Lord of the Flies

Personally, I think that the end to the Lord of the Flies was one of the worst endings that I have ever read. It was completley unrealistic! One minute, Jack is chasing Ralph around the island trying to kill him, and the next, they are getting rescued and everything is okay. It was interesting how at almost the exact time that Jack was going to kill Ralph, the adults showed up and saved him. This could relate to my philosphy about government. When two parties are having an argument, a third party should show up and intervene. Ralph and Jack would be considered the two parties here and the third party would obviously be the adults, because they come and demand all of the power, and from this point on in the story, they control all of it as well. In my opinion this is what should've happened: Jack and his warriors were chasing Ralph throughout the woods, trying to capture him, so that they could kill Ralph to gain all of the power. Jack sets part of the island on fire, trying to surround Ralph, but the fire spreads too quickly for them, and the whole island ends up on fire. Finally, with help from the fire and his men, Jack is able to corner Ralph. They talk a little bit, and discuss power, and eventually Ralph gives in and says that he will help Jack and be on his side, because he is trying to save himself (every action people take is to benefit themselves of course), but in Jack's mind, it is too late for this. He thinks that if he lets Ralph go now, Ralph will eventually gain all of the power back, and he doesn't want this to happen. Jack takes his spear, and stabs him. Eventually, Ralph falls still and you know that he is dead. Because of Jack and Ralph's human nature (selfishness and greed), Ralph, Piggy and Simon are all dead now. In my opinion, this is how the story should have played out. The ending that it has in reality, is much too happy for this type of book.  

 In The Lord of the Flies, the boys demonstrate that without a civil construct, human nature is inherently evil.

The story of the Sundaneses boys' was truly amazing. It was incredible that they could survive all that time, not knowing when they would next eat, or if the people standing next to them would be alive in the next week. Although, even though it seemed like throughout their long walk they were protecting each other and were becoming selfless, they would still put the well-being of themselves before the well-being of the others. It is human nature to do that, and nothing can change that. For example, when they were crossing the river, they didn't try to stay behind to help the others. They just tried to get across as fast as they possibly could so that they wouldn't get eaten by the alligators. They watched people die, but none of boys that survived and were safely across, tried to save them. They might have wanted to, but because they put their own lives first, they didn't. Everybody who has heard of these boy's experience believes that they learned to care so much about each other that they would do anything for them. Nobody really sees what happened here. These boys cared about each other because they wanted to survive. If they had all decided to go off on their own, not one of them would be alive today. I still strongly conclude that no experience that we have will change our human nature of selfishness, not even this astounding journey.