Lord of the Flies: Loss of Innocence

Lord of the Flies: Loss of Innocence In the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, there is a loss of innocence in all of the boys. In the beginning, all of the boys, before they crashed onto the island, most of the boys were innocent. Since the boys had an absence of civilization and human nature, the boy’s behavior became brutal and rude. Throughout the novel, many characters gave in to their savage instincts. When Piggy says, “What are we? Human? Or animals? Or savages? What’s the grown-ups going to think? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now!”(117), he is more worried about what the grown-ups will think. Realistically, the grown-ups will probably be more relieved about getting their kids back then about how a few 12-year-olds let a fire go out.

Golding’s idea of inner evil when structed society is vacant. Ralph is not hit by the sudden realization that life is a series of spontaneous action, grows aware of how brittle life can be, and how every decision made can alter life immensely. The dull view of existence is very troubled coming from a twelve-year-old boy, whose innocence is being challenged.

As the novel progresses, we see the boys’ childish bias further diminish. When Ralph says, “Don’t you understand Piggy? The things we did”(225), he has noticed the dreadful acknowledgement of the horror of their recent actions weaken them. They suddenly become very aware of the actions from then on. blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh h h h h h h h h h h h h hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhlllllllllllllllllllllgg-
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