How would you feel if you were stranded on an island with no guidance from society? What would happen to you? In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, this scenario is shown through a group of boys living alone with no adult supervision. Throughout the book, Golding conveys the theme that isolation from society causes an increase in imagination, leading to anarchy. Society generates behavioral expectations which keeps order and reduces fear and imagination. At the beginning of the book, Ralph and Piggy find the conch and realize they can use it to call a meeting. “‘We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting’” (Golding 16). Clearly, the boys still have a connection to society; they decide to call a meeting which shows their
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Towards the end of the novel, the boys spiral out of control. For example, they have so much fun playing the hunting game that the boys accidentally kill Simon. “‘That was Simon…That was murder.’” (Golding 156). Clearly, the boys’ fears and delusions about the beast led them to extreme anarchy which was all caused by their seclusion. Additionally, besides Ralph, no one seemed to care that they just murdered Simon, again showing their chaos, violence, and complete removal from society. By this time in the book, the reader realizes that the boys are completely isolated by the way the boys act about hunting. For example, they become obsessed with the face paint showing their entrenchment in the island and their strive for survival on the island. However, their attempt for being rescued vanishes. Furthermore, the boys’ violence increases dramatically when Piggy is murdered. This murder was more violent than Simon’s murder because Piggy’s murder was intentional. At the end of the book, Piggy is killed at Castle Rock: “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Golding 181). Evidently, any order that ever existed was completely destroyed, symbolized by the exploding of the conch. The conch represented order and rules; it was the only thing they had to stay organized. When the rock breaks the conch,
Towards the end of the novel, the boys spiral out of control. For example, they have so much fun playing the hunting game that the boys accidentally kill Simon. “‘That was Simon…That was murder.’” (Golding 156). Clearly, the boys’ fears and delusions about the beast led them to extreme anarchy which was all caused by their seclusion. Additionally, besides Ralph, no one seemed to care that they just murdered Simon, again showing their chaos, violence, and complete removal from society. By this time in the book, the reader realizes that the boys are completely isolated by the way the boys act about hunting. For example, they become obsessed with the face paint showing their entrenchment in the island and their strive for survival on the island. However, their attempt for being rescued vanishes. Furthermore, the boys’ violence increases dramatically when Piggy is murdered. This murder was more violent than Simon’s murder because Piggy’s murder was intentional. At the end of the book, Piggy is killed at Castle Rock: “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Golding 181). Evidently, any order that ever existed was completely destroyed, symbolized by the exploding of the conch. The conch represented order and rules; it was the only thing they had to stay organized. When the rock breaks the conch,