Innocence In Lord Of The Flies Analysis

Evil on the innocent affects them to a manner in which they lose their innocence. This is seen when the innocents of The Lord Of The Flies and To Kill A Mockingbird encounter injustice and evil. Firstly, the injustice and evil actions can cause the innocents to lose their innocence by making the innocents question what they have known and been taught by revealing them to the harsh truth. It is seen in The Lord Of The Flies when the audience and Simon make a revelation. The beast haunting the children on the island is nothing more than the children’s own inner instinct and that which is made clear when the physical manifestation of the beast, which was the head of the pig surrounded in flies, talks to Simon in his clearing. The beast states that “QUOTE HERE INTERTWINE WELL PLZ”. This revelation, although a prior thought to Simon when he believes that the beast is “only us”(QUOTE CITE PLZ), shocks Simon into disbelief and later, unfortunately, faces the harsh truthfulness of the beast’s words as he dies to the hands of boys and their inner savagery. The harsh truth can also be seen in To Kill a Mockingbird with the character Jem. Jem is a person who believes that the legal system is a surefire way of delivering justice and that it was to never fail. During the case of Tom Robinson however, Jem faces the harsh truth. He watches as the jury convicts Tom Robinson as guilty and feels each guilty as a “separate stab between [his shoulders]”. The stabbing motion can represent the

Jack, their newly found “chief in truth,” is not able to start a fire without the help of a remaining piece of their civilization, Piggy’s glasses (105). In ultimate savagery, the group ambushes Piggy. Jack—“the chief” — “lead[s] them, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement,” with “Piggy's broken glasses,”(105). “Dangling” and “broken”, they tragically misuse the glasses (105). They are no longer a symbol of reason and smarts; but instead they have morphed into a symbol of the extent of how far from civilization the boys wander. With Piggy’s value on the island stripped away, he becomes virtually useless. In the same manner, the loss of Piggy and the conch unfolds, shortly after the glasses. The conch “explode[s] into a thousand white fragments” as the water “boil[s] white and pink,” taking Piggy with the roaring waves (113). This represents the final withdrawal of reasoning, leaving Ralph utterly

After Simon dies, Jack and his tribe start to gain control, and Ralph’s power and his innocence start to decline. Ralph knows that the conch is losing its meaning and he no longer is chief, the position of control. His youthful motivation, which was part of his driving leading forces is deteriorating, because of the creation of Jack’s new tribe, most of the boys have already gone over to his side, rather than staying with Ralph. However, his friend Piggy stays with him and reminds him that he is “still the chief” but “Ralph laughed again” in spite of that (156). Ralph knows that he is no longer the chief, he can see it in the amount of boys who have left to follow Jack.

Jack tries to tell the entire group that Ralph is a coward who doesn't deserve to be a leader. He asks everybody to kick him out as their leader and to accept himself as the new leader. As the boys are very scared, they do not raise their hand to agree with Jack. This makes Jack very angry and he decides that he can no longer stay with Ralph, and goes to the other end of the island. As many of the boys want meat, they slowly start leaving over time to join Jack's new group. Jack and his followers create a lot of conflict because of this new group. Jack, the self-appointed leader, is the cause of the murder of two kids in the book. Jack, the self-appointed leader, is at conflict with Ralph because he enjoys having power over others, and also because he does not like the rules that Ralph has made, and instead wants to go hunting. Jack is also at conflict with Piggy, because Jack relies on instinct to make his decisions. He does not like Piggy's logical way of thinking as he feels threatened by Piggy's knowledge and wisdom. To get rid of this threat, Jack gets Roger to kill Piggy and destroy the conch at the same time. "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone---.".."I'm Chief." (Golding 1996, 223). Jack says this right after the murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch. It shows that Jack really is a very savage person, who is not at al suited to be a leader.

An early confrontation from Ralph can be noticed when the ship passes by with no fire. Jack boasts of hunting as Ralph exposes chance of rescue: “There was a ship. Out there. You said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out!” (70). In dissatisfaction, Ralph confronts, “They might have seen us. We might have gone home--” (70). Similar to Jack, Ralph decides to ignore the pride of killing the pig. By not acknowledging Jack, he is forced to accept the consequences. Ralph explains this in a straightforward way without room for dispute which allows clear understanding between them. Ralph continues to guide the group and keeps them under control. Although setting a concrete justification benefits all, he only focuses on the one goal of rescue without compromise. This establishes the desire of maintaining his level of control through outspoken disappointment. Ralph’s mistrust adjusts to worry as he expresses his thoughts on the conch. Piggy urges him to blow the conch but Ralph believes, “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued” (92). Ralph fears that nobody assembling would represent their final loss of all morals. A conclusion is reached as Ralph establishes his inability to alter the boy’s actions. He avoids the conch’s use in

Children are supposed to be innocent beings. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, they are the exact opposite. William Golding writes about how the children on the island are, at first, civil and everything is in order. As the story goes on, things start to slowly change. Many things start going wrong and the children start resorting to savagery. William Golding suggests that the longer a group is removed from civilization, the more savage their behaviour becomes.

