swim under the water.

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