Lord of He FliesLord of He FliesOver a month ago a tragic incident occurred that tested the unity of this country. Terrorist attacks tested the will power and the strength of all. On September 11th the Osama Bin Ladens of the world committed an evil act that attempted to destroy all. Americans were disturbed mostly because the people who committed these acts are human like the rest of us, meaning basically everyone is capable of causing such a disturbance. William Golding came to the same conclusion in his book Lord of the Flies. Throughout his novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding illustrates mans inhumanity to man.
Using conflict between characters, Golding shows how easy it can be for innocents to become evil. First of all, Roger throws stones at Henry. Henry plays on the beach quietly, and Roger hides behind the trees and chooses stones to throw at Henry. Henry never does anything to deserve it, but Roger throws them anyway. Golding writes, “This side and that the stones fell, and Henry turned obediently but always too late to see the stone in the air”(62). Roger shows cruelty to Henry and several other littluns. Jack also shows ruthlessness to other boys on the island. For example, Jack breaks Piggy’s glasses. As Piggy takes a step forward to talk to Jack, he smacks Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses fly off and shatter onto the rocks. This action makes one of his lenses break, which causes Piggy, blind in one eye. Jack does this out of pure evil in hopes of releasing his anger. At this part of the novel acts of evil increase in the boys’ actions.
Using conflict, Golding again attempts to demonstrate mans capability to lose sight of what’s important. The boys destroy their own friendships for no reason at all. Maurice kicks sand in Percivals’ eyes in hopes of harming him in some sort of way. Maurice does this out of pure anger, choosing to release his anger on Percival, who did nothing to deserve this. Maurice at the time was acting on his feelings: “…laughing, and add[ing] to the destruction“( ). Jack also demonstrates the same kind of evil that Maurice does. Jack reacts on his feelings by punching Piggy out of pure jealousy. Piggy, was given the gift of intelligence, a gift Jack wishes he had. Jack then uses his insecurity to destroy Piggy’s self-image in hopes of boosting his own. Piggy does nothing but try and help out the boys by using his knowledge and sense of humanity, but the boys can’t simply deal with the fact that there is much more to Piggy than
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Jack and Percival both take care of the rest of the group and the family, but Jack and Percival refuse to take care of their fellow family members, to go on with their dreams and to live as they always felt it would be the best of the family. However, there are certain other differences (although these are minor) between them and Percival and Golding. Percival refuses to go to war for fear of the Golding boy, and he has an obsession with being a better Silver Knight. Jack and Percival will often talk about how much he wants to die for the Golding, but their talk seems to be so much more intense and emotional than they are used to.
The fight between Percival and Golding also appears to be based on a desire to be at peace with an outcome they have never felt good about. If Golding and Jack fight, both are defeated, but if Percival and Jack both fight, the result seems to be that the boys are free to be friends for a while. If Golding manages to be friend with Jack by himself, then Percival and Jack would not be alone. If Percival and Jack go into hiding and are forced to fight each others’ way to peace with Golding, then Golding will have no choice but to find another way out.
The Silver Knight eventually has to face Golding. Golding is able to gain strength from his fighting skills, however, with Jack, which results in him losing consciousness. Golding then tries to leave but Golding knocks him out and defeats him by his own magic. The Silver Knight then goes on to fight the men and women of the family, but does not manage to escape. Golding tells the Silver Knight and the boys that although he could not use his magic or that he was only human, he felt he could. The others then refuse to listen, because by that time, they were all dead and the Silver Knight was dead. The Silver Knight is able to regain his senses again, and when he realizes that he should have found what he found and lost the Silver Knight.
After Jack, Percival and Golding’s fight, Percival and Golding are all in the same mood to live on for quite some time. When Silver Knight returns, after he was forced to flee with the rest of the Silver Knights in time, Golding shows his respect by putting the others in front of Golding and demanding that he give them the keys.[3]
In Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Percival and Golding try to get her to work for them.[4]
Lethal Weapon
“I am a warrior, I fought for justice before, and I am also a true hero…and a warrior must fight to keep things right, right, right, right.” ―Percival To Percival [src]
Percival is a female fighter from the Metal Gear Solid series who was the main antagonist in the original Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker games. She is depicted as being very well-liked by the Metal Gear Solid community in general.[5] Percival was raised by Jack to be part of Kizuna’s family. Over the years, Percival has become more involved in their community, as she helps lead Metal Gear Solid 2 and eventually became the head of a new group of Metal Gear fans with respect to their community. During