Civilization may be difficult within a group of boys, but it’s no different compared to society as a whole. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies in a nutshell - A plane full of boys crash on an island with no adult supervision in sight - what is thought to be a great time, many things went wrong in various social situations with the boys. Social psychological phenomena are instances of human behavior presented in a social context - with other human beings. Two social psychological phenomena demonstrated in the boy’s behavior in Lord of the Flies are realistic conflict theory and bystander effect, which shows how people are innately evil and selfish with the lack of civilization. Initially, one of the most evident phenomena is the realistic conflict theory. Under this field
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While having a party on the other side of the island, Jack says, “‘Who'll join my tribe and have fun?’”(Golding 150). Mainly the choir boys are willing to join Jack's group because not only they've had him as a leader before and disliking Ralph more, but they also crave the hunt for meat. Thus, resulting in the choir boys seeing Ralph's group as a threat for the limited resources. Later on, after Ralph’s camp was invaded by Jack’s group for Piggy’s glasses, Ralph speaks furiously, “‘They’ve got our fire. They stole it!’”(Golding 169). The fire is needed from both groups, but for different reasons. Jack’s group needs the fire to cook his meat, on the other hand, Ralph’s group needs the fire for being rescued, and the only way to start a fire was Piggy’s glasses - Ralph then later on confronted Jack which resulted in Piggy’s death. Realistic conflict theory is represented throughout the whole novel, demonstrating that when two groups compete for limited resources, they tend to hate each other more, and favor the individuals in their own
While having a party on the other side of the island, Jack says, “‘Who'll join my tribe and have fun?’”(Golding 150). Mainly the choir boys are willing to join Jack's group because not only they've had him as a leader before and disliking Ralph more, but they also crave the hunt for meat. Thus, resulting in the choir boys seeing Ralph's group as a threat for the limited resources. Later on, after Ralph’s camp was invaded by Jack’s group for Piggy’s glasses, Ralph speaks furiously, “‘They’ve got our fire. They stole it!’”(Golding 169). The fire is needed from both groups, but for different reasons. Jack’s group needs the fire to cook his meat, on the other hand, Ralph’s group needs the fire for being rescued, and the only way to start a fire was Piggy’s glasses - Ralph then later on confronted Jack which resulted in Piggy’s death. Realistic conflict theory is represented throughout the whole novel, demonstrating that when two groups compete for limited resources, they tend to hate each other more, and favor the individuals in their own