Lord Of The Flies Group Analysis

In the novel the Lord of the Flies many leadership changes occurred, and laws were enforced. The story started off when the children from a plane get stranded on an island. A boy Ralph established himself as a leader and wanted to start a community on the island but it backfired when the others did not want to help and would rather have fun. Eventually the community would split and it would fall into turmoil after that. The book shows many ways where the group or the boys affects Ralph and the community to a point where rules are cages and problems happen and Ralph wants it his way but the group wants it theirs. In the novel the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the theme that groups can affect individuals is shown when groups of peoples

The theme that groups can affect how people react in a public situation is shown when in chapter 9 Jack’s tribe, Piggy, and Ralph are at jacks feast and become violent due to the chant the boys were saying and storm. When the group began to chant Ralph became enraged and violent because he joined in on what everyone else was doing when Simon came to tell them there was no beast he partook in the killing of him. “ “ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill.“ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its armed folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on a hill.” (152) Ralph didn’t want to kill Simon; Simon was his friend and helped him and was on his side. Ralph got caught up in believing that he was the beast and a had an instinct to kill something due to all of the things they did before Simon rushed