Lord Of The Flies
...Therefore, without society in life, chaos is destined to occur. For example in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the boys divide into two groups; the civilized and the savages, leading to serious drama and chaotic behaviors. Because of their loss of their loss of society, Piggy and Simon are brutally murdered. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding illustrates that society is needed in order for people to survive.
Arrival to the island Ralph and Piggy find each other with hopes to form a society. They know there are more boys on the island and want to find them. Piggy finds a shell, "
It's a shell
A conch he called it. He used to blow it
"(Golding 33). They decided to use it to summon the other stranded boys. It was also used later to allow an individual of the group to speak with no interruptions. When Piggy introduced the conch to the other boys, Jack Merridew told him to shut up and called him fatty, "He's not fatty
his real name's Piggy"(Golding 21), Ralph replied. Ralph knew that all the boys would have to work together so they can last until they are rescued.
The stranded boys decided they would need a leader so they can survive while on the island. The election was between Ralph and Jack Merridew. With a couple of votes more than Jack, Ralph wins the position as leader, "
the society splits into two halves: the firewatchers and the choir turned hunters"(F. Dick 22). Ralph soon found that survival on the island would not be easy for any of the stranded boys.
Ralph decides to make some rules to keep things in order and keep everyone alive. He calls a meeting with the other boys, "when the meeting was over they'd work for five minutes, then wander off or go hunting"(Golding 51). "Their first aim is abide as much as possible
they have to adopt, by the standards of life that the civilized world of adults has infused them, and to wait for...
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