William Golding, author of books such as Lord of the Flies, The Scorpion God, and Rites of Passage joined the British Royal Navy in 1940. During this time, he witnessed gruesome sights and came to realize things about mankind that most chose not to, which left him cynical and pessimistic about the true nature of mankind. In 1954, Golding published Lord of the Flies, which summed up his feels about mankind; that it is inherently corrupt, violent, and animalistic. In the novel Lord of the Flies, the reader can see the boys go from children to savages through the course of the book. Five of the major turning points in their transition are the children painting their faces, killing the first pig, almost killing one of their own, dividing the group
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Ralph’s faction is made up of the boys who are still hanging to the rules, and who still have some morals, while Jack’s group is made up of those who would rather hunt than work to be rescued. This shows how they stopped cooperating and working to keep each other in check. If broken down to a psychological view, Jack is the id, Ralph is the ego, and Piggy is the superego, which all keep each other in check. During the split, Jack, the primitive and instinctual one, gets away from Piggy, the morally correct and rule-oriented one, who would generally cancel Jack’s personality out. Now that they’re apart from each other, though, Jack takes that newly found freedom of him being in charge, and makes very primordial choices. In the book, the group splits up because Jack and Ralph keep butting heads. When the group divides, Ralph asks what it is that makes things break up, to which Piggy answer, “"I dunno, Ralph. I expect it's him."” (pg. 140), him being Jack. The whole time, Jack was fighting what little rules they had left. This is when Jack detaches himself completely from
Ralph’s faction is made up of the boys who are still hanging to the rules, and who still have some morals, while Jack’s group is made up of those who would rather hunt than work to be rescued. This shows how they stopped cooperating and working to keep each other in check. If broken down to a psychological view, Jack is the id, Ralph is the ego, and Piggy is the superego, which all keep each other in check. During the split, Jack, the primitive and instinctual one, gets away from Piggy, the morally correct and rule-oriented one, who would generally cancel Jack’s personality out. Now that they’re apart from each other, though, Jack takes that newly found freedom of him being in charge, and makes very primordial choices. In the book, the group splits up because Jack and Ralph keep butting heads. When the group divides, Ralph asks what it is that makes things break up, to which Piggy answer, “"I dunno, Ralph. I expect it's him."” (pg. 140), him being Jack. The whole time, Jack was fighting what little rules they had left. This is when Jack detaches himself completely from