Lord of the Flies: Intelligence and Good vs. Evil

Good versus horror is a common concept used often in fabricationtelling, writing, plays, movies, and so on the canonic story line is commonly used and developed to hammer divers(prenominal) ideals, meanings, and lessons into different types of works. William Goldings bracing the Lord of the Flies travel into this category of works with the considerably versus brutal story line. Boiling the fabrication d cause to its most basic enounce it is a story of a group of boys. They all start out(a) in a state of innocence, then as they adjust to their new surroundings later on creation stranded on a deserted island with no adults they chose whether or not they act upon from their innocence.When the boys figure out from their innocence they go from be good to monstrous, 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 can be used interchangeably for this interpretation, and the same for evil and savagery. Golding rigs an interesting twist to this basic plot right in the start of the story. Golding numbers the story from just a simple tale of good versus evil to good versus evil with competing ideas of erudition.Right in the swallowning of the novel we see these ideas of recognition take form. As the story makes the differences in the types of comprehension grows and mothers to a greater extent distinct. From there the competition of good versus evil begins. aft(prenominal) their plane crashes the boys who were on the plane to escape the warfargon in England be scattered on the island. Ralph, the first boy we are introduced to meets an other(a)(prenominal) boy named Piggy. Its a shell I seen one the like that before. On roundones back wall. A conch he called it. He used to blow it and then his mum would come. Its ever so valu equal-(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 types of scholarship. Piggy is already exhibiting signs of natural intelligence. This type of intelligence is developed based on the sensory(prenominal) analysis of the surroundings. This intelligence is more advanced and enables Piggy to think in more civilized, advanced ways. He is immediately made fun of for his air and as the story progresses is mocked as a greet-it-all. No one listens to Piggy, up to now 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 needs to be chief, and when put to a vote Ralph is elected. Ralph does give the choir to Jack and claims what they would like to be. Jack tells Ralph that he and his choir shall be the goers. Ralph depicts more social intelligence. Ralph knows how to work a crowd, how to lead a group, and how to gain respect . Everybody must(prenominal)iness stay round here and wait and not go away.Three of us- if we take more wed get all mixed, and lose each other- troika of us will go on an expedition and call back out (23-24). This act showed that Ralph was able to get the attention of the boys at whatever period and that the boys would actually listen to him. His ability to be able to accomplish this as quickly as he did really shows his true social intelligence. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire (38). Ralph does show some natural intelligence as well, but not nearly as much as Piggy exhibits.Jack as well as shows a form of social intelligence. He is able to lionize influence oer 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 close to the situation they ar e still joined together as a whole. All day Ive been workings 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 become preoccupy with the idea of killing a pig, and are the only ones exempt from helping build shelters, though the other boys applyt really care enough about their orders to help build or gather food. Its at this testify 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 skulduggery into a more savage state, and is using his social intelligence to claim other boys down with him. The improvised form of order of magnitude that the boys have created is already starting to weaken and fall. Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood (69). formula 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 group 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 liveliness creature, something they never had done before, was the true turning point for them. There was no turning back from it the hunters even painted their faces, this sense of wearing a mask, pret demiseing to be someone else enabled them to kill. But theyll be painted You know how it is. Eric says. The others nodded. They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the privacy 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 social intelligence and command over his boys so they dont go over to Jacks side. Within Jacks group the fixing with hunting caused the boys to let the fire go out, and subsequently lose a chance at rescue.The hunters didnt really seem to care about the fire they were still likewise 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 enveloping(prenominal) and closer to losing their sense of nicety tout ensemble. 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 fulfill their own wishes of hunting and playing they get sick of listening to Ralph and being supremacyled 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 quick the majority of the older boys side wit h Jack and abandon Ralphs authority. After that Piggy, Sam and Eric are the older boys who remain 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 wholly 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 panic-struck 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 beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep spring of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged af ter it poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the boisterous 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, large 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 greater worth in social intelligence. The abilities to work with others, lead and propel others, and inspire others make a person successful in life. upright like good and evil, social and natural intelligence go feed in hand. One is not greater than the other, but like peck believe good is better, people put more shoot in social intelligence. In Lord of the Flies the boys put their trust in Ralph, but as time goes on, and rules begin to be broken, the less control Ralph seems to have.Social intelligence will only go so far, it cant 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 wise(p).A person cannot know one without knowing of the other. Intelligence and good and evil all work together, as seen in Goldings novel. Jack possessed the same kind of social intelligence as Ralph, but when he gave in to evil his social in telligence the power it gave him over the other boys allowed Jack to change the atmosphere of the island and turn the boys away from goodness 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 intercom speaker this annoyed 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 outlook 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 likewise affects those around them, and s ubsequently can change them too. ?