Fun and Murder in Lord of the Flies :: Lord Flies Essays

Fun and Murder in Lord of the Flies   Lord of the Flies is a story of hardships, death and ultimately, survival. The island on which the boys are on presented many difficulties. In this situation, there was no time for fun and games, work was much more important. The aggroup consisted completely of pre-pubescent young boys and the thing that destroyed their democratic ways was the allure of having lots of fun, swimming, feasts and other enjoyable activities. If the splitting of the groups, i.e when Ralph and Jack went their separate ways, the bloodshed would wealthy person been prevented. But when the decision came to be made, the promise of ..having fun.. from Jack was too much for most of the boys, and that decision they made turned them into the bloodthirsty savages who murdered two exculpatory boys.              In the beginning, when the boys first met and assembled at the platform, the conch was the symbol of power. The per son holding the conch always had the attention of everyone. in that respect was a leader, Ralph, who was elected by the  children.    Lets have a vote.    Yes    right to vote for chief    Lets vote------    This represented democracy, a government elected for by the whole population and they lived in a classless and tolerant society. There were rules which were to be obeyed by all. Nobody was exempt from them, they were agreed on by all. A fire was lit, to attract the attention of any passing ships or planes, huts were organised to be built. There were many plans for the boys but these werent fulfilled due to the laziness and incompetence of the small children, the littluns. Huts werent built deadlines werent kept. In theory, it was like anarchy. This is when the groups were starting to form, the people who enjoyed living like savages, for typesetters case Roger, and those who liked the idea of leadership, having a leader and followin g his instructions like Piggy.              This, in my opinion, is a small-scale resemblance of the real world. If there was no practice of law enforcement, or in Lord of the Flies, adults, people would be just like that. Society would collapse into chaos. The children, although they arent mature, they behave exactly as adults would in an milieu in which they inhabited. Selfish, greedy always wanting more for themselves and not caring for others.