Lord of the Flies

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   michael336 Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   As time passed and no rescue came into sight, the boys became aclimated to their surroundings and their new reality.  In fact, they began to embrace their independence.  They were feeling personal power for the first time, power over themselves without grown-ups, but also (for some of them) power of others.  As the saying goes, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

   With rescue (since the fire was designed to be a beacon to any passing ships or planes), the boys would have to give up a lot.  They were not sure what was going on in the outside world (they had escaped England at the beginning of a nuclear war).  The security of the island was one of knowledge, rather than trying to escape into the unknown.

    

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   Posted by michael336 on Thursday September 4, 2008 at 10:10 AM
   
   

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