Mental Changes In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Often in our lives other people affect us in both negative and positive ways. In the case of Lord of the Flies, the kids influence one another while on the island, in mostly negative ways. These influences cause for mental changes in the brain. Most of the time, mental changes affect physical changes. However, in some rare occasions it is the other way around. While on the island the boys go through numerous physical and mental changes. Although mental changes are somewhat more significant than physical changes, physical changes are still very much apparent and can sometimes cause for mental change. Crashing onto the island, the kids have immaculate, clean faces due to the fact that they attend a Catholic school which, incidentally, enforces a school uniform code. As time progresses, some of the kids, particularly the choir boys, dirty their faces because of their hunting adventures. As seen on page 69, "Jack, his face smeared with clays, reached the top first and hailed Ralph excitedly, with lifted spear." After dirtying their faces, the choir boys proceed to paint them. Page 74 mentions, "I painted my face—I stole up." In the beginning the face painting is only
Nonetheless, Ralph barely dodges death on the island while Simon and Piggy actually die. On page 200, "Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm to ward off, trying to cry for mercy." Even though Ralph is lucky, the choir boys kill Simon thinking he is the beast. Page 154, "Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea." Lastly, Roger pushes a huge boulder into Piggy resulting in his death on page 181, "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was