Lord+of+the+Flies



toc

=Anarchy vs. Democracy= Weigh the importance of the individual, against the importance of the community

Please post your assignments here, in 50-100 words. Place a line at the end of your piece.

A community can either be built on the bases of anarchy or democracy. Both anarchy and democracy are different people's ideal ways of living. Each person prefers another and they both have their pros and cons. Those who prefer anarchy choose a freer more open minded way of living. Anarchy means that there are less rules and each one has more of a personal contribution with his own views and beliefs rather than a democratic way of living which is with more guidelines and rules to obey. Every type of group needs some kind of order to it. If we have no democracy then there is no one to give the final word or keep order between people. Everyone has their different views and in order for each persons view to be heard and for them to work together and combine one another they must have some sort of order. If there is democracy then there will be law and order and everyone will have their chance to make their difference but they will each have less of an authority. Anarchy focuses more on each individual and on allowing each person to raise their voice. Every person deserves their right to being apart of our world and anarchy allows people from the worst respected to the top have equal rights. I think that they are both very important and in order to have a well structured community a balance must be made between the two. It is critical for each person to play his role and have his say though on the other hand there is a need for order and in order to avoid chaos rules and guidelines are also needed.

By Naomi Black

Now of course everyone has their own opinion but it seems that most of the world voices the same one. Democracy is preferred by most of the world (partly proved by the fall of the communist Russia) and it defiantly makes sense. In an anarchist country the ideal is that rules are made by the people to suit them, there is no central rule and a person can be an individual this way everyone lives peacefully together but with no real community. And in a communist country the ideal is a classless society based on common ownership where the whole community is equal with no way for the individual to grow. But the ideal is not always maintained or achieved. The democratic country also has an ideal in which anarchy and communism are combined with a built in security device which doesn’t allow the ideal to be corrupted. The democratic country allows the individual grow inside a community. Rivka Weglein


 * Anarchy vs. Democracy, it is obvious each one has their pluses and minuses. **
 * Anarchy can be a nice idea, no authority, no law, independence, freedom.. **
 * These are all nice in theory but as we know the human race- it cannot work. **
 * No authority will lead to disorder, self-ruling amongst humans cannot survive long. **
 * On the other hand u have democracy witch is not exactualy the opposite of anarchy since there is some sort of freedom, part of the definition of democracy is having the people as a community have power and also an individual, so the opposite of anarchy might be communism, going to a far extreme. **
 * Of course even though you are suppose to have the freedom as an individual in a democratic society, you are obviously a bit trapped at times between the walls society puts up. **
 * What’s better? I don’t know but I think we hope to be a community, united and opinionated but on the other hand giving each one room fore their own individual opinion. **
 * Shira kern **

Anarchy means no rules no restrictions, doing what you want and how you want it, everyone is equal and there is no ruler. Those things are great, who wouldn't want them? And yet, those freedoms are dangerous! You can decide to go on a massive killing trip and there will be no one to stop you, after all it's your right to do so and there is no rule or boundary to stop you. Some freedoms must be prevented to withstand normal society life. That what happens in a democratic ruler ship, you have a lot of freedoms and you can do most stuff, but there are limitations, there are rules which you must obey and punishments for breaking them. Those restrictions are chosen by voting and the side with the most votes' wins- basically you can choose your own limitations. But if there is a winner there is also a loser, and if there is a majority it means there is a minority, and their opinions didn't get accepted. If you have an opinion that isn't accepted by all, there is no way for you to act as you wish unless everyone else wishes so. You are dependent of others decisions. Both anarchy and democracy have their ups and downs, you need to decide what you prefer: an unconditioned freedom with chaos ruling the earth or limited 'safe' freedom by trampling on the weak side. ~evil thing i aka Elisheva Arnowitz~

Anarchy vs. democracy:

I don’t think that 'anarchy vs. democracy' expresses the anarchic idea very well. There are very few true anarchists around, and in my opinion they are drawn into the idea as an opposite alternative to a dictatorship or a very strict and narrow society which has limited them and the people around them too much to be overlooked as a side affect of an absolutely necessary way of life. Democracy strives to be a good medium, not as oppressive as a dictatorship (with many freedom rights), and not as neglecting as anarchy (with many rights to protect the simple citizen). The anarchist and the dictator are what they are for fear of being each other. Lelly1 Aka ayelet

**__ Anarchy vs. democracy- by einat __** I don't agree with this title. I don't agree with the discussion either. Why do anarchy and democracy have to be compared? After all they're both want the same thing – the power to choose and for the power to belong to the people. Whether the power is to all the people or whether the power is to each individual. Whether the choice is what going to be for dinner, who should be the next president or how to live my life these are all choices that at least one of these views offer. In both ideologies you get to make your own choice only one ideal gives more choice than the other. There is no point comparing the two when they are so similar to each other!

** Anarchy **** vs. **** Democracy **** Keren aka kc **

Our world today gives a lot of room for self-expression to individuals. Democracy is a great example, giving every voice in society an influence in the decisions made, and yet, a person still has to accept the decision the majority has made, even if they don't settle with his visions. However, more and more people take individualism into extremity, saying that the majority in community cannot decide how they are to live their lives, and what rules they are to abide to, which leads to anarchy. Each way of government can be good for the period of time it takes place in, depending on the philosophy the people believe in. In the past, monarchy succeeded, with feudalism after that. For their time, they worked. Democracy rules well enough today. Who knows, maybe anarchy will succeeded it tomorrow?

some will say that anarchy and democracy mean the same-freedom. but you can certainly tell what the diffrenece is-anarchy is a very dangerous form of freedom.democracy on the other hand,is built on a free commuinty and not on free individuals as anarchy.

in democracy,we are all allowed to live our lives the wat we want to.the only thing that limits our freedom is the greater good-we are not allowed to hurt our community or its rules in an act of freedom. in anarchy,the community doesn't mean a thing.actully, in anarchy there is no community.so it doesn't matter if individuals are being hurt. noga.

=An Allegory=

Lord of the Flies is an allegory for human nature. Discuss the allegory in the novel, and compare and contrast to human nature in Israel today. Post your essays below. Put a dividing line below your piece.