Should The Government Have Order In Lord Of The Flies

William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, is about children who get stranded on an island while striving to establish a society. The inexperienced boys find themselves stuck in an unfamiliar place where there is no adult supervision, no social institutions, and no order. When the boys realize that there is no immediate possibility of being rescued any time soon, they try to create and mimic the social organization that they thought reflected the adult world. The boys then take on the challenge of imposing order among themselves in place that is without order; they try and set up a government. A government is a system in which people make laws and establish order for the survival of society. A society is a civilization; survival is the act of continuing to live or exist even in difficult times. Although, some may say that the boys failed to follow the rules and order they set for themselves; however, they were not experienced and did not know how to set up a successful government and society. First of all, a government will protect the people’s rights. Secondly, the government provides law and order; finally, a government provides for people’s well-being and happiness. Therefore, a …show more content…
In The Lord of the Flies, the boys start to lose the little sanity that they had left as they spend more time on the island. They started to accept things as they saw them without questioning why. They became savage to the point where it was okay to kill someone. There was no order and the boys even picked sides instead of sticking by each other. With no laws to obey they thought they could do whatever they wanted without getting punished for it. Some may argue that they were little kids and did not know any better; however, if innocent boys were able to turn savage and turn against their own kind then the adults can as well. The government makes laws and inaugurates order in order to provide for people’s well-being and