How Does Ralph's Identity Change In Lord Of The Flies

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Mysteries of Identities People are changed by the surroundings and the people they are with. Lord of the Flies the characters were completely different from the beginning of the book from the end of the book. People's actions affected their own actions and their environment also played a role in their actions, both factors changed them for the worse. One's identity will shift in different situations, forming an unrecognizable person because others actions and different reactions to situations can change one's mindset, which mindsets can change the person and who one once was. Golding showed the boys noticed they were losing control and losing their identities; he shows this in Ralph's thoughts while looking at Bill after being beaten to death. …show more content…

This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and a shirt” (Golding 183). In this quote it shows that when Ralph looks at Bill he no longer sees a little boy but now he sees a beast because he has changed so much in the way he acts. They have killed many of the boys from the island and started attacking one another as well. This beast has taken over their identities and Ralph is seeing this change in them, the boys are going insane and violent but they wouldn’t have been like this before the island or before they were put in a situation without leaders to help them. Their identities are unrecognizable by the beast controlling them and the way they change for the worse. Comparing Lord of the Flies to the Stanford prison experiment, you can see how the students and kids were affected in similar ways by their identities changing due to the people around them and their environment. In the Zimbardo experiment, when the students were given their role of police officer or prisoner, they took ownership of their roles and really played the part. As the days passed the more the students started to change and really become the prisoner or police officer and they were no longer acting like themselves at

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