3 Writing Prompts LOTF

1.       When society gets together, there will be things that they like, and things that they don’t. There will be certain people that are against the views of the majority, and there will always be divisions. If someone decides to go against the majority, the majority will find a way to punish them. Sometimes the decision is made to kill that person. Other times, they just punish them without killing. They make them suffer. They take away everything away that they possibly can from that one outlier to make him or her as uncomfortable, lonely, and scared as possible. This was shown in the book, when Jack’s group of hunters didn’t kill Ralph right away, but they took away every single thing that Ralph had, rather than putting him out of his misery.

2.       Our savage self will always take over our civilized self if we are not able to separate them. This just happens because it is so much easier to be mean and cruel than to be nice and genuine. Self-control is the main thing that helps society remain civilized and remain together. In the book, you see that Jack loses his sense of self control, and leaves the group. He is then followed by many others, who are tired of putting in all the work to be good, when it is easier just to lose control and be savage. That is why keeping those separated is so important. It keeps people in check and helps the majority of people stay good.

3.       A civilization is created by a group of people coming together with a common goal. At the beginning of the book, they had a goal. Their goal was to survive, and to make it off of the island in any way possible. However, society is controlled by the people. It maybe isn’t controlled the entire group as a whole, but by certain powerful individuals. These individuals control the entire people. They are able to use their power and their voice to intimidate others and to get their way. So in a way, people are controlled by society, but I think that society is controlled by the people more. The majority can come together at any point and take over.