What Can Lord of the Flies Teach Modern Society

Griffin Theriot Ms. Kevorkian Period 4 English 9 Honors June 4, 2012 Ethics Essay What is the foundation to the society in which we live in? Ethics. Ethics are a system of moral beliefs. Ethics are what can destroy a society or make it a better place. Usually everyone in a society has a different view on ethics, and view differently form what is right or wrong. What this means is that everyone does not have the same ethics because people view ethics differently. I contribute to the continuance of our free democratic- republic/society through my belief in honesty, hard working, and trustworthiness.
Honesty is one of the beliefs that I believe is a very important value that someone should have. I came to believe in this value because I see that people who are honest can fit into a well working democratic-republic/society. I contribute to society by using honesty is by being honest to everyone and not lying about who I am. “’ Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. ”’ What I like about this quote is that it is showing what some people truly see honesty as, and that is not being true to other people.
In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, they have to create a set of rules in which they have to live under. “ We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. ” This quote is showing that you have to be honest towards the rules or else society (or the group of children0 will become savage. Also throughout the book you see them slowly ignoring the rules, and while they do that they become more savage and savage. Overall I believe that honesty is a very important trait to have if your trying to function in society because it will help show who you really are as a person.

I think that being hardworking is one of the best traits that a person can have. When I came to believe that hard working is one of the best traits a person can have is when I studied our founding fathers. If they wouldn’t have been hardworking then we might not be here today. I contribute this trait to society by being the hardest working person I can be. ‘’’ A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ’’’ This quote is showing that with out hard work or determination dreams cannot be achieved.
It is also showing that if you have a dream, that magic wont help. Only hard work and determination will get you there. In the book Lord of the Flies, piggy is very hardworking person and contributes to the island. “ Piggy was… so full of pride in his contribution to the good society, that he helped to fetch wood. ” This quote shows that Piggy is a hard working person and there fore fitted into his society. Although people made fun of him he was still one of the harder working kids on the island, which shows his determination. In conclusion a hard working person can function in any kind of society.
Trustworthiness is a valued trait in any society. I came to believe in the value of trustworthiness is because I have always like people who I can trust. How is use trustworthiness in my everyday life is by having people put there trust into me. “’ Trust underlies the foundation of civilization. ”’ What this this quote is saying that trust is the basic foundation of our society. With out trust our society would not be the same it is today. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies the children selected ralph to be their leader. “ All this I meant to say. Now I’ve said it.
You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say. ” This quote is showing that the boys have put there trust in Ralph. I believe this because if they didn’t trust him then they wouldn’t have picked him for their leader. Also I believe that in every society we choose our leader because we have trust that he will make the right decisions. With out trust in our society we will have nothing to rely on. In conclusion a trustworthy person is always going to function in society. In order to function a society I believe you need to be honest, hard working, and trustworthy.
It seems our society is works very well. You may ask yourself why it works so good. The reason is people follow these common beliefs. I fit into our society because I view those three traits as the ethics on how to fit into a functioning society. Some people may portray the ethics of our society different from one to another. But I believe that if you folly my 3 traits you can function in any society you want. A honest, hard working, trustworthy person, is a person I would love to have in my society.