Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies Essay

The Lord of the flies by William Golding explains the idea of the children losing their innocence and turning to a darker side. In this novel, a group of British boys are stranded on an island when a plane crashes. This represents that the idea of youth is dropped and is time to face the real world. Ralph and Jack are the two people who are interested in being a leader. They both have a different idea of what a leader does. Ralph likes to establish rules to protect the good of the group. While Jack is more interested in gaining power over the boys. Jack’s hunger for power starts turning to savagery which could cause consequences. The boys’ loss of innocence is a turn in reality where humankind is always not good. One of the ways Golding describes the loss of innocence is when the choir murders Simon. Before Simon is murdered, the choir finishes a feast, and starts dancing. A boy name Roger, becomes the pig, and the choir starts developing a chant, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The beast they have been scared of, is now their target. However, when Roger plays the pig, everyone becomes possessed and tries killing him. When Simon returns, the boys turn to Simon as being the beast. They get so caught up in trying to murder the beast; they don’t

Piggy notices that his specs are gone, and Ralph is certain that Jack’s group stole them. Ralph and Piggy find Samneric. They seem frightened and tell Ralph and Piggy to leave or Roger is going to hunt them. Roger finds them and sharpens a stick at both ends. “...where Piggy had fallen. Piggy was everywhere, was on this neck, was become terrible in darkness and death.” Piggy dies when Roger throws a rock at him, causing Piggy to fall forty feet to his death. This shows how much the hunters have matured and changed. They’re no longer the innocent and inexperienced boys they were when they first landed on the