Technological Improvements In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Since the time of William Golding’s death, technological improvements have changed the lives of millions of people. While it has saved multiple lives, these improvements have also destroyed the minds of many by killing the creativity and social skills once developed. This can often result in channeling fear; fear of what’s next, or what now? Fear today is very similar to how Golding portrayed it in the book. If Golding was to experience life as a teenager in today’s society, he would be surprised at how fear, social rules, and technology have developed for the good and bad of our generation.

In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding continuously develops the characters in a way that shows the purity of the boys. One way this could be seen, is through the forms of entertainment the boys sought. Throughout the book, while the older boys are hunting, building huts, and taking on the more responsible roles, Golding depicts the littluns in a way that children usually behave:
Almost everybody knows them and almost everybody follows them. Without them our society would completely fall apart, as it did in Lord of the Flies. Even if one person doesn’t contribute to these rules, society will still continue to deteriorate. They didn’t have an adult figure in their lives to tell them what is right and what is wrong, and because most of them were still young, they didn’t already know them. “So long as they don’t call me what they used to call me at school” (11). Golding uses this passage to foreshadow the predictable event where everyone makes fun of Piggy’s nickname. Today, this would be looked down upon, especially if someone specifically asked to not to be called that. Kindness and respect are two social rules that are more enforced within children, which is ironic because they are the two that the kids lack the most. Even though Ralph started the book as a respectful boy, all it took was the presence of a boy who lacked kindness, to corrupt