In Lord of the Flies, the children turn from clean cut and young proper men into savage, remorseless, immoral boys. Shockingly, they begin to threaten and kill towards the end of the novel. This is blamed on the state of nurture, which is based on situational, influential, and environmental factors. Effectively, they lost all levels of obedience and appropriation that they once took part of before they arrive on the island and became both vulnerable and pressured by their peers. There is a time in people’s lives where they are going to becomes vulnerable to their surroundings. The daring biggun, Roger, decided that he was going to “gather a handful of stones and begin to throw them” (Golding 62) towards Henry, another child on the
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For instance in chapter seven, Ralph actually joined in with the boys and hunted the boar because he was giving in to them stressing about how much fun and exciting hunting was. Oppositely, throughout the book, Ralph continuously stressed the idea that the signal fire was way more important than just hunting such as when he said “the signal's out and we [cannot] ever be rescued” (Golding 170) as he suggested to Piggy when Jack's group stole his glasses. There was an experiment done by The Perils of Obedience that observed the ways in which “rebellious peers dramatically reduced obedience levels” (Cherry Paragraph 14), which means that peers are a main source of chaos and propaganda, such as when the kids in Lord of the Flies pressured Ralph into trying to hunt which he did not want to nor felt was right in order to survive proving that sometimes these clean cut boys can still be pressured and forced by their peers. Although Ralph was pressured into hunting, both Ralph and Piggy were pressured into dancing with the group after Jack offered them meat. Instead of sticking to their original claim and protecting the signal fire, they were “eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society” (Golding 152) which basically was to dance with Jack's hunters. They probably would not have participated …show more content…
Nature, biological factors such as the brain and emotional development, also plays a role to their savage and immoral behavior. Although the boys are pressured by their peers, they are also influenced by their own conscious genetically or mentally to act the way they act. For example, naturally Piggy always adds his two cents or talk about the decisions made by Ralph after they come to an understanding. “Which is better-- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” (Piggy 180), he questions their ability to be indecisive and argue while he is trying to comprehend their reason for a disagreement. Jack is a character whom is naturally aggressive and tyrannical, “who’s going to join my tribe… you got to join my tribe” (Golding 182). Jack doesn’t give them the time but he practically bribed them with meat and a feast to join his tribe and leave Ralphs’. The “product of evolution and that individual differences are due to each person’s unique genetic code” (Saul McLeod Paragraph 5). The result of their characteristic, personality, and demeanor can most likely be predicted by their background and childhood development. People can agree that nature consists of “characteristics of the human species as a whole [that] are a product of evolution” (Saul McLeod Paragraph 5). This may be true to some, but to others nurture plays a greater role to their immoral
For instance in chapter seven, Ralph actually joined in with the boys and hunted the boar because he was giving in to them stressing about how much fun and exciting hunting was. Oppositely, throughout the book, Ralph continuously stressed the idea that the signal fire was way more important than just hunting such as when he said “the signal's out and we [cannot] ever be rescued” (Golding 170) as he suggested to Piggy when Jack's group stole his glasses. There was an experiment done by The Perils of Obedience that observed the ways in which “rebellious peers dramatically reduced obedience levels” (Cherry Paragraph 14), which means that peers are a main source of chaos and propaganda, such as when the kids in Lord of the Flies pressured Ralph into trying to hunt which he did not want to nor felt was right in order to survive proving that sometimes these clean cut boys can still be pressured and forced by their peers. Although Ralph was pressured into hunting, both Ralph and Piggy were pressured into dancing with the group after Jack offered them meat. Instead of sticking to their original claim and protecting the signal fire, they were “eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society” (Golding 152) which basically was to dance with Jack's hunters. They probably would not have participated …show more content…
Nature, biological factors such as the brain and emotional development, also plays a role to their savage and immoral behavior. Although the boys are pressured by their peers, they are also influenced by their own conscious genetically or mentally to act the way they act. For example, naturally Piggy always adds his two cents or talk about the decisions made by Ralph after they come to an understanding. “Which is better-- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” (Piggy 180), he questions their ability to be indecisive and argue while he is trying to comprehend their reason for a disagreement. Jack is a character whom is naturally aggressive and tyrannical, “who’s going to join my tribe… you got to join my tribe” (Golding 182). Jack doesn’t give them the time but he practically bribed them with meat and a feast to join his tribe and leave Ralphs’. The “product of evolution and that individual differences are due to each person’s unique genetic code” (Saul McLeod Paragraph 5). The result of their characteristic, personality, and demeanor can most likely be predicted by their background and childhood development. People can agree that nature consists of “characteristics of the human species as a whole [that] are a product of evolution” (Saul McLeod Paragraph 5). This may be true to some, but to others nurture plays a greater role to their immoral