LOTF

I believe that that statement is true. Our society does know how to kill a man subtler than death. We can kill someone just by getting into their minds and making them believe that they are not worth life. We can make people feel so bad about themselves that they eventually commit suicide. And this process can be a very slow and drawn out process. Of course, there are physical things we can do as well, such as neglecting children or other dependents. It would be very subtle, but it could eventually lead to death. But I think this statement was mainly leaning towards the emotional side of things. We can kill a person’s will to live, their enjoyment, their creativity, all without using death.

I definitely think that if our civilized self and our savage self can’t be separated, the savage side of will take over. The savage in anyone has one main goal, and that is to survive. Civilized people want what is best of the group, and usually not what is best for themselves, personally. But savage will win in this department because savage only cares about itself. A savage person will do what is the best for him/her self. Our savage side is just that, savage. It will always win, in almost every situation. I think that if you believe that your civilized self will take over, you need to rethink some people’s motives.

This is a difficult question. I can see the reasoning behind both of the options. I think that people are controlled by society. We all try to follow norms and fit in with other people. We don’t want to stick out because that causes attention to be pulled toward us. But yet we like attention. But only positive attention. Why is this? Because society has made it like that. We want to be like everyone else. I don’t expect this theory to ever change. We tell people to be themselves and stand up for what we want, but that rarely happens, because society shuts us down. We always say we are different, but are we, really?

·         The Lord of the Flies isn’t talking about a whole lot in particular. I think it’s more geared towards Simon’s inner thoughts.

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        The LOTF is not mad about anything, honestly. It’s just making fun of Simon. The only thing it’s maybe mad about is that the boys thought they could kill it.

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        Simon is the one hearing this because he’s delusional. He’s not thinking straight because he’s dehydrated and hungry. None of the other boys are physically and/or mentally delusional.

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       Simon still has some of his own thoughts. His own thoughts are the angel, and his devil thoughts are from the LOTF. But really the LOTF thoughts is just his own really deep personal thoughts.