Moving Back Home Analysis

It may be difficult for the boys to convert back into their everyday life in society after the traumatic experiences they encountered on the island. There are some cases in which feral or abandoned children are rehabilitated or put back into society but most cases are unsuccessful. Many of the boys in this book will probably suffer from PTSD when they go back home, and this may have a negative effect on the way they fit back into society as citizens. Also, social expectations of the society back home vs. the way they live on the island is very different. It could cause stress as they try to get used to going back to the social expectations back home.
There are many cases of abandoned children who become feral and are unable to go back into …show more content…
Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD is caused by a terrifying or traumatic experience in a person’s life. People can get flashbacks, anxiety, or dreams about the specific event that is affecting them. In a year, around five million Americans suffer from PTSD. PTSD occurs a lot in children and can greatly effect the way they act as they grow. These young boys got into a plane crash, and survived on an island for a while, but it never tells us exactly how long they were on the island. Time is a huge theme in the book. It shows how there is no civilization being used by the boys, and how much they are becoming savages. The way these boys became savages in the book also could play a part in them having PTSD when they leave the island. The boys may not realize it now, but when they get back home and start to slide back into daily life with other people, the boys will probably start to have flashbacks of killing Piggy and Simon. These two traumatic events; the plane crash and killing the boys on the island, make the boys having PTSD a higher chance. This could negatively affect the way they try to fit back into a normal civilized