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In the book Lord of the Flies, a group of boys crash onto an island. One boy, Ralph, is elected as chief and tries to do what is best for the group. At first, things go well because the boys have been raised in a civilized society with order and control, but over time they start to show a more primitive side, until there is no order. All that is left is savagery.
At first, Ralph tries to keep the group organized with the help of Piggy. Their goal is to keep the essential things for the greater good of the group while attempting to be rescued, as shown in the following quotes. In this quote, Ralph explains the power of the conch: “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking” (Golding 33). In this second quote, Piggy understands what is necessary to stay alive: “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything” (Golding 42). In the following quote, Ralph tries to end and prevent the laziness of the group. “We need an assembly. Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log, not for making jokes, or for cleverness. Not for these things. But to put things straight” (Golding 79).
The boys slowly turn more savage over time. The change is not at all sudden, but gradual. “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (Golding 104). This chant shows how the boys reenact killing the pig. This is part of their transformation from civilized boys to savages. It seems as though they are just having fun at this point, but this reenacting of the slaughtering of the pig is part of their transformation from civilized boys to savages. "The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping a...

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...hey thought he was the beastie. It was not until the naval officer stepped onto the island and rescued the boys from the chaos of the savages and the island and the boys began taking steps toward their civilized side. However, they would not forget the savage consequences of war, their loss of innocence when killing the pig, and the extreme difference of civilization and savagery that they all had to deal with while on the island.
When left alone on the island, the boys have to fend for themselves. Things go well at first, and the boys maintain a sense of order. After being civilized for a period of time, the boys start to turn to their instincts and eventually become complete savages. In the end however, the boys are rescued and are taken back to their civilized way of living.

Works Cited

Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print.

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