So as all normal people would feel after these last few chapters. The feeling of utter shock and disbelief of the atrocities committed by these kids. In the beginning, we see the immaturity of not having any adults. We have all felt that freedom before but never for such a long time like this. BEing exposed to so much stress both mentally and physically. It has an affect on adults, but it becomes a game to children. So much mental illness is expressed. Roger, a sociopath, kills Piggy with a rock. We remember his attempts at hurting the littluns with rocks already. Then there is Jack acting like an immature tyrant. He thinks he is the greatest thing due to his mask and his knife. But if you take that away from him all that would be left is a scared little child with no physical or mental features to gain anything for him. Lastly, we have the thing that affects all the kids. Fear. The fear of death, the fear of the beast which seems to be deaths emissary. But it isn't...
Age is just a number a person measures age with. However a person's age has nothing to do on how they are measured. A person is measured on what their character is like, on how they live in life, in the success is earned, and by the respect gifted by peers. So at the age of twelve the realization that life is harder than it was perceived to be. Things like respect, character, and success aren't what motivates a kid at earlier points in life. Now at the age of twelve work starts to become harder. Though it seems stupid right now this is what will prepare you for the rest of your life. As the work keeps getting harder the success you earn becomes more prominent. The character that you didn't even know you had shows and as you get older the respect from your success will give gifts that you didn't even know you desired. I learned this as a young child that if you work hard enough at anything than you can be the best at whatever it is you're working on. Hard work will...
Imagine that you are in the time period of this story. What would your life be like? What handicaps would you have? What would Harrison's rebellion mean to you? This story full of humor and upbeat yet with no real frame of life. Harrison is the most exceptional person in this story. He is the epitome of what it means to be a person. The U.S.H.G fears him cause of this exceptionality and uniqueness. Now if we relate this back to our and even the time this was written the fear of difference is still present. You see the author though a socialist did believe that a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, not just one group regulating the flow of everything. The point that this story was meant to be a testament to civilization, not a story to make a smile. The author does an excellent job of hiding the point of this behind humor that makes the...
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