Between the Rules and the Savage

       Both William Golding, who was a British writer, and Sidney Schanberg, who was a journalist of New York Times, focused on rules and the need for their existence on enforcement in a society. Golding expressed this in his novel, Lord of the Flies. This novel is about lives without control of young boys on an isolated island. And Schanberg wrote an essay, ¡°The Rules Are All we¡¯ve Got.¡± He wrote about raising crime rates in our society. These writhers tell us that there could be violence and lawlessness if people follow only their instinct. And this kind of matter is a big problem for civilization. I also think that people should keep their reason no to be savage.

If people do not follow their rules, they will be in brute hood. William Golding used a situation of boys in an isolated island to express this in his novel, Lord of the Flies. He described tumbling down of civilization by being without the rules. He got a Noble Prize for this novel. During World War II, a hostile country bombed an airplane that carried British schoolboys. The boys got on an island without any adult. At first, they set up their rules themselves like they did before. They chose Ralph as their leader. There would be an assembly when Ralph blew his conch. And they also made fire to be rescued. However, choirboys and their chief, Jack, rejected to follow the rules. They were getting been savage. They hunted pigs for food, so other boys jointed their group,

There was one thing that boy were scary about. It was a beast, which was their imagination. Finally, they killed Simon, who found real shape of the beast, and Piggy, who told them to stop ignore the rule. Even though, they tried to kill Ralph, who was their first chosen leader. Before they kill Ralph, adults, the navies, came on the island and found them. At first the boys got on the island, they tried to be civilized. The conch was the symbol of the civilization. Ralph said, ¡°I¡¯ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he¡¯s speaking¡±(33). This quotation expresses how the boys considered that the rules were important in their society. However, later, they ignored the rule and just acted whatever they wanted. They were becoming savage. Especially, pig-hunting scene shows their rage and violence. ¡°Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife¡¦Then Jack found the throat and the hot, blood spouted over his hands¡±(135), ¡°he giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms¡±(135) jack cut eh pig¡¯s throat without and doubt. Other boys were enjoying killing the pig. The culmination of their rage is the feast scene. ¡°Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!¡±(152). They were so exciting and thought that Simon was the beast.

Finally, they killed Simon. There is some literary technique of description in the pig-hunting scene. ¡°They were just behind her when she staggered into an open space were bright flowers grew and butterflies danced round each other and the air was hot and still¡±(135). The author compared peaceful feeling and a violent emotion. It makes the scene crueler. Golding showed the boys¡¯ cruelty and violence without the rules. The boys in the novel become to be savage because of no rules.

Our society is losing respect on rules. Obviously, it helps to raise crime rate. Sidney Schanberg wrote an essay that is titled ¡°The Rules Are All we¡¯ve Got.¡± about crimes in New York City. He said that most people do not pay attention to follow the rules, and the crime rate is increasing. People ignore traffic lights, steal, kill, and wound others. Even though, some young people think that robbing can be and occupation. The author compared New York City with Tokyo. In New York City, so many crimes occur in a day. However, Tokyo has very lower crime rate than New York City. He said that it is based on ¡°public respect for law and authority¡±(2). It shows how New York City¡¯s crime problem is serious. He quoted other people¡¯s words to support his idea in the more realistic of life. And he also used William Golding¡¯s Lord of the Flies for an example. The author felt a similarity between a novel, Lord of the Flies and New York City¡¯s crime problem in real. According to Schanberg, ¡°New York City is becoming a city without rules¡±(1) because of people¡¯s instinct.

People will be savage if they don not follow their rules. William Golding¡¯s Lord of the Files and Sidney Schanberg¡¯s journal, ¡°The Rules Are All We¡¯ve Got¡± show us tumbling down of system of the rules is serious in our society. Golding metaphor this problem to a situation of boys in an isolated island. Finally, these boys did not follow their rules and become savage. Schanberg wrote about crimes in New York City. The city is getting out of control and the rules. We are living in developed civilization and technology. However, the crime rate is increasing, and the people ignore the rules. We may choose the way to savage ourselves.