Lord of the Flies

…Peaceful nothingness. Before the boys arrive on the island, it is picturesque, serene, and undisturbed. The boys land on the untouched island in amazement of its beauty. The island was covered in grasses, and trees, with a lagoon that was “blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple” (p. 10). Uncorrupted, the island was similar to the Garden of Eve until Adam and Eve entered slowly ruining its perfection…Ordered civilization. Ralph orders a civilization …

…then will a new world be a successfully created and maintained civilization. Ralph began with nothing, turned it into something positive, and once corrupted by fear was turned into chaos again. Jack took the chaos and with use of fear ordered it, only to create a society that had absolutely no opinion or communication amongst each other. A multitude of heartless, and thoughtless savages were created, resulting in exactly what the boys started with…nothingness.