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

can affect rules, groups can affect how an individual reacts in a public situation, and the way a civilization works.

The theme that groups can affect the rules in a civilization is shown the book by the conch becoming a symbolic item due to the chaos and disorganization on the island there needed to be rules so the conch came into it by being a symbol of law and order. The group needed a symbolic item that when people had only they were the only one allowed to speak and when they would blow into it they knew a meeting would be in order. So when Ralf saw the conch so he used it to be that item. “We can use this to call the others, have a meeting they’ll come when they hear us” He beamed at Ralph …. You try Ralph you'll call the others. When they first got on the island it was small and there weren't many people, but as more people started be found and things were not organized there needed to be rules established so they created the rule where you could only speak during meetings with the conch.
In the Lord of the Flies the way the group thinks affects what gets done on the island and how violent the individuals get.

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

in.
In the Lord of the Flies when the two groups split a tribal war began between jack and Ralph where they both could not get along. The theme that groups affect a community was shown when everyone was one or side or the other so nothing got done and it could not advance. The disputes pushed the community back and they fought each other and took away from their goal from getting off the island. “The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was the chief now in truth: and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses” (168). When Jack took the glasses he did not take it to keep the fire going so they could escape he took it so he could cook his meat and for his uses. Due to him taking it benefits his tribe and part of the community by having cooked meet and using it at their disposal, but it affects Ralph’s part of the tribe and community because they want to advance and get off the island.