Human society

I think the boys chose Jack's system because Jack has a really strong character and gives a lot of trust because he seems so confident with everything what he does . The boys were on the island already for a longer time and still didn't get rescue yet . Ralph was always trying to set a fire to make signals and get rescued , he was sensitive took care of the everybody and was really democratic . He would have been a really good leader if he was more confident and would have shown that. Jack was really aggressive selfish and a dictator and most important he had the power to convince people .  

         It is still hard to understand for me why people would rather kill somebody than work together with               them . Why were the boys so much more convinced by Jack then by Ralph ? Jack isn't a good leader at all so why do they all follow him ? 

         In my opinion the boys didn't think about it . They were just so convinced by Jack that they didn't think about it . They were all stuck together on one island and none of them can leave so that is already a shock for these guys . And Jack was just this really strong character to take care of all of them .They felt saver with him because he was hunter but they also had a lot of respect for him & would do anything for him so they start following him and Jack kind of takes over their control and mind. And I wouldn't blame the boys for anything that they were young and dumb because if a leader is really smart and able to convince people everybody starts following without thinking about it . It happened to a lot of countries in the past and is still going on today . So i think all human society would fall for this " trap " and would run this risk .

          

 

After chapter 1-5 of flies, what do the think the author is saying about our species? Is there hope for us? Can we trust people to be good?

I think the author is trying to describe the history of civilization. He also tries to show that our species can be good and evil . He shows that our species is possible to learn things and figure out problems by themselves . Even though it sometimes takes time to figure some things out our species can do it. He also describes that people maybe all came from the same origin but every single human develops in a different way . Everybody looks a different way , has a different voice , a different character and when everybody is different obviously not everybody is going to get along . He describes our species also stupid in some parts because the children keep thinking that there are monsters which is completely wrong because monsters don't exists . You also have to realize that he is not talking about the whole species of us because he is only talking about children not adults . 


I think that there is definitely hope for us . People have been developed and improved in every way the last hundred of years . Also the children in the story have hope . They might don't have any adults but the find a system after a time and choose a leader . They also manage to get food when they choose hunters . 


I think that we can trust people to be good a lot , but not always . You always should watch who you trust and who you don't trust . Especially in the situation with the boys on the island they only know each other for a couple of months . If i was one of the boys I would only trust the people which also trust me . People in general are good but there are always some people who are fake or just want the worst for you . I also think trust is a decision which you have to make out of the bottom of your heart . If your heart tells you that you can trust somebody then trust that person .

Would they get along?

In the book, a couple of boys are stranded on an island that has enough food and water. There are no threats to them on this island and it is possible to survive.  Would they get along? 


I don't think that they would all get along with each other , because those children are randomly mixed together . They all have different characters . Whenever there is many children in one place , they won't get along . There are just people you get along with & people you don't get along with . People can also have a different impression when you meet them the first time . So you might like a person the first time you meet them but when you spend more time with then they really can get on your nerves . On top the boys are stuck on the island together so if they are annoyed by each other they can't just avoid each other for a couple days . The boys all also have different ages so they are interested in different stuff . Since there is also nobody which leads the boys or gives them any rules they can do whatever they want . So everything can get out of controls very easy .