Control In Lord Of The Flies

Can you imagine being stranded on an island alone only with a group of kids and no adults? What would you do if you were in that situation? Do you think you would stay calm and in control? Well, in The Lord of the Flies this is the reality of a group of boys, fighting for their lives and dealing with insanity. Their inner beast showed then and it was inevitable. What do you think? Do you think that there is a beast in all of us? Or do you think you could have kept yourself under control? I think that there is a beast in everyone of us because in The Lord of the Flies they are all getting carried, when the Lord of the Flies talks to Simon, and how, in real life, all of us have the potential to show our inner beast and lose control. …show more content…
Before this point in the book, Ralph has been confused about why the other boys were more focused with hunting, feasting, and dancing than with maintaining and keeping up the the signal fire, building huts, and trying to be rescued. But when he joins the boar hunt, Ralph cannot control himself and gets sucked into the craziness. Afterward, they play a reenactment game and one of the boys is acting as the boar. All the other boys are dancing and chanting and throwing spears at the boy and almost kill him. This shows how even the best of us can get caught up in excitement and can unleash an inner beast and get carried away and almost kill