Savagery In Lord Of The Flies Essay

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A society is a group of people living together as a community. Many people learn their behaviors and mannerisms from their society. In most cases, learned behaviors are more positive than negative. Frequently, people tend to fall out of their positive behaviors to follow what is easier. Authors often use these learned behaviors to show that humans are capable of savagery when in the right setting. In William Goldings, Lord of the Flies, the characters show significant degeneration from societal norms. To start, when the boys first crash-land on the island, they have order and civilization. Initially, Ralph and Piggy call a meeting with the conch, this idea supports them having order. During World War II a plane of British schoolboys evacuating Britain gets shot down, stranding …show more content…

Jack only cares about hunting and having fun while on the other hand, Ralph's group is focused on getting rescued and building huts. So Jack takes all the boys except Ralph, Piggy, Simon, Samneric, and the little ones. He declares himself chief of his new group and leads them to hunt. Jack finds a fresh pig track and follows it to find a group of pigs resting under the trees. He orders the boys to surround a sow feeding her piglets. Once they are all in position, Jack yells the signal word and all the boys take their sharpened sticks and start stabbing the sow. The sow tries to run away and the boys chase her, stabbing her whenever they see flesh. Roger realized after the pig was killed he stabbed her in the anus. He laughed hysterically at the boys once he told them what he had done. Weeks prior a little slam created the fear of the island ‘beastie’ at one of the meetings. Instead of hunting and killing it like he said he would, Jack thinks it would be better to use the pig's head as a peace offering for the beast. He beheads the pig and has one of his boys sharpen a stick at both

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