Lord Of The Flies Failure

At some point in their lives, people may think ‘what would happen if I got stranded on an island?’. Although in some cases this may seem very scary, some people would love to be alone on an island with no help. This exactly what the situation is in the book, Lord of the Flies. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book about a group of boys, aged six to thirteen, who have crash landed on an island and are striving to create a civilization. They find resources that they could potentially use to help them. However, a lack of maturity results and a feel of overconfidence within themselves in many incidents that impact them negatively. The main characters in the story are Ralph, Piggy, and Jack. Piggy is the protagonist and the

Initially, as soon as they realize that they have been stranded, they think to have a chief. Notably, their thought process is correct, but they should not be thinking that they need a “chief”. The conversation goes on as, “‘Let’s have a vote.’... ‘Vote for chief’...” (22). The word chief has a lot of power here and means that he must have the absolute power. However, they should know that this leads to rivalry between the ‘candidates’. Even a small incident like this can trigger the devolution of the boys society and lead to a lot of trouble later in the novel. Ralph exclaims, “‘I was chief, and you are going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts—then you go off hunting and let out the fire—’” (70-71). If this was the way that the chief behaved, clearly there wouldn't be an advancement in their society. A chief’s job is not to order and yell at people, but is to understand the situation, and act according to that. In addition to this, there is a lot of bullying that occurs on the island. From the start of their civilization, the boys bully Piggy and treat him like an outcast. Piggy is definitely hurt* but moreover, the bullying gradually builds to the point where they act very foolishly to their peers. Conversations go on as, “‘We don't want you…Better Piggy than Fatty…’” (24-25). As can be seen, Piggy

Not to mention, Piggy is already being treated poorly and the two so-called leaders are already being passive with each other. That said, a horrible character named Roger, comes to set fire to the situations. Roger is a very immature boy who cannot discriminate between what is correct and what isn't. From the beginning of his appearances in the novel, he is always seen doing something wrong. It is shown Roger bullying the littluns when “Roger lead the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones. Maurice followed, laughing, and added to the destruction” (60). Not only does this show how immature and mean Roger’s actions were, but also symbolizes how he does not care that he and his peers are stranded on an island. It doesn't occur to him that he should be doing something to help the other biguns with important work like building huts or keeping fires going—in order to keep them safe on the island. He continues his negativity by being Jack’s sidekick and he is the one who gives Jack terrible idea’s on when being chief. Jack makes several powerful actions throughout the novel to add on to the unravel of the boys’ society. The basic guidelines of life that humans follow are thrown out the window when Jack says, “Who cares?… Bullocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, We’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in