New and Improved Lord of the Flies Ending

1. The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book that is known worldwide. It is highly looked upon and a required book in the United States education system. Although many enjoy the enthralling pages of this book a lot of readers are disappointed with the ending including me. After all the boys went through, after they all lost grip on reality they stand on the beach crying? This to me is very unrealistic, where did they're animalistic sides go? Prior to the officer arriving the boys were animals, and then all of sudden they are the cute innocent boys they once were! If I were to re-write the ending of Lord of the Flies for William Golding I would have the boy's true human nature revealed to the officer. In my ideal ending, when the officer shows up on the beach the boys go crazy. All the boys are not crying, their eyes show blank crazed stares instead of tears, their skin stained with mud, and their clothes shredded to pieces. They would simply act and appear as animals. The officer is shocked but relatively relaxed at first, but then he sees the vast amount of boys coming from shadows of the trees and becomes more panicked, there were so many of them he thought. It isn't until he sees the crazed expressions worn on their faces that he is frightened for his saftey. The boys surround the officer cheering, the cheering could be mistaken as joyful but the officer is focused on the look in all their eyes and knows these boys have lost grip on reality, they were all mad. The officer felt trapped, and he was. The boys started to shove the officer around a little, all of them lost in their cheers unaware that they are hurting the officer. Soon the officer is pushed to the ground and the boys start swarming, suddenly their cheers morphed into chants and the beating continues. It was a blissful day birds chirping sun shining, the bliss was interrupted by the officers repulsive scream which was cut off abruptly leaving a deep dark silence behind.

2. Thesis: The character Jack in Lord of the Flies represents my vision of human nature because he leads the killings of both Simon and Piggy, he is selfish, and he does not care about the little'uns at all. These characteristics are a part of him because of his lust for power.