Lord Of The Flies: Interactionism

Interactionism Perspective of Deviance in Lord of the Flies
Ralph is the symbol for civilizations while Jack is the symbol for savagery. Piggy represents total civilization and Rodger represents total savagery. In the beginning the boys elect Ralph as the leader showing they are looking for social rules. By the end of the film the boys have turned on Ralph symbolizing their change from civil to savagery. To be clear the author associated civilization with good and savage with evil. With the interactionist perspective what is good and bad change with time and with the group of people. To any uncivilized native people Jack's group would have behaved normal while the civilized boys would have been seen as the deviant ones. In our society today