Order In Lord Of The Flies

The Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, is about boys being abandoned on an uninhabited island and establishing a system of rule, protecting the boys from themselves initially. Over time the boys begin letting their true natures show, destroying the established rule of the island for their own desires. Order protects one from themselves and others, but is easily destroyed by pursuing one 's inner desires. Golding uses the characters to prove how order protects one from one 's own innate nature and without order, this nature is unleashed.

Ralph, the elected leader of the island, uses his role to prevent himself from giving in to his desire for disorder. When Jack split off from Ralph 's group, “Ralph [found himself] eager to take a place in [Jack 's] demented, but partly secure society” as Jack 's tribe provides an escape from Ralph 's ordered society (148). This allows Ralph to express his innate desire to “ '[pretend] to be [part of] a tribe '”(152). Ralph 's participation in Jack 's tribe 's dance involves him in “[the murder of Simon]” as …show more content…
Everyone wears a mask, hiding their true selves, as part of their daily attire to ensure their persona is one others will accept. Yet, if worn long enough, these masks become permanent and one 's original true self becomes lost, spliced with the many other personas put on until the original is irrecoverable. By learning this, one can become accepting of others ' selves rather than the mask they are expected to wear and would be able to express their true selves and not what others want them to be. Without learning the importance of being honest to oneself, life would be a masquerade where everyone hides their true identity behind a mask with the order of the masquerade repressing their innate