Thursday, September 10, 2009
Lord of the Flies compared to "Lost"
Over the past few weeks we have been discussing The lord of the flies in class. We have discussed the difference in Jack and Ralph's way of leading the kids. Also we have talked about how the kids create their own microcosm on the island. As i was reading the book i realized that there were many similarities between the book and the unrelated show. First both of the survivors were stuck on the island because of a plane crash. As they grouped together the adult survivors on lost picked a leader that they thought would help them the most, yet unlike the kids there was less tension between the people because they all got a say in what they would put their efforts toward and they all agreed on it. Also on the island in Lost, the survivors find out that there is another 'tribe' on the island and the people that make up the tribe are not afraid to kill the survivors. Even on the island the adults seem to find man's violent nature in effect. The survivors looked to their leader to help them survive and hopefully get off the island. Unfortunately the other tribe had no plans to let any one off the island. Also when other people finally come to the island, they save some of the survivors, but their real mission is to kill the people of the island. Just as in The lord of the Flies the survivors cannot seem to escape the violent ways of humans. The survivors on the island were thrown into another world (microcosm) where when they try to survive in a civil way they were forced to show some savagery toward the mysterious other tribe.
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Over the past three weeks we have talked about philosopers and their thoughts on human nature. We also read 2 articles about moral decisions. I was watching my little brother and sister one day while my mom was sick and my brother did something that reminded me of our conversations in class. My sister was playing with something on the floor and when my brother saw what she was playing with he decided he wanted to play with it and took it from her. I told him that it was wrong to steal, but he claimed it was his and he began to play with it. After my sister was done crying she started playing with another toy and when my brother saw that she didn't care that he had the toy she was playing with anymore, he stoped playing with the toy and left. My brother only wanted the toy to agitate my sister and make her upset. He also only wanted the toy because she was playing with it and he was jealous. This brought out an 'evil' side to him even while retaining his innocence. this further proves the point that human nature was evil and that no matter how young and innocent a person seems, he/she will always some sort of evil within them.
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