Comparative Essay On Lord Of The Flies

In the book “Lord of The Flies”, by William Golding, the children that are stuck on the island, keep to their own age groups and do different things around the island. Some of them help out, others not so much.
The older boys, like Ralph, Jack, Roger, Simon, Piggy, and some of the hunter that Jack finds. These boys act as the “adults” of the island, they start by building a fire on top of the mountain to use as a smoke signal to flag down ships passing by. They also, (with the idea from Piggy yelling) start to create shelter. In earlier chapters, Piggy wanted to create shelter but the others were not as worried about it as he was. Now, the older boys did create shelters for everyone to live. They also look for food, they hunt, kill, and eat pigs that are living on the island. There are also berries that they find and which they use as a source of food. They do make their needs a priority by making these decisions and taking these actions. The older boys also try to create rules for everyone to follow to create a level of civility. “All this I meant to say. Now I’ve said it. You voted for me for chief. Now you do what I say. They
quieted, slowly, and at last were seated again. Ralph dropped down and spoke in his ordinary voice”. This quote shows a level of superiority because Ralph can settle down the group of boys and get them to listen to him in a pretty civil manner.
The younger boys would act how you would think young boys would, eating until they get sick, playing and throwing sand, throwing rocks...at people, and following the older boys around. Since there aren’t many older boys who are leading, there are many young boys who are wondering about and following their superiors around the island. The two age groups don’t act very much alike, but I think that there are places where they littluns can act me behaved and use their time better by helping out in some way.
Though there are differences among all of the boys, some similarities between them are shown.
All of them are interested in exploring the island, they work together to explore the untrodden land, to find more food, places to create shelter, and a place to create more signals for help. “...fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream. There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island...serve you right if something didn’t get you, you useless lot of cry-babies”. This quote shows that the littles ones appear to be useless in the eyes of the older children that are there. They seem to get in the way and since they are afraid, it gets in the way of exploration. Though the older boys don’t say they are scared, you can tell they are deep down because they do not now when they will get off the island, or if they even will get off the
island.