“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” by Stephen King. In book, the Lord of the Flies, there are small boys from England that crash into an unknown island, during World War II. They created their own society, and were unsuccessful.The boys slowly lost innocence within the span of 8 months, through the process of their own destruction.The boy’s innocence was destroyed through Simon talking to the Lord of the Flies, the killing of the sow, and setting the island on fire.

Ralph and Piggy believe that Jack and his tribe are after the conch, and leave it behind when they go to see what is going on at the other side of the island. Jack then begins to signal to the audience and the boys that the conch is now useless. It is has no meaning to anyone on the island, specifically his tribe. He indicates this statement by saying, “ You left it behind… and the conch doesn’t count on this side of the island-”(150).This passage from the novel exemplifies how the boys have lost their sense of command and order within one another. The message from the statement made by Jack is guiding the reader to see how each boy is transforming into a more ruthless individual, not caring about any rules or individuals in their lives. With author, William Golding, having the conch’s purpose be lost and forgotten begins to exhibit the children’s loss of reason within one another.

In the book the Lord of the Flies the kids though they were leaving Britain because of the war end up going on an island that changes there life. The boys first meet each other on the island from a conch shell that Ralph blew and made everyone go towards it. Throughout the book all of the boys go through a big change such going and hunting for food and making shelters for everyone. The kids are not use to this because they usually have there parents do it for them because they are only 12. But, some of the kids learned how to survive without there parents being with them, how they can manage to have other young kids be in charge of them and not have a big argument with each other.

After a few tries, Jack finally lands his first pig and is on his way to the life of a savage. He becomes very serious about hunting, painting himself like a barbarian with blood. Furthermore, when Jack breaks off into his own tribe, he becomes a plain savage. When he becomes the leader, he commands anyone he wants and punishes anyone that disagrees with him. During Jack’s reign of power, he has Robert and Roger, inmates of his tribe, tie up an innocent child named Wilfred for no known reason.

When reflecting on one’s childhood, one either views it as a blissful time in their life, or a hellish society in which they suffered greatly. While both scenarios are very different from one another, it is arguable that both parties experienced a loss of innocence in this time frame.The loss of innocence is something which happens to everybody, sooner or later. Growing up in society, children are exposed to many different concepts. While these concepts play an important role in everyday life, some of them may end up destroying a child’s innocence. Dealing with other people and communicating properly play an essential role in everyday life, but people with malice on their agenda may end up destroying the innocence of others. Even something as simple as learning the countermeasures to deal with the malevolence of others causes a person to lose their innocence. In order to be successful in everyday life, it is necessary for one to confront the harsh reality of our world, which would destroy their innocence.

Upon reading your fascinating novel Lord of the Flies, I found myself following along with the ebbs and flows of the book more than any other I have read in my young life. I was especially enthralled with the ways in which you brought the characters to life in such a fashion I could hardly comprehend. Each character has an external meaning or stands for something bigger than them, which brings the story full-circle. The irony you display by using church boys and evolving them into absolute savages embodies the theme of loss of human innocence, and accomplishes everything you tried to convey through this grossly realistic scenario. However, the loss of innocence them advanced throughout the novel did present challenges. Innately, as humans we are sinful and evil; however, it is challenging to admit the facts that even sweet choir boys, such as the ones you present in the novel, could turn into barbarians.

William Goldning’s Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel where literary techniques are utilized to convey the main ideas and themes of the novel. Two important central themes of the novel includes loss of civilization and innocense which tie into the concept of innate human evil. Loss of civilization is simply the transition from civilization to savagery; order to chaos. The concept of loss of innocense is a key concept to innate human evil because childhood innocense is disrupted as the group hunted animals and even their own. Through the use of literary techniques these ideas are seen in the passage where Simon confronts the “Lord of the Flies.”

Within the novel innocence is progressively lost through the boys. The boys were placed in a situation where they had no other choice but to grow up, and grow up fast. These boys were put in a very traumatic situation and they had to learn on their own and from each other how to survive and almost create a thriving society all on their own. Slowly they learn that their needs to be a leader, but there are no adults to precede the role of authority. Therefore the children resume power and take the role of authority. All these things make the boys lose their innocence and become very violent. No one is completely innocent and everyone has the ability to turn violent, this is demonstrated in William

Children are generally regarded as the symbol of innocence and purity throughout literature, media and in real life. However, this is not the case in the Lord of the Flies. At first in this novel, all of the children were innocent as they had just arrived from ordinary civilization. This is evident when Jack hesitates to kill a pig at the very beginning. However, as the story progresses, savagery becomes apparent in children; they perform vicious acts and they lose their innocence as a result of adaptability. Even though most of the children lose their innocence, not all of them do; the little uns in particular do not perform any savage acts, they just play on their own and do not participate in any violent murders.