Innocence Or Ignorance
Innocence or Ignorance
In the book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the boys were innocent at the beginning of the book, but towards the end of the book their actions started to turn into ignorance. It started with about two dozen boys on a plane that crashed on an island because of the war that was going on. They all survived the crash, but were stranded on an island with no parental supervision. In the book Golding splits the boys up. Most of the boys turn into savages, but some like Ralph and a few of the younger children try as best they can to keep their innocence. The situation is like good versus evil. Ralph tries his hardest not to participate in any of the savage acts, but finds it hard to survive without going along with it. So he gives in a little bit and kind of participates in the dance ritual around the fire. The only problem with this was during the dance ritual the children beat another child, Simon, to death. Throughout the entire book savage acts such as that happened, but escalated throughout the whole book. Golding made it clear to the reader that things like this happened throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, they were scared to kill a pig for food. Near the end of the book they were killing each other and hunting one another. The more one read the book the more the reader realizes that each day these children that are participating in these salvage acts are losing their innocence and their childhood.
It seems like in away the boys minds have been tainted by the long stay away from home. Everyday that they had to spend on that island with no parental supervision they had to become more like savages to survive the obstