“What are we? Humans? Animals? Or savages?” Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is truly a phenomenon. It was published September 17 1954. The novel includes acts of sacrifice, savagery, and survival. The characters and actions are comparable to The Stanford Prison Experiment. The Stanford Prison experiment has a shocking background; the experiment has varying similarities and differences to Lord of the Flies. The Stanford prison experiment took place in 1973; Phillip Zimbardo was the mastermind behind the non-sense. This test was designed to see the physiological change while a subject is in prison. Zimbardo’s main goal was to see if the volunteers would “confirm to the roles of guard and prisoner in a role-playing exercise that simulated
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They have physical and mental similarities, such as adapting to surroundings. When put into a new situation, you check out the scenery and begin to feel comfortable. In Lord of the Flies Ralph and Piggy find each other after the plane crashes and begin to search the island. They eventually find the other boys and begin to come up with a plan so they can survive. They decide to vote for chief first “Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air”. Ralph continued. “I’m chief then” (Golding 23). They also establish who will hunt for food “The choir belongs to you of course- they could be the army or hunters. Jack’s in charge of the choir. They can be-what do you want them to be?’ “Hunters” (Golding 23). The boys make rules to adapt to their environment. The Stanford project participants also had to adjust to their environment. Once one participant begins to adapt, they all followed ‘Within hours of beginning the experiment some guards begin to harass the prisoners… Other guards joined in” (McLeod 2). All of the boys and men from both stories physical adapted, but they also can be compared by their changes in personalities. Once the guards were given the uniforms they completely changed, along with Jack once he puts his “mask” on. The guards become cruel when they got into character. When the experiment was over, they had a hard time believing that the actually changed, “Most of the guards found it difficult to believe that they had behaved in the brutalizing ways that they had. Many said they hadn’t known this side of them existed or that they were capable of such things” (McLeod 3). The men literally changed their personalities when forced to act a certain way. Jack is similar to the guards because he becomes a new person when he puts on the clay. “Jack planned his new face…He looked in the pool for is
They have physical and mental similarities, such as adapting to surroundings. When put into a new situation, you check out the scenery and begin to feel comfortable. In Lord of the Flies Ralph and Piggy find each other after the plane crashes and begin to search the island. They eventually find the other boys and begin to come up with a plan so they can survive. They decide to vote for chief first “Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air”. Ralph continued. “I’m chief then” (Golding 23). They also establish who will hunt for food “The choir belongs to you of course- they could be the army or hunters. Jack’s in charge of the choir. They can be-what do you want them to be?’ “Hunters” (Golding 23). The boys make rules to adapt to their environment. The Stanford project participants also had to adjust to their environment. Once one participant begins to adapt, they all followed ‘Within hours of beginning the experiment some guards begin to harass the prisoners… Other guards joined in” (McLeod 2). All of the boys and men from both stories physical adapted, but they also can be compared by their changes in personalities. Once the guards were given the uniforms they completely changed, along with Jack once he puts his “mask” on. The guards become cruel when they got into character. When the experiment was over, they had a hard time believing that the actually changed, “Most of the guards found it difficult to believe that they had behaved in the brutalizing ways that they had. Many said they hadn’t known this side of them existed or that they were capable of such things” (McLeod 3). The men literally changed their personalities when forced to act a certain way. Jack is similar to the guards because he becomes a new person when he puts on the clay. “Jack planned his new face…He looked in the pool for is