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2. Lord Of The
Flies:
Civilisation vs
Savagery
By: Adriel, Naveen and Taufiq

3. Golding's message
- Civilisation is but a mirage
- Mankind is born a savage

4. Golding's message
- William Golding is conveying the message that human beings
must have rules, authority and government in order to maintain
a safe environment.
- When man is left free from rules, discipline and governmental
regulations, he will return to his base instincts and become much
like an animal. He loses respect for human life and his sense of
right and wrong.

5. Civilisation defined
– An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human
society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of
record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and
social institutions.

6. Character evaluation: Ralph
– Ralph is the primary representative of order, civilization, and good leadership in
the book. While most of the other boys initially are concerned with playing,
having fun, and avoiding work, Ralph sets about building huts and thinking of
ways to maximize their chances of getting rescued.
– In the earlier parts, Ralph does not understand why the other boys would give
in to barbarism and bloodlust. He finds the chanting and dancing of the other
boys distasteful. However he then learns that this savagery exists in all boys but
is determined not to let this savagery get the better of him.

7. Character evaluation: Piggy
– The embodiment of maturity amongst the children because he did not believe
that they were going to be saved by Ralph's father who was in the navy. He was
intellectually superior compared to the rest but physically inferior. This is seen
when he found the conch but gave it to Ralph to blow because of his asthma.
– He represents civilisation because of the fact that he was "frowning to
remember names". He sees each boy as a fellow human being, and wants to
give him the right and privilege of being called by his proper name. Having
names matters to Piggy, because, just like the conch, it represents a system of
rules and order.

8. Character Evaluation: Piggy
– Piggy insists on rules and order and defends the conch. This is because people
like piggy would get tramelled by the likes of Jack. However with the conch, his
voice would matter as much as everyone else's, with the conch everyone has a
fair chance of being heard. This is also probably why piggy defends the conch
even when he is attacked by Jack and his hunters demanding, "Which is
better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"

9. Symbolism on Civilisation
–Conch : ‘he can hold it when he is speaking’
The conch represents organization and unity
-Piggy’s glasses : It represents science and logical reasoning in society. When the
boys use the glasses to start the fire, it signifies intelligence. Also, when Jack’s
hunters raid Ralph’s camp they steal Piggy’s glasses, effectively taking the power to
make fire, leaving Ralph’s group helpless. This shows how the boys use their
intelligence while stranded.
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10. Symbolism on Savagery
–The beastie : it gives an instinct of savagery. The boys are afraid of the beast but
only Simon figures out that the beast exists in them. All in all, the more fearful the
boys are of the beast, the more savage they become. By the end of the book they
start making sacrifices to the beast, treating it as their leader
- The scar on the island : The rip in the forest caused by the crash landing of the
plane symbolises how man and his savage nature will destroy paradise by
entering it.

11. Degradation of Civilisation and
uprising of Savagery

12. Savagery defined
– The property of being untamed, violent and primitive

13. Character evaluation: Jack
– Jack is strong-willed and egomaniacal. He is the novel’s representative of the
instinct of savagery, violence, and the desire for power. He basically is the
opposite of Ralph. While Ralph is determined to stay civilised and peaceful, Jack
completely embraces savagery and bloodlust.
– Jack initially shows a level of self constraint and was the leader of the choir. He
was furious upon losing the leadership position to Ralph because of his
egotistical properties. Upon letting the pig live, Jack becomes devoted to his
role as the hunter and lets this sense of bloodlust and barbarism consume him
completely. This is seen in “Jack began to dance and his laughter became a
bloodthirsty snarling” when he becomes one with his prey and is practically
morphing into an animal.

14. Character Evaluation: Jack
– Jack's love for authority and senseless violence eventually become
interconnected as both gives him the sense of power. He also learns to
manipulate the boys fear of the beast to control them. The more savage Jack
became, the greater the grip he had on his tribe.

15. Character evaluation: Roger
– Roger is Jack's right hand man and symbolises the most inhumane of society. He
is a cruel sadist who bullies the younger ones. He eventually kills piggy by rolling
a boulder onto him. Roger is the epitome of a savage brute as he finds joy in
the suffering of others. This is seen as he rolls a boulder over Piggy to kill him.
He does not hesitate to follow Jacks every command as Jack is the only one he
fears.