Lord of the Flies: Intelligence and Good vs. Evil

Good versus execration is a reciprocal concept apply often in storytelling, writing, plays, movies, etc. the basic story line is commonly used and developed to mold several(predicate) ideals, meanings, and lessons into different types of practices. William Goldings unfermented the Lord of the Flies f eachs into this course of instruction of works with the profound versus abuse story line. Boiling the novel down to its most basic evoke it is a story of a free radical of boys. They all start come out of the closet in a mention down of innocence, thence as they ad average to their new surroundings after being stranded on a deserted island with no adults they chose whether or not they turn from their innocence.When the boys turn from their innocence they go from being good to evil, or as the interpretation of this novel is commonly perceived the boys go from being civilized boys to savages. It is in this sense that civilized and good sess be used interchangeably for this i nterpretation, and the same for evil and savagery. Golding puts an enkindle twist to this basic plot right in the beginning of the story. Golding takes the story from just a primary tale of good versus evil to good versus evil with competing ideas of science.Right in the beginning of the novel we see these ideas of tidings take form. As the story builds the differences in the types of parole grows and generates more distinct. From there the competition of good versus evil begins. After their plane crashes the boys who were on the plane to escape the warfare in England are scattered on the island. Ralph, the first boy we are introduced to meets another boy named Piggy. Its a shell I seen bingle kindred that before. On someones back wall. A conch he called it. He used to be adrift it and then his mum would come. Its ever so valu equal to(p)-(15).With Piggys help Ralph uses the conch they found to call out to the other boys on the island. This is the first hint at the two type s of intelligence. Piggy is already exhibiting signs of essential intelligence. This type of intelligence is developed based on the sensory analysis of the surroundings. This intelligence is more move on and enables Piggy to think in more civilized, advanced ways. He is immediately made fun of for his carriage and as the story progresses is mocked as a know-it-all. No one listens to Piggy, pull down though the conch and the meeting were his ideas no one realizes this, nor do they care.Once all the boys are gathered together there is a vote on who should be chief. A boy named Jack is introduced as the leader of the consort boys and he wants to be chief, save when put to a vote Ralph is elected. Ralph does croak the choir to Jack and asks what they would like to be. Jack tells Ralph that he and his choir shall be the hunters. Ralph depicts more affable intelligence. Ralph knows how to work a crowd, how to lead a group, and how to gain respect. Everybody must coer round here an d wait and not go away.Three of us- if we take more wed get all mixed, and lose each other- three of us will go on an expedition and find out (23-24). This act showed that Ralph was able to get the attention of the boys at any judgment of conviction and that the boys would actually listen to him. His energy to be able to accomplish this as quickly as he did really shows his true hearty intelligence. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make hummer on top of the mountain. We must make a drive out (38). Ralph does show some born(p) intelligence as well, but not nearly as much as Piggy exhibits.Jack also shows a form of fond intelligence. He is able to watch command over his choir and they listen to him no matter what. This shows that in the beginning of the story even though the boys are all different, have different types of intelligence, and have mixed feelings about the situation they are still united together as a whole. All day Ive been worki ng with Simon. No one else. Theyre off bathing, or eating, or playing (50). The boys begin to slack and begin to realize that there arent consequences or punishments for the wrongs they do.Jack and his group of hunters give way obsessed with the idea of killing a pig, and are the only ones exempt from helping build shelters, though the other boys dont really care enough about their high societys to help build or gather food. Its at this point in the novel where there are serious signs of cracks and issues with the order system the boys have put in place since being on the island. Jack is beginning to slipperiness into a more savage state, and is using his neighborly intelligence to bring other boys down with him. The offhand form of society that the boys have created is already starting to weaken and fall. Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her declension (69). Look Weve killed a pig-we stole up on them-we got into a circle-(69). It is at this point in the novel where the gr oup of hunters, the boys who killed the pig, have turned from innocence. The kill they had obsessed over finally happened and they were proud of themselves for killing. The act of killing a living creature, something they never had done before, was the true number point for them. There was no turning back from it the hunters even painted their faces, this sense of wearing a mask, pretending to be someone else enabled them to kill. notwithstanding theyll be painted You know how it is. Eric says. The others nodded. They unders in additiond only too well the liberation into savagery that the hide paint brought. Well, we wont be painted, said Ralph, because we arent savages (Golding 172). Ralph is starting to understand that Jack and the group of boys who follow him are starting to turn to a more evil state. Ralph still tries to use his kind intelligence and command over his boys so they dont go over to Jacks side. Within Jacks group the obsession with hunting caused the boys to le t the fire go out, and later on lose a chance at rescue.The hunters didnt really seem to care about the fire they were still overly hyped up about their kill, swearing that they would hunt again and bring back even more meat. As the boys become more and more content with letting go with the rules they get impending and closer to losing their sense of civilization all. If I blow the conch and they dont come back then weve had it. We shant keep the fire going. Well be like animals. Well never be rescued. (Golding 92). As the boys start to satisfy their own wishes of hunting and playing they get sick of listening to Ralph and being controlled by the conch.They dont want to do work they just want to have fun. Jack rebels against Ralph and makes his own tribe, where he could be the leader and he would no longer be controlled by the conch. Evil starts to arise rapidly the mass of the older boys side with Jack and abandon Ralphs authority. After that Piggy, Sam and Eric are the older boys who breathe with Ralph. As the night wears on, some of the littleuns sneak off to join Jack. This is truly the end of their makeshift society, it has completely failed.After the split of the group it appeared as though things could settle down, but Ralph and his boys find that it is nearly impossible to keep the rescue fire going. They need to ask the others for help but Jacks boys are too afraid to help them. Jack had taken to using torturous and intimidation methods to keep control over his group. He wears a mask, like he did when he killed the first pig this seems to allow Jack to give in completely to his evil savage side. It was while celebrating their savageness and reenacting the kill that they got carried away and got themselves overly worked up. The woman chaser struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the violent of teeth and claws (Golding 153). The wickedness in all of the boys deludes them into mistaking Simon, the only truly good pure boy, as the beastie. Simon was considered to be the pure boy, the epitome of civilization and innocence. Jack and the other boys had completely given themselves over to their evil sides, giving in to their natural instincts and savagery.Social Intelligence and natural intelligence are both qualities that help a person to be successful in life. However, overall, society puts great worth in social intelligence. The abilities to work with others, lead and motivate others, and inspire others make a person successful in life. Just like good and evil, social and natural intelligence go hand in hand. One is not greater than the other, but like people believe good is better, people put more stock in social intelligence. In Lord of the Flies the boys put their trust in Ralph, but as time goes on, and rules begi n to be broken, the less control Ralph seems to have.Social intelligence will only go so far, it squirtt be natural instincts. Natural instincts are hidden behind the rules and expectations of society. When they begin to dwindle and those instincts become more prominent, that natural intelligence becomes important, it can be the intelligence or lack thereof that can make or break a situation. Without one, evil or good, natural intelligence or social intelligence, the other is not really known. Without evil how would we know what good is? If everyone was socially intelligent how would we know what natural intelligence is? The answer is we wouldnt have a way of knowing.A person cannot know one without knowing of the other. Intelligence and good and evil all work together, as seen in Goldings novel. Jack feature the same kind of social intelligence as Ralph, but when he gave in to evil his social intelligence the power it gave him over the other boys allowed Jack to change the atmos phere of the island and turn the boys away from commodity and civilization. Piggy had natural intelligence but because he lacked any real social intelligence he was shunned, mocked, and in the end killed for this. He came off as a know-it-all and a whiner this pissed off the other boys and eventually led to his demise.The boys didnt put any stock in natural intelligence they put all their stock in social intelligence and natural instinct. Ralph, with Piggys help, was able to remain civilized and good. Though he lost his hold on the boys he still had his social intelligence, and even some natural intelligence of his own to rely on. When Ralph was in charge his positive mind-set affected the boys as well, they were positive because he was positive. The struggle between good and evil does not just affect the person whos battling it within themselves, it also affects those around them, and subsequently can change them too. ?