There is tension that is built up during the survival of the boys on the island: tension between social responsibility and individual needs, tension between rational and emotional reactions and tension between mortality and immortality. These tensions contribute to the disintegration of order as the boys begin to lose control because Golding shows that the savagery inside them is instinct and everyone is born with evil inside them. Golding uses a variety of techniques to portray the disintegration of order. In the novel, he uses hunting and violence as one of the main themes to convey the boys as savages. There are six main hunts shown and as the hunting proceeds the boys lose their identity as the little children in England.
If the boys weren’t trapped on the island, they would not be forced to grow into a slaughterer. Furthermore, another conflict that acts upon the boy’s tremendous transition is lack of authority. The boys set rules and restrictions when they make their presence on the island; “We’ll have rules… lots of rules!” (33) The boys eventually learned to manipulate their freedom: “You’re breaking the rules!”(91) “Who cares?” (91) The lack of authority made it impossible to keep the rules enforced. Things worsened due to lack of restrictions: “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever… the rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee…” (181) Lack of authority severely triggers the boy’s transition. Hence, if there were more authority the boys could not stand a chance for such dreadful change.
The boys struggle to come to terms with the reality of being trapped on the island without any grownups and therefore expect the usual punishments that were expelled upon them during their lives prior to the crash. Another sign of morality was shown when Jack struggles to kill his first pig “ . . . because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh .
Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglass in an attempt to “sivilize” him. Huck constantly discards the ideas of obedience taught to him. Due to his childhood Huck chooses to fake his own death and run away from his father, Pap. This is the first major deceit that appears in the novel. As Huck escapes he leaves behind clues to mislead his father and community, “I took the axe and smashed in the door.
The fear of the unknown was introduced to the boys as the “Beast”, what the boys don’t know is that the “Beast” was just the dead body of the pilot. The fear factor has brought many conflicts to the boys such as splitting the group of boys into two tribes; and it had also causes the boys to make misjudgments, and one of them involves the murder of Simon where they mistakenly thought that he was the “Beast” after he found out that the true identity “Beast”. Unfortunately, Simon’s misfortune was not enough to put an end to the misjudgment among those that are still
One of the most evident themes in the novel would be loss of innocence. It is constant throughout the book that the innocence of the boys is quickly being destroyed. The books obvious context of civilization versus savaging is essential to show where the innocence is lost. But because civilization is lacking, the boys become cruel and barbaric and even kill each other. The loss of innocence is evident in most characters of The Lord of The Flies.
Since the beginning of time, humans have been playing the game of survival, where the strong ones survive and the weak ones die. In order to stay in the game, people often have to abandon their morals and let savagery take over so that they can get what they need. This forms the basis of evil that exists in each human being. Much in the same way, Jack’s desire to be Chief allows him to gradually discover his own savage instincts, which allows him to hunt and kill. He slowly climbs the ladder and later becomes Chief by convincing the boys that a “beast” exists on the island.
Jack was the first of the boys to show signs of aggression, then it turned on his hunters, and then it took control of Ralph. Jacks show of violence made even those who opposed it, Ralph and The Hunters result in hostile conduct. Violence is like a weed; it spreads and chokes out everything around it. Violence can be the demise of all
Idea of the Beast -builds fear inside the boys -creates conflict in the community because Jack’s desire to hunt. Jack wants to catch the beast and win over all the boys on the island because it would show his control and leadership ability Another big factor of things falling apart is the 'Beast', which represents fear. The idea of the beast was first put forward near the beginning of chapter 2 when one of the little boys asks, "What are you going to do about the snake-thing [?]" to Ralph, who denies the existence, but just because you ignore or deny something doesn't mean it goes away. The fear grows and engulfs even the bigger boys; Jack says, "You can feel as though you're not hunting, but-being hunted."
After the members of Ralph's tribe get killed, Ralph becomes next in line because he is the only one left. At the end, a rescue occurs by an adult who saw their fire, and the boys become children again. One thing the movie lacks are the boys finding each other when the conch is blown. Also when Jack is out looking to kill Ralf, the book talks about how anonymous boy found Ralph hiding but the movie shows how some boys find Ralph hiding but they do not rat him out. I think they did this to show more of a loyalty to Ralph.