Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies

A person’s behavior is influenced by his/her surroundings because prior to reading this story, I didn’t believe that it was possible, but after reading the story, I have found that it actually can have a big impact on your behavior, for example Jack would always portray himself as the most dominant person at camp, but when it was time for him to go and look for the beast in the woods, he was extremely scared. During an unnamed time of war, a plane carrying a group of British schoolboys is shot down over the Pacific. The pilot of the plane is killed, but many of the boys survive the crash and find themselves deserted on an uninhabited island, where they are alone without adult supervision. In The Lord of The Flies by William Golding, based on the boy’s surroundings, and lack of adult supervision, they lose their complete innocence.
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Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are all discussing their encounter with a pig. When Ralph and Piggy are talking about how the pig broke away, Jack declares, “Before I could kill it, but next time!” (pg, 33). This aggressive attitude and imposing will portrayed by Jack shows that he is taking his own initiative and beginning to adopt the character traits of violence which leads to his loss of “childhood” innocence.

During this whole story so far, Jack and Ralph have had a bad relationship and it eventually leads to Jack leaving the group of boys which shows the theme of Individualism vs. Community. When Ralph and Jack are arguing over who should be chief, Jack points out, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” (pg. 127). The lack of unity and comradery between these two significant characters illustrates the message of Individualism vs. Community. These two characters carry a big influence over all of the other boys and their actions are often repeated by the