Human Behavior
Behave, something said to everyone at some point in their lives,but behave how? Humans all behave differently, but as shown in the Lord of the Flies behavior is shaped by our environment and what is and what is not present in it. In the Lord of the Flies the lack of adults and the addition of a dose of fear as well as prey changes how the group of boys behave throughout the story, instead of behaving like humans in civilization they start to become more like their harsh new environment and are affected by what its lacking. They even go as far as becoming full savages before finally being reunited with someone from civilisation and who happens to be an adult. Now let us sit down and behave as we delve into this theory. But again, …show more content…
This is demonstrated throughout the book as the boys are faced with many physiological stimulus that causes these fear of their new environment to materialize, for instance when Ralph and the rest of the island bunch in Jack’s original tribe lands. They are fearful of the oncoming storm and in the midst of this the fear of the beast is also present, the story provides the readers with their actions and behavior during this as well. “The beast struggled forward...fell over the steep edge of the rock...at once the crowd surged after it…leapt onto the beast, screamed,struck,bit,tore. There were no words , and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws” the length of this quote is absolutely necessary as shows what the environment and its fear has done to the island boys. They behave like savage beasts as they literally rip flesh from their poor friend Simon who is a victim of not only their animalistic killing but the environments dose of fear causing the others to act on their fear instead of thinking and mistaking him for the beast. This is also a discussion between Ralph and Piggy as they begin to realise what they have done. Piggy tries to convince Ralph that they were scared and were not thinking …show more content…
With the introduction to the native pigs on the island, the island boys start to act in a similar manner to prehistoric humans or cavemen. They become ferocious and savage, as they demonstrated previously in their killing of Simon, but they also demonstrate this again and throughout the book with their death chants after and before hunting. Their actions can be quoted in one instance as such “Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him” pg 75. This is another example of the islanders devolving further from current civilisation and their behavior changing as their time on the island increases. The island dwelling boys in this quote are chanting and acting similar to how ancient savages and cavemen were believed to have acted based on descendants stories when there was no civilizations like that of the island boys time and when the adults acted the same due to their environment, just like with the boys who are living in an environment similar to these ancient tribes from long ago. Their behavior change does not stop at this simple chanting either and by the end of the story almost all of the boys are fully consumed by their new environment and have become savage and wild. This all stems off of the introduction of prey to them will living in their new and relatively unknown
Behave, something said to everyone at some point in their lives,but behave how? Humans all behave differently, but as shown in the Lord of the Flies behavior is shaped by our environment and what is and what is not present in it. In the Lord of the Flies the lack of adults and the addition of a dose of fear as well as prey changes how the group of boys behave throughout the story, instead of behaving like humans in civilization they start to become more like their harsh new environment and are affected by what its lacking. They even go as far as becoming full savages before finally being reunited with someone from civilisation and who happens to be an adult. Now let us sit down and behave as we delve into this theory. But again, …show more content…
This is demonstrated throughout the book as the boys are faced with many physiological stimulus that causes these fear of their new environment to materialize, for instance when Ralph and the rest of the island bunch in Jack’s original tribe lands. They are fearful of the oncoming storm and in the midst of this the fear of the beast is also present, the story provides the readers with their actions and behavior during this as well. “The beast struggled forward...fell over the steep edge of the rock...at once the crowd surged after it…leapt onto the beast, screamed,struck,bit,tore. There were no words , and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws” the length of this quote is absolutely necessary as shows what the environment and its fear has done to the island boys. They behave like savage beasts as they literally rip flesh from their poor friend Simon who is a victim of not only their animalistic killing but the environments dose of fear causing the others to act on their fear instead of thinking and mistaking him for the beast. This is also a discussion between Ralph and Piggy as they begin to realise what they have done. Piggy tries to convince Ralph that they were scared and were not thinking …show more content…
With the introduction to the native pigs on the island, the island boys start to act in a similar manner to prehistoric humans or cavemen. They become ferocious and savage, as they demonstrated previously in their killing of Simon, but they also demonstrate this again and throughout the book with their death chants after and before hunting. Their actions can be quoted in one instance as such “Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him” pg 75. This is another example of the islanders devolving further from current civilisation and their behavior changing as their time on the island increases. The island dwelling boys in this quote are chanting and acting similar to how ancient savages and cavemen were believed to have acted based on descendants stories when there was no civilizations like that of the island boys time and when the adults acted the same due to their environment, just like with the boys who are living in an environment similar to these ancient tribes from long ago. Their behavior change does not stop at this simple chanting either and by the end of the story almost all of the boys are fully consumed by their new environment and have become savage and wild. This all stems off of the introduction of prey to them will living in their new and relatively unknown