With Out Rules
...supervision and guidance. The boys created games in order to cope with the extreme situation that they found themselves throw into. Imagination ran rampant as they envisioned a snake-like beast. The lack of knowledge of a working society appeared in the structure of their civilization and chose of leaders. They were unable to work as a unit and could not resist the temptations to fulfill the desires of childhood; they were only able to think of themselves. "So the boys try to construct a civilization on the island; but it breaks down in blood and terror because the boys are suffering from the terrible disease of being human" (Golding, 255). The boys are just small children that have not matured into adulthood with the experience or knowledge accrued to develop the democracy needed to substance a civilized society on their island.
On the first day on the island, the boys began by electing Ralph as the chief which was a good move however they handled this as if it were all a game. "This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch." (30). After this meeting when Ralph, Jack and Simon leave to go on an expedition to survey the land around them, Jack speaks to Ralph "Come on" Jack presently, "we're explorers." (33) Jack makes this serious situation in to a game. The first assembly of the boys presents their immature and innocent by their inability to realize the significant of their predicament.
During the second assembly, the fear of the beast stemmed from the littlun with the mulberry-colored birthmark on his face "A snake-thing. Ever so big he saw it. He said that the beast comes out at night." (46). Both Jack and Ralph think this is simple childish nightmares. The fear of the beast does not diminish after the littlun with the distinct birthmark disappears after the fire on the mountain; instead the fear grows amongst the littuns. Without the...
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