Persuasive Essay Lord Of The Flies

Imagine a world with no adults, no rules, and no consequences for your actions. Some kids utopia. But not for these boys. In William Goldings “Lord of the Flies” a mass group of English boys, the oldest being about 12, crash landed on an island in the middle of the ocean after an attempt to be transported to safety due to WWII. The boys eventually come to the conclusion that no adults have landed with them. This is where it all begins. The need for civilization, loss of innocence, power struggle, fear of the unknown, loss of identity. In a world with no rules, no structure, and no consequences, would humanity survive? Maybe all of our inner savage would take charge. Because in the end, we are only animals. Although there are a large number of boys, the reader is introduced to a select few. The boys themselves don't even take the responsibility to find out how many boys there actually are on the island. In the beginning of the book the reader is introduced to Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and a majority of the boys in Jack’s choir group. Ralph is a level headed boy, a natural born leader. Piggy on the other hand an overweight foolish boy, with glasses, and asthma, but nevertheless rather shrewd. Ralph and Piggy come in contact with the other boys, because Piggy found a
Power in the way that Jack has snatched them from Piggy’s face by force multiple times to make fire. Showing his obvious dominance over Piggy. A loss of identity. Towards the end of the book when Jack goes his separate way from the group, and most of the boys follow him he steels Piggy’s glasses for the last time. Piggy is left blind. Most of the boys already see Piggy as nothing more than a mere animal, but this is when Piggy truly starts to feel like one. When Piggy, Ralph, and Samn’Eric start heading over to Jack’s side of the island to fetch back Piggy’s glasses, Piggy tells the boy they will need to lead him like a