William Golding's Lord of the Flies
In the Lord of the Flies, many young boys were left to survive after
their plane had crashed on an uninhabited island. From the very
beginning Ralph, one of the oldest boys, took control although he even
lost organization quickly. It was in the minds of Piggy the, group
got work done. If it weren’t for him it would have been total chaos
from day one. He was an intelligent young boy who was always looking
for ways to improve their “community”. Every child on the island was
a boy, not a girl. This may have caused unnecessary arguments and
violence throughout the book. If the Island would have been all girls
things would have been drastically different although with a similar
outcome. War.
Girls would have been more patient in the initial organization of the
group, unlike the boys which were soon calling meetings and building
huts. It is common for boys to know more survival skills than girls
but once the girls get in order they can be equally or even more
efficient than boys. On page 16 in the book, Piggy and Ralph figure
out they can call a meeting by blowing on a conch, something a bunch
of girls would have done much later on. For the first few days the
islands thought process was clear and focused. Huts, Fire, Food, Jobs,
ect. This does not mean it stayed that way forever. Girls would have
soon realized to create an order to their new lives and probably have
done the same thing as the boys. Where you would notice a group of
girls exceeding a group of boys is when the group starts dealing with
problems. Girls are much more humble in these situations and instead
of caring who takes control they want to make sure it’s don’t
correctly. Jack stirs things up when he begins to fight with Ralph
about irrelevant issues like jobs. The boys were very capable of
