Philosophies In Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding about a group of british boys that find themselves stranded without adult supervision on a tropical island. Their plane crashed and they were dragged out to sea, leaving the boys stranded on an unfamiliar island. Because of the atom bomb’s devastation, it’s likely that no one knows the boy's whereabouts.The group is roughly divided into the “littlun” boys around the age of six, and the “biguns,” who are between the ages of ten to twelve. There are multiple different philosophies referring to Human Nature. The Lord of the Flies depicts the philosophy that humans aren't born good or bad, but the people they become is dependent on their experiences. Both sides are shown in this story, some leading to better roads and some losing innocence.
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They are briefly mentioned in the novel as a group of younger boys who are among those stranded on the island. They are ages 6 and below. They have not yet transitioned into the older group which has its adventures with the older boys who become more savage as the novel goes on and Jack leads them. The littluns interact with the bigguns when Ralph blows the conch to call for an assembly. This act holds enough resemblance to the authority of the adult world they are used to that the littluns obey it. As a result, they are at every assembly. Outside of the assemblies, though, they are mostly separate, and do not play a role in most of the major events that occur in the novel. They symbolize a sense of innocence and almost a need to be protected from the savagery of the uncivilized older "bigguns." As the novel goes on however, they change in many different aspects as they began hanging out more with Jack the overall leader.They played Jacks game in chasing one of the kids as the
Jack demonstrated the theory that people …show more content…
They are briefly mentioned in the novel as a group of younger boys who are among those stranded on the island. They are ages 6 and below. They have not yet transitioned into the older group which has its adventures with the older boys who become more savage as the novel goes on and Jack leads them. The littluns interact with the bigguns when Ralph blows the conch to call for an assembly. This act holds enough resemblance to the authority of the adult world they are used to that the littluns obey it. As a result, they are at every assembly. Outside of the assemblies, though, they are mostly separate, and do not play a role in most of the major events that occur in the novel. They symbolize a sense of innocence and almost a need to be protected from the savagery of the uncivilized older "bigguns." As the novel goes on however, they change in many different aspects as they began hanging out more with Jack the overall leader.They played Jacks game in chasing one of the kids as the