Microcosm In Lord Of The Flies

The work of Lord of the Flies by William Golding presents the idea that anyone without strong security can devolve into anarchy. The boys at the start of the book use school paradigm of rules and regulations to create order. These values are eventually destroyed when they begin to worship false deities through the beast and showcases how religion is never a blessing but a curse. Their microcosm of society reflects the powers of a cult that caused the boys to lose their innocence in the form of their free thought. Consequences of the deifying of Jack and the beast involve savage acts of brutal murder that would not have happened without a strong frame of mind from civilization.
In a microcosm of society, the boys showcase a blindness in what
The littluns get their innocence taken away after their fears cause them to project their pleas to Jack. Just as mulberry boy had did before, Percival pleads the beast was seen from the sea that makes the littluns fears get even more escalated when they their aggravated fears causes them to believe that Simon meant that the beast is”some sort of ghost”(68). With their fear fully lost Jack takes advantage of that by announcing how that “[they are] strong, they will hunt!] If there is a beast, [ they will] hunt it down!” (70). Jack manipulating the littluns by having them go to him for their troubles due to being hunter showcases how religion is only here to make people safe and that safety comes from losing freedom of thought. No freedom of thought came with the loss of piggy and simon as well as the corruption of Sam and Eric. Sam and Eric getting captured by the tribe turned them into Jack's hunters which in privacy with Ralph reveals that Jack hurted them and needs to go for “ they’re going to do [him]”(147). Sam and Eric could have taken this opportunity to head back to Ralph, but Golding made them stay to showcase how a cult made the twins lose their senses of who they truly are. The final breath of innocence that is shown in Lord of the Flies is the rescue from the navy. Ralph in being able to be safe knowing that the navy would take him home becomes very emotional and “[weeps] for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy” (159). Their beliefs that stemmed of fearing their survival transformed their order into chaos with the island turning into flames and Ralph’s bawling tears is him fully understanding how there is never truly good and only