Dramatic Change In Lord Of The Flies

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding describes the dramatic change of a group of young boys as they survive on an inhabited island in the middle of the ocean. At the beginning, a small basic society is developed where a leader, Ralph, is elected and rules were established to keep the young and old in line. The longer the children stayed alone, the more distant they became from the modern rules of everyday society. Main characters started to change from their old innocent child self to a more primeval state of mind. The main antagonist of the novel, Jack, shows Golding example of what happens when guidance is lost and how a more basic way of governing and ruling starts to envelope. This can be seen when comparing Jack’s persona …show more content…
An article put real life studies into context of the book by describing that, “passion is embodied in a negative sense with Golding utilizing Jack for demonstrating the degeneration of civilization,” (Lord of the Flies: Psychological Insights). For Jack, Golding uses the boy to portray his idea that without order or rule, passion and sanity is lost. The idea that without order brings insanity, is a constant theme in The Lord of the Flies. Golding demonstrating how the loss of adult leaders drive the boys deeper into more chaos. Jack is the perfect example by turning his back to modern ideas which results in his inner nature opening up to violence. The idea that without rules creates chaos it what the author Golding wanted to show in many different characters including, Jack. An article on Talons Philosophy states that, “without the presence of rules we as a society have no moral ways of keeping ourselves in check. We will wreak havoc if we do not have guidelines by which to live by,”. When rules are enforced by others, the laws and guidelines set would be followed due to outer forces keeping people in line. As the enforcement of laws start to decrease or dismember completely, similar to the case on the island. People start to push boundaries or completely break sed laws due to the fact that there is no …show more content…
In the beginning Jack is seen as a normal human child that only wants to help. Then, as the time spent on the island drew into months, Jack's changed into a more dictatorial brut whose goal is to eliminate Ralph and his followers. The physiological changes that Jack faces is due to the absence of simple rules that the children followed back at home. Without guidance or an adult figure, the boys decisions and actions became inhumane and barbaric. Leaving the children alone on the island leads to chaos as is illustrated by the different characters and their decisions over the months before their final rescue from