Survival In Lord Of The Flies

If deserted on a mysterious island with no resources to stay alive, what would an individual do? Would one give up, or attempt to survive? In William Golding’s novel, Lord of The Flies, a group of British schoolboys find themselves marooned on an island after their airplane is shot down during a nuclear war. Due to their lack of order and knowledge on how to survive, the youngsters made harmful choices and in the end, pay the consequences. Furthermore, the island lacked the supervision and cleverness of a matured grown-up which made it tougher for the boys to survive. Throughout the chronicle, the adolescent boys lose their innocence and grow a superior evil within themselves, due mainly to the setting and position that they are in. Golding
In Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies this concept is publicized as, “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry…Here invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life…Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.” This shows how the sense of civilization is slowly fading from the British boys lives on the island. This was due to their deficiency of mental skills, in other words, if they would have been clever they would still have some civilization left within themselves. The lack of civilization led to various consequences that highly affected many of the characters, including Simon and Piggy. Furthermore, when Simon was coming back to the shelters, to alert the others that the beast did not truly exists, Jacks and his followers attacked him and stabbed him to death. Another example is when Piggy is killed because Roger throws that massive rock on top of him. All these actions were caused by the lack of refinement and the incapability to consider the causes and effects through. On the other hand, others many oppose that it was biological factors that lead the boys to savagery, because many of the characters developed and grew from innocent to evil due to their mental incapacities. Golding states, “He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of
Their ability to easily be compelled by higher authorities back-fired on them, which in turn, made them participate in atrocious acts toward many of their own friends. In addition, their little knowledge on what to do during times of crisis held them back from doing the right things. In conclusion, the boys’ savage and immoral behavior can be blamed on the situation/environment, because of the profusion of tarnished leaders with immoral intentions and their lack of overall survival