Lord Of The Flies Gender Roles

Have you ever seen the survival edition of Keeping Up with the Kardashians? Well, probably not, seeming as it’s nonexistent, but in the Lord of the Flies, all the characters presented in the story are boys. For most girls, there’s a social norm knowing boys act differently when together, let alone stuck on the an island for months on end. Even adding one girl can disparately change a group of boys’s behavior, and along with research and our everyday experiences, the two genders can influence each other to do the unexpected more than accounted for. That being said, if the Lord of the Flies has a main cast of boys, how different would the novel be if one or more girls were in the pictures? With there possibly being millions of endings, there’s three main situations that would alter the boys’ mindset, personalities, and most of all, order. Get ready to put your undies back on and your spears sharpened, boys, because the girls have the conch ready to blow. The

To put this in perspective, imagine a classroom with the same amount of boys as girls. The teacher gives them the opportunity to choose their seats with the seats being arranged half of the desks on one side and the other desks on other side. What would the two gender groups choose? The most likely situation would be girls on one side and boys on the other. Why? In the basic mindset, following groups is seen as normal. In the case of the Lord of the Flies, the boys and girls would most likely split either the island or the work, which could turn out for the better or worse, depending on what they choose. Think about it. After getting to know the boys from the book and what they're capable of, there’s the possibility of them trying to “impress” the girls, especially with their position as leader, brutal force, willingness, and cooperation. With these elements and more, there could potentially be a happier ending or even a feud between the two