The Lord Of The Flies: A Literary Analysis

Civilized can be defined as a stage of social, cultural, and moral development considered to be more advanced, while on the other hand savagery is defined as the condition of being primitive or uncivilized. In “The Lord of the Flies” written by William Golding, these characteristics were discussed when a plane crashed with a group of young boys onboard. Throughout the book, the boys survive on the island in their best ability, but many conflicts arise. The boys struggled to maintain a civilized society, when arguments and power struggle pushes them deeper into savageness. In "The Lord of the Flies", Golding discusses what it means to be civilized, shows why rules are necessary for a civilized society, and explains how rules shape us into the person we are today.
As previously stated, civilized can be defined as a stage of social, cultural, and moral development considered to be more advanced. However, being civilized isn’t just stage of development, but it’s also a mentality. Throughout the book, the boys have their first meeting in which they decide to vote for a leader, someone who would keep them on track with rules and help remain civilized. Ralph, the elected leader, said “I’ll give the conch to the next

Without rules, savagery would break loose because there's nothing holding back the savageness. In “The Lord of the Flies”, the boys’ savageness emerges because there were no rules to keep them civilizeds. If they stayed up past their bedtime or if they bullied a kid, there were no adults to punish them. That would correlate to today's society. The Judicial Learning Center says, “We don’t always like these rules, since they often mean that someone is telling us what to do, or keeping us from doing what we want. Yet to live in a civil society, we must have some rules to follow.” This is saying that rules may seem to be unnecessary, but they are actually key to having a civil