Why Boys Become Vicious By William Golding: A Rhetorical Analysis

The modern world is diverse with a vast amount of ethnicities, yet it cannot be described as completely safe. Uncivilized individuals, criminals, rapists, and terrorists walk the same streets civilians do everyday. If one were to pick up a newspaper at their local outdoor newspaper machine, it's highly likely the headlines would advertise a “Black Lives Matter” campaign or convey details about a local school shooting. These preposterous phenomenon are the coping mechanisms of an individual, sometimes a clan. The ability to possess an inclination to harm kind citizens is a characteristic most find strange. However, when the most extreme of these occurrences happen to children, it is unearthly for most people to fathom. Cordial children of our communities are facing overwhelming sentences putting them behind bars forever. James Bulger, a two year old toddler who was ferociously beaten by two ten year olds, and then then dumped in the path of a train so that his injuries would be disguised, is an example of what is happening in our society to this day. People were outraged and could not grasp the fact two ten year olds could be so vicious. William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, analyzes this behavior in his article, “Why Boys Become Vicious”. Golding asserts the evil and savagery awakens under times of chaos …show more content…
Regardless of the situation, this hint of pressure sparks the extreme savagery all children possess. Golding, utilizes child clans of a warn-torn as an exemplar. He conveys their life as “dispossessed, without anywhere to live or anything to live on, they roamed the country attacking and killing out of sheer cruelty” (Golding 1). With other extremists alongside them, they do not take in account basic resources, since they would depend on someone else. Alternatively, they sought glee regardless of the savage standards. The members propelled others to agonize the population for