Lord Of The Flies Innocence Quotes

“No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.” In the book, Lord of the Flies, a plane crashed on a deserted island carrying a group of English schoolboys who were sent away because of the war. With no adults the boys tried to create a civilization so that they could try to survive. Even though they tried to keep everything civilized everything fell into chaos. The boys lost their innocence when they killed the mother pig, killed Simon, and hunted Ralph.
The killing of the mother sow was portrayed as very brutal. “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife.” (pg.154) This shows how the boys especially Jack is maliciously attacking . The boys are climbing on top of the mother pig wanting to have a chance at stabbing the pig, and show mob-like actions. Another time they acted like a mob was when they killed Simon at the feast.
“At once the crowd surged after it poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.” (pg.175) This shows how the boys swarmed around Simon and beat him to death. The fact that the boys believe there is a beast, proves that they are still kids who believe in monsters. Yet being on the island has made them capable of murder. The hunting of Ralph is another example of the boys losing their innocence.
When Ralph was being hunted by the tribe it showed how far Jack and his followers were willing to go. “A moment later the earth jolted, there was a rushing sound in the air, and the top of the thicket was cuffed as with a gigantic hand.” (pg.224) Jack’s tribe was willing to put a lot of effort in rolling a boulder down the mountain. They tried this with multiple boulders with the hope of killing Ralph, but luckily for him the boulders missed