Innocence In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, readers can see how the boys react to specific conflicts. Many of the boys would rather play games than to build shelter, hunt for food or keep the fire burning. With no adult supervision the children turn to Ralph for leadership. When the children begin to shift toward savagery, everything falls apart. Golding accurately describes the thoughts and actions of any child in this situation. He also portrays the children as innocent in the beginning. Golding continues this theme of innocence when dealing with the fear the boys’ experience. When the opportunity arises a child would rather engulf themselves in fun and play rather in hard labor. The ‘littluns’ show no desire to help Ralph
They become violent the longer they have been on the island, they’re also embarrassed by their actions. “Percival began to whimper with an eyeful of sand and Maurice hurried away. In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand. Now, though there was no parent to fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt unease of wrongdoing.” (60). Maurice felt bad because he knew that before the plane crash he would be punished for hurting Percival. Without Parenting, Maurice like the other boys, are becoming less disciplined because there is no one there to right there wrongs. It is common for children to act out when there is no one there to reprimand them. When the boys have been away from organized punishment, they become absolute savages that have no innocence left. Piggy and Ralph go to Castle Rock to retrieve Piggy’s glasses, Golding says,” Roger with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever… The rock struck Piggy. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across that square across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red” (181). Without thought, Roger conducted the awful and gruesome act of murdering Piggy. Without supervision his actions have become more barbaric and brutal. It is very unlikely for a child to perform such a ungodly
Children who would rather play and goof around than work. When there are no adult guidance around, they look to a leader who has mature qualities. All children have the potential to be evil and with no supervision children can get out of control. Innocence will be lose if a child is disobedient and turns to violence when there are no