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Punishment In Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay

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Regardless of the age, gender, and past of the boys prior to and as well as their time spent on the island, the boys should be held accountable for the murder of Piggy and Simon in addition to the attempted murder of Ralph. The murder of the innocent young simon and piggy was wrong and deserve no justification, and no matter where you are in the world the thought and action of killing another human should always be followed by consequences. A reasonable explanation as for why the boys should receive a punishment for their actions is because of the fact that they grew up in society from the day they were born up until the day they boarded that plane. Since they grew up in society, they had been able to observe the way people act in public …show more content…

Mostly all of the boys that were living on the island had experienced symptoms of ptsd. The children experience ptsd through nightmares and and frightening thoughts as well as avoidance. The younger boys show avoidance when they lose interest in play which had become “aimless and trivial” (59). The older boys also show avoidance, for they show it through denial. “ its was dark. Their was that bloody dance... we was scared.” this shows avoidance because they do not want to believe that they had any part in the death of simon. The boys should not be punished because when simon came crawling out of the woods their fear overtook their control over their actions consequently leading to a flight or fight reactions that ultimately killed simon. Considering the previously stated the children who took part in the homicide still need to learn the consequence to their actions. Ptsd can be taken into consideration, but for some of the boys like rodger they already had evil motives inside. Rodger had always had a joy for others pain while on the island, for he was a natural born bully and he shows this through his action such as when he “ picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at henry.” (62). This gives evidence that ptsd cannot be a reason for all of the actions the boys committed when we

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