In the story “Lord of the Flies”, the representation of childhood shapes the meaning of the work in many ways that change the story dramatically. The story is about a group of kid’s crash landing on an island and having to live on it. Most of the boys in the story are 13 years or younger making them not completely mature yet. There are many examples on how these boys being younger effect how the story is written. First, one of the main parts of the story is about how they think there is a beast on the island and that it is trying to kill them. If it would have been not immature and creative children, then they would of not had to worry about fearing of the beast and way to beat or kill the beast. Another example is that the children get
