John Spain
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Lord of the Flies Essay
In the Lord of the Flies, many young boys were left to survive after their plane had crashed on an uninhabited island. From the very beginning Ralph, one of the oldest boys, took control although he even lost organization quickly. It was in the minds of Piggy the, group got work done. If it weren’t for him it would have been total chaos from day one. He was an intelligent young boy who was always looking for ways to improve their “community”. Every child on the island was a boy, not a girl. This may have caused unnecessary arguments and violence throughout the book. If the Island would have been all girls things would have been drastically different although with a similar outcome. War.
Girls would have been more patient in the initial organization of the group, unlike the boys which were soon calling meetings and building huts. It is common for boys to know more survival skills than girls but once the girls get in order they can be equally or even more efficient than boys. On page 16 in the book, Piggy and Ralph figure out they can call a meeting by blowing on a conch, something a bunch of girls would have done much later on. For the first few days the islands thought process was clear and focused. Huts, Fire, Food, Jobs, ect. This does not mean it stayed that way forever. Girls would have soon realized to create an order to their new lives and probably have done the same thing as the boys. Where you would notice a group of girls exceeding a group of boys is when the group starts dealing with problems. Girls are much more humble in these situations and instead of caring who takes control they want to make sure it’s don’t correctly. Jack stirs things up when he begins to fight with Ralph about irrelevant issues like jobs. The boys were very capable of surviving but found it hard to live in a group with each other. This is another large difference among males and females. Girls would’ve been much more group oriented about getting things done.
