Macie Errante Mrs. Gillespie English II, 1st hour 12 April 2024 Mob Mentality Sometimes when people get together in a group, their minds are influenced by others in the group and they may end up doing things they will later regret. Lord of the Flies is about a group of British schoolboys whose plane crashed into an island with no other humans on it. The boys decide they need a chief and rules to survive on the island and try to get rescued. Eventually, some of the boys turn on the chief and start their own tribe, which causes violence on the island. Mob mentality can occur when a group of people are put together, they might end up making decisions that they may regret. Mob mentality can occur with any group of people no matter the situation In Lord …show more content…
I’m the Chief of the House! Viciously with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph” (Golding 181). This quote shows that Jack tried to attack Ralph with his spear when Ralph tried to talk to him about who should be chief. Ever since Jack became chief, a lot more violence had started occurring on the island, especially towards the boys who are not a part of Jack’s tribe. With Jack being the leader, the boys begin to use violence driven by the influence of the tribe; tragic acts occur with Piggy being killed and Ralph having to survive on his own. Mob mentality can happen to anyone, there are lots of examples of this in Lord of the Flies. When Jack decides that he is tired of being in Ralph's tribe and decides to make his own, many of the boys who don’t know what to do decide to join his tribe. During the boys' celebration of their first kill, mob mentality gets the best of them, and the celebration turns into a tragic accident. In the beginning, the boys listened to Ralph but towards the end when Jack became in charge acts of violence were happening towards Ralph and Piggy. Mob mentality can happen within a group once they start influencing one another, causing conflict and dangerous
than to stop” (Sanderson). This quote from the book Mistborn: Shadows of Self demonstrates the idea of mob mentality. The Psychology of the Mob Mentality is a social psychology that involves people participating in certain behaviors influenced by their peers. When people participate in mob- like behaviors, it is often difficult to stop those actions depending on the situation. Identity and acceptability are two main causes of mob mentality in both Lord of the Flies and Mean Girls. In the 19th century
In Lord of the Flies, a small group of British schoolboys-are stranded on a tropical island. In an attempt to recreate the culture they left behind, they elect Ralph to lead, with the intellectual Piggy as counselor. But Jack also wants to be the leader and lures the boys to the savage survivalism of his tribe. The novel gives us a glimpse of the savagery that underlies even the most civilized human-beings. Lord of the flies, written by William Golding, has four very important dynamic characters