Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, is the tale of young school boys turning into savages. A similar situation to Lord of the Flies, known as the Stanford Prison experiment mimicked this. These two cases are similar but also differentiate from each other.
Both cases differ in some major ways. During the Stanford experiment, grown men volunteered to be part of the experiment. In Lord of the Flies, little boys, ages six to twelve are left to find their rank on the totem pole. At the age of twenty, someone is able to comprehend and analyze tough situations better than an eight-year-old. When a child is left to keep other children in line it will cause mayhem. Another difference was that in the novel the children are actually stuck
Both cases differ in some major ways. During the Stanford experiment, grown men volunteered to be part of the experiment. In Lord of the Flies, little boys, ages six to twelve are left to find their rank on the totem pole. At the age of twenty, someone is able to comprehend and analyze tough situations better than an eight-year-old. When a child is left to keep other children in line it will cause mayhem. Another difference was that in the novel the children are actually stuck