LOTF

      1.)    I agree with this statement; our society knows many ways to kill a person without death. A lot of times people just get into someone’s head and make them think they are not good enough, there is no reason they should be alive, etc. Doing this is a lot subtler than physically killing someone but it can be a lot more painful, having to live with thinking that you aren’t good enough to live. This kills a person’s self-esteem, their self-worth, but it doesn’t kill them physically with death although a lot of times this person commits suicide which does this. This is the bad thing about society, we are so rude to people, it is a cruel world we live in these days.

      2.)    If we can’t separate our civilized self from our savage self, I think our savage self would definitely take over. As much as we would like to say that we want what is best for our society as a whole, there is always that part of us that wants what is better for ourselves and that is the more dominant part of us. I think LOTF shows a good example of this. Instead of all the boys working together to do what was best for the group, they started turning against each other and doing what was best for themselves instead. So their savage selves definitely took over because they started being aggressive towards each other and killing each other.

      3.)    I think that people are controlled by society. There are all of these rules and norms that people follow, not only because it is the ideal thing to do, but also because most people do not want to stand out from others or be the center of attention (most people anyway). Society controls us because we want to be like everyone else and fit in; wear the same brand clothes, have the same things, etc. and if we do anything out of the norm, people just shut us down because it is different. It could go both ways though, that we control society also. How are there all of the rules here? Because people made them and the rules control society to make it work. I however, think that still, society control the people more.

      4.)    He is basically saying that Simon should quit trying to do what he can to help the group because they aren’t going to be rescued.

      

      Simon has been trying to lead the group and have them do things that will help them to be rescued and he’s not making things fun instead.

      He’s talking to Simon and not the other boys because he’s in Simon’s head. Simon is pretty much the only one trying to do things to help the group as a whole, unlike the other boys who are their savage self, doing only things to help themselves which is what the LOF wants.