William Golding's Lord Of The Flies: Film Analysis

Bullying is a serious issue in the country, as it’ll have dire consequences. For example, a twelve year-old Florida girl was a victim of bullying which led her to take her own life. The bullies were fifteen minor girls, which makes us wonder if, bullying is an intrinsic part of nature. I don’t think it is, bullying is an adapted behavior that is caused because of a person’s environment and surrounding. In Lord of the Flies, it shows how a person’s behavior has drastically changed due to their surrounding. When the boys landed at first, they all got along trying to figure out a way to get off the island. However towards the end of the book, this wasn’t the case with two groups forming for control of the island. Jack has always been jealous of Ralph, since Ralph was elected as leader. and the priorities for them are different. All Jack cares about is his hunting, and his warrior like mentality has always made him …show more content…
We already witnessed how one girl took her own life because of bullying, but there are other effects to the victims. In the documentary, “Bully” we noticed the victims get picked on frequently, being called names and experiencing physical actions. However, the disappointing fact is that people were aware that this was going on. For example, the educators knew about the bullying but they didn’t know how to respond to that. In one case, a principal called the bully and victim over to address the issue. But, all she did was ask the bully to say a meaning less “sorry” and shake the victim’s hand. Or sometimes, the educator might say they are trying to resolve it despite the parents of the victim telling her repeatedly of their son being bullied. This shows how bullying is caused by a person’s environment since nobody is taking any useful actions. The actions that were taken would probably not stop the bully from picking on his victim since they would know that nothing would happen to