Argumentative Essay On Lord Of The Flies

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I was still in elementary school, about maybe 6 or 7, so I was in first grade. I remember that year vividly. I have a history of having terrible teachers. The teacher was Ms. Allen. I was bullied that year by a girl named Nikki, she had just moved to the school. She told me that she was going to tell all my friends the horrible things about me. We were in the hallway standing in line next to each other just outside the classroom. She rambled on about all the things she will tell my friends. We entered the classroom and I went up to Ms. Allen to tell her that I was being bullied by this girl for weeks now. Ms. Allen screamed at me to go sit down and continue my work, every time I went to tell her. She never paid any attention when she saw Nikki …show more content…
They believed in a civil, organized society. Jack's society was however different, being barbaric and viking-like. Though Jack's way of society was easier and appealing to the boys. Ralph and Piggy stood against the society, everyone else turning on them and treating them poorly. They had many opportunities to abandon each other and to join Jack but they did not. Golding agrees by stating in his text, "´Which is better--to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?" A great clamor rose among the savages. Piggy shouted again. Which is better--to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?´" (chapter eleven page 141 of pdf). Piggy had also been yelling up at Jack and his tribe. The two were relentless in calling out what was truly happening. Piggy was describing what was going on. That the schoolboys were turning into savages and that Ralph had kept a level head the whole time. He was pointing out that Ralph's society was civilized and organized, having rules and having the schoolboys agree. Rather where Jack's society was just about hunting and killing. The two friends stuck together and stood their ground against the tribe. The savages were telling them to stop but they continued, Piggy and Ralph continued to make their

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