Final essay

The darkness of the humans shows up without civilization.

<Lord of the Flies> by William Golding <Animal Farm>by George Orwell   Name: Cani. You

  By the end of the Second World War, the world had already become a fragile state. In the literary arena, William Golding and George Orwell are the famous writers who still remain with a clear hand, and have the sense of responsibility to the society. They create their magnum opuses “Lord of the Flies” and “Animal Farm”.

   Compare Lord of the Flies to Animal Farm. The two novels are both allegorical. Lord of the Flies expresses the fragility of the human civilization by a group of boys. Animal Farm is about centralism. The two novels are unassociated but they both come together in a certain way to show the meaningful theme: The darkness of humans shows up without civilization.
 
  The civilized animals in the Animal Farm. Napoleon and Snowball lead the animals to rebel and expel the owner Mr. Jones from his farm. The animals create the regulation “Seven Commandments”. Everyone has to abide by its rules. Getting started the great life, Napoleon uses the dirty trick to expel his rival Snowball and enforces hid centralism onto the farm. Napoleon secretly changes the rules of “Seven Commandments” so that he can excuse his own behaviors which are against the rules. The animals are given less food and are made work harder than in Mr. Jones period. Napoleon becomes the only and absolute leader; he disregards the rules, learns the human behaviors and begins to trade with the humans. Finally one day, Napoleon plays cards with Mr. Pilkington, the other farm owner. The animals stand by the window; they cannot identify which is the pig and which is the person any more.
  “Animal Farm” describes the common humanity: Humans want freedom, then we seize power, we possess power, then we abuse power. Although Animal Farm is about animals, the writer actually talks about humans. The novel shows the humanity after the animals have the wisdom – the bare and dirty darkness of humans. In this novel, Napoleon learns of human behaviors and also gets into the darkness of humanity. The other animals do not have enough intelligence to distinguish what is right, they can only believe in Napoleon. Pigs are different from the other animals; they have learned wisdom and are very clever. Intelligence divides the pigs and the unintelligent animals into different levels. Initially, the animals started the rebellion because of the last rule of “Seven Commandments”: “All animals are equal!” However, Napoleon changes it to “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This means that the animal farm has already become a hierarchy system. In the animal farm, the civilization is wrong and deficient. It is the wreckage of the real civilization and is accepted by the animals, even the highest of levels. To a great extent, Napoleon is not a revolutionary rather a slave to mankind. He finished his “mission” showing the darkness of the humans with the incomplete civilization.

  The savage boys in the “Lord of the Flies” leave England by plane, the plane is shot down and the boys are trapped on a deserted island. On this lonely island, the boys have to manage and rescue themselves without any adults. Ralph is chosen as the leader and the boys are orderly and civilized. Later, Jack is in conflict with Ralph and tries to seize the position of leadership. Jack builds a savage tribe; he breaks all the civilized rules and leads the boys to become the wild people. Jack creates a unified slogan:“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” He even sets a fire to kill Ralph.
  In “Lord of the Flies” the novel is full of the symbolism. The conch shell symbolizes the power and the law, the glasses symbolizes science, Ralph represents civilization and rational, Jack represents savage, dictatorship. The core symbolism of the worst of evils is “Lord of the Flies”; the representative of it is the sow’s head. The sow connects the boys and the evils inside them. The boys accept the civilization from the human’s world. However, in the natural and deserted island, the boys return to the initial situation of the humans. Face to the fear, the civilization and rational are so vulnerable. Ralph’s civilized groups is collapsed quickly as Jack’s savage tribe grows up, the new savage order let darkness inside human vent without blocks. Golding expresses a point of view in the novel: That human nature is evil, if humans are taken away from humanity, the darkness inside humans will show obviously.

  In summary, Napoleon becomes another Mr. Jones and shows his human side, so what’s the purpose of the rebellion? Ralph and the boys are rescued by the navy, when they return back to the smoke and fury of the world. Do they really return to civilized world? Whatever the environment or who you are. The evil does exist in everyone’s hearts, even the naive children. People need the civilized regulation to supervise each other, and control the darkness by different power, avoiding the dictatorship.