Survival Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.” In the Lord of the Flies some young schoolboys crash onto a deserted island and have to survive for months. These boys try to live civilized on the island but it doesn’t last long. They did some crazy things that they would never have done, all to ensure their survival. Three of these things were creating and following their own rules, killing pigs for their food and fighting each other to survive.
The kids had to create their own rules. They started by choosing a chief to follow and listen to, then they created rules to follow according to what was happening. “We’ll have rules! Lots of rules!” Pg. 33 Jack cried out and said that quote when they were thinking of what to do on the island. They had to follow these rules to keep civilized and to have some order. Along with these rules, they had to kill to get their food. …show more content…
they were not killers, but they had to change in order to get food. It took them a while but they eventually killed a pig and ate it. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” Pg. 75 This is what the boys were singing when they killed the pig. They had to kill the pig to survive and have meat. Killing pigs and ending a living thing’s life started to turn the boys mad, along with living on an island for so long with no grownups. They ended up fighting each other and having lots of problems.
After being on an island for so long the boys went crazy and started to fight each other. They ended up getting in fights and killing each other. Some had to fight and hide for their survival. “...I’m going to that Jack Merridew an’ tell him. I am.” Pg. 171 This is what Piggy was saying about Jack Merridew after Jack stole Piggy’s glasses. When Jack stole Piggy’s glasses is when the fighting started and lives were endangered. The boys did lots of things on that island that they never would have done. They were just trying to