Childhood In Lord Of The Flies

In the literature Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the specific representation of childhood makes the book a whole and ultimately completes it. The children's actions make the book take many different directions. It shows immaturity, impatience and many more childlike personality traits.This story shows how adult actions influence a child's life and affects how each child makes their own decision. Lord of the Flies, shows children’s choices without adult supervision.
The boys assigned authority to Ralph a boy they thought to be the most responsible out of all of them. “I’m chief then,” stated Ralph after being picked over Jack (Golding 19). Jack being a chapter chorister would later try to prove to the boys that picking him as chief would be the better decision. The childlike personality trait shown here would be trusting easily, picking a leader before you really know who they are and what their true intentions are. Later the book shows us that some of the boys become unhappy with the leader they chose and instead of talking it out and discussing other options like many adults would do, being children …show more content…
The boys are tested many times to see if they have had enough experiences and what experiences they can handle, many times they fail and still need adults training or help to use. The boys don’t have discipline on the island which makes task unable to get done. Fighting breaks up the bonds and tears the boys into picking sides, when this happens they don’t learn to compromise because they think the side they chose is always the right side. Children need adults in their lives to show them good examples and how to solve life problems. Without any adult influence in this book childhood is being put to the test, having to use the lessons they have learned and learning new things on their own. This is where the childhood influence makes the book