Views on Life, Power, Control, and Violence

"After reading Chapter 4, have your views about life, violence, power, and control changed since the beginning of the book?"

         I believe my views have not changed because I feel the book has showed me nothing new in the sense of my views on life, violence, power, and control.

          I think the book shows that people can grow inhumane and resort to violence when they are frustrated or angry or numerous other reasons, such as when Jack slaps Piggy for saying his opinion on the matter of the fire going out. This shows that people can act in such an atrocious way when put in situations like being stranded on an uninhabited island. This is my exact view on violence.

          Life is a very controversial topic, especially when one is asked to state their view on it. Personally, chapter four didn't really change my views because I feel that the book has not expressed enough of the myriad of views on life for me to change mine.

          Power is an important element of this book, conveyed through the conch and the platform. I think Golding is trying to show the reader the desire for social and political order through government. My view on power is this exactly, giving me no reason to say that my view has changed.

         I think control is what someone wants when they are in a situation they feel they can't handle the situation or  they fear that they can't manage the situation. For example, when Ralph calls for a meeting to stop the other boys' "reenactment" of the pig's death, an event Ralph was not apart of and could not control.

          My point being is that my views on power, violence, control, and life have not changed since reading chapter four of the Lord of the Flies.