Lord of the Flies Begins with Making Friends and ends in death and violence. What do you think the main reasons and what is Golding trying to show by it?

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Lord of the Flies Begins with Making Friends and ends in death and violence. What do you think the main reasons and what is Golding trying to show by it?

“ Lord of the Flies” by William Golding tells us about a number of English School boys stranded on an island. To survive by themselves without adults, they elect a leader, set up rules and perform basic survival skills. Soon, arguments and conflicts arise about their lifestyle and duties within the group. As some of the boys’ delicate sense of order fades, their behavior starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. The main reasons for the boys’ actions that cause death and violence include having a common aim, craving for power, rules that aren’t being carry out. Golding tries to show this by having the boys set up territories and rituals, the deaths of Simon and Piggy, changes in clothing and appearance, rule breakings and changes in language.

The first reason for the change is that the boys all having a common aim. Before they elect a leader, they don’t know each other so well, not knowing the aims of one another and what their personalities are. They are being friendly to each other, they haven’t established a pecking order, they are still in good traits. The boys are equal , they do not appear to have something that others want as well, we can see their kind conversation in chapter 1. The second reason for the change is the older boys crave for power. Some boys want to rise above others, want their voice to be heard and to be important within the group. We can see this when Jack says, “I ought to be chief, because I'm chapter chorister and head boy” (18), it hints how feels about himself, how he feels that he is better that the others. The group does not hear Jack's thoughts, Jack doesn’t respect Ralph’s wishes and challenges Ralph, wanting to regroup the boys, making him the leader of the group. The third reason of the story ending in death and violence is the rules not being set up properly and carried out by the boys. Ralph says, “… not putting water in coconut shells, the shelters weren’t built properly… we all built the first one, four of is built the second, and me n’ Simon built the last one” (85). from this, the shelters reflect the boys losing heart, slacking, not doing their jobs, and the result is an unstable hut. The boys are very excited at first, helping out, but soon not caring about responsibilities, doing things at their own will. The rules set up aren’t enforced properly, this later leads to rule breaking.

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Golding shows the changes in the boys mainly through their actions. The first, is the changes in clothing and appearance. All the boys are wearing shaggy clothes, “ Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts,” (67) Because of having to wear their clothes full time, the boys take off most of it. “Jack planned his new face. He made one eye socket white, then rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal from right ear to left jaw” (65). Jack wanted to hunt without the pressure of losing his ...

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