Alternate Endings

• As I've said before, Lord of the Flies is a great example about human nature and how humans act. Except the ending...which stinks. No one gets rescued on an desolate island in the middle of the ocean, especially when no one knows that your there. I think that Ralph should have died. Ralph dying is the logical thing that would have happened. To go all the way through the book and have Jack take over Ralph's power and alienate him so that he feels like he's all alone and then have them get rescued? Golding messed up there. He probably just wanted to finish the book, which I don't blame him for. Jack should have found Ralph in the thicket and killed him so that he could then have complete power, because, think about it, that is what would've have happened. Jack killed everyone around Ralph so that Ralph would realize how powerful Jack is. Killing Simon (which he Ralph was unconsciously a part of ) and Piggy were not necessary because they held no high power; but they were-in a way- parts of Ralph. Simon was Ralph's supporter and Piggy was his logic, by killing them, Ralph was now vulnerable.  Jack-being human-wanted all the power, and so the only logical way for him to have complete power was to kill Ralph instead of the boys being rescued. 

• As exampled in  Lord of the Flies, humans are only out for their personal gain and will act upon anything if it is within the means of their intentions. (In the book, Jack wanted power, and so he would do anything--killing, Piggy and trying to kill Ralph--to try to get what he wanted).

A Lost Boy on his journey to freedom

•  The Lost Boys of Sudan are an incredible group of boys. For the past fifteen years, boys from Sudan have walked from Sudan, through Ethiopia and finally to a refugee camp in Kenya.During their journey, they came in counter with many human examples of war, selfishness and greed.  The northern part of Sudan has tormented southern Sudan for decades. Their motive? Land and different religions. Northern Sudanese Islamic forces has been attacking the south Sudanese Christians since 1987. They boys have seen horrific images of death and destruction as they've seen their family, friends and villages killed, tortured and destroyed. All for the land. Greed has taken over their lives. And it's not even their greed. It's their government's greed that has ruin their life. During their journey, thousands were killed, but at the refugee camp, life is still hard. As it should be. Not that they deserve to have a hard life-they don't- but they do. As refugees have been brought over the the U.S., it can only be fore one reason. First let me explain the U.S. government. They are in debt, serious debt. Americans have been cutting costs on everything, and so what would be better than bringing refugees who don't know any better and get excited about earning $8 an hour. By bringing in the refugees, the government gets cheap labor and more tax money all when the Lost Boys think that they are being treated to the good life. Which they are; compared to their old life, they are living the American dream. But I wonder when the boys and America will wake up and realize that their 'dream' is only the government housing (which they really aren't, the boys have to pay their way after 'a few months) these men to look generous and appear to be 'giving these men a new life'. Well don't you think that if America was 'generous', then they would at least have the decency to pay each refugee's $850 air fair and not expect repayment? If the Lost Boys haven't even switched a light switch on or off before, how are they going to be expected to go out (and cross the street successfully) and find a job that they will understand and not be taken advantage over? It's called personal gain Lost Boys, welcome to America.