Lord Of The Flies By William Golding - 1448 Words

Almost everyone knows someone who appears to have grown up without rules or authority figures in his or her life. This person may often act like he or she is better than everyone else. To everyone else, though, this person does not seem to be as civilized as the rest of society. He or she is often rude and inconsiderate and are very mean to others. This happens when no one ever tells the person what he or she is doing is wrong. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, something very similar happens. Young boys have no rules set by an authority figure, and this causes them to decide that they have to make the rules themselves. When some of the boys start to rebel against the rules, the island spirals into a hysteria of savagery.†¦show more content†¦This is shown when Roger is throwing rocks near Henry while Henry is in the water. The narrator shows how Roger is considering whether or not to throw the rocks towards Henry. â€Å"Roger did not consider his escape, but looked from the nuts to Henry and back again† (62; ch. 4). Eventually, Roger does start to throw rocks at Henry. When Henry notices it is Roger throwing them, Roger quickly runs and hides behind a tree so that Henry cannot see him (62; ch. 4). This shows the slow decline of civilization and savagery. Roger knew he should not have been throwing the rocks, but he threw the rocks anyway because he wanted to. There was really no other reason than that he enjoyed it. Along with how Roger treats the littluns is how Maurice treats them. When he and Roger come out of the forest and trample the littluns’ sandcastles, Maurice, perhaps accidentally, kicked up some sand into Percival’s eyes (60; ch. 4). The reasoning the narrator gives for Maurice’s reaction is important, though. â€Å"In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand. Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrong doing† (60; ch. 4). Then Maurice mumbles some excuse as to why he did what he did (60; ch. 4). This interaction between Maurice and the littluns shows that without parents or adult authority figures