Lord of the Flies – Reflection of Society

In monastic order, the great unwashed hit the ability to become violent no matter the somebodyality of the individual. Brutality is in each(prenominal) animal species. The only difference between charitables and the animals is the ability of the human mind to control ones thoughts and follow proscribeds, however, rase this ability can be lost if presented with a situation that becomes so stressful or so unwraprageous that the mind is no longer in control. This is exactly what happens in the book Lord of the wing by William Golding. Within this book people will find exactly how brutal a human being can become when the boys are trapped on an island with no other adults with them.This book proves without a doubt that all individuals have the natural capacity for brutality. Jack was already a destructive person before the boys ever became stranded on the island, however, he somehow is driven to kill. Jack was considered a good-hearted guy that was admired and feared by many. Ja ck could easily be described as a frequent football star or a popular person in todays world. Jack, after non acquire his way, decides he will form his own group of boys to be against the other group. This begins the destructive course of society much like it happens today.He takes a group and tries to overthrow the other by force and deception. Roger is good pure evil. A person can only wonder how such a boy could have been on a plane and not in a mental institute. Roger seems to be the one feared by and large for his insanity. The best example of his capacity for brutality occurs when he decides to kill Piggy with a falling boulder. In the beginning of the book, he only tossed rocks at people further never hit them. Now, as season has past, he has lost all control of his mind and now seems only to act on instinct, natural selection being one of the instincts he follows the close to.Piggy and Ralph seem to be the only level headed people on the entire island so it might be hard to conceive them causing harm to anyone or permit their instincts of survival take control of them. However, this is exactly what happened. Ralphs group was so scared that Jacks group may good time them, when Simon came to give them some information, Ralphs group killed him. They only killed Simon because they conceptualized he was from Jacks group or the beast coming to sign them. It was not until after they killed Simon that they noticed what had happened.The strangest thing about this is that Ralph and Piggy, the most level headed of the group, vocalisationicipated in killing Simon. Ralph and Piggy, disrespect their rational behavior, became irrational when they fear the worse. Fear is definitely one of the biggest factors that cause people to take action rather than thinking about the consequences. The only character that can be considered non brutal would have to be Simon. Simon played a very important role in this book because was the one that could see what others could not see.The most ironic twist in the story was when he was killed. Before he met his fate, he was lecture with the cut off head of a pig that Jacks group gave to the beast as a classification of sacrifice. The pig told him that the anger within them, the boys on the island, would end up destroying them. As Simon comes back to tell them what he had been told, he was killed by his own group in fear that he was the beast or part of Jacks group. The killing of Simon seemed to symbolize the end of innocence and humanity.The one person that could have saved them all was killed out of instinct and fear. William Golding probably had Simon killed because no one listens. Take a look at todays society. Why would anyone believe in a person that talks to a pigs head for advice? Also, most people today does not or will not stop and listen to those who are trying to help. Once people fix that point of no return, nothing, not even a friend could help them. This seems to be the belief of G olding. Golding has brought out much or his trip ups on life in this book.Lord of the Flies gives a good view on todays society and how society might react in such a situation. The book to a fault gives insight into human nature and what humans are capable of when there is nothing left but fear and survival. With Golding being part of a great war he definitely understands more than most what people will do from the battlefield. All the rules change while on the battlefield just as when the boys were stranded on the island. Golding seems to be leaving a message for all of mankind to see and peradventure a warning of things to come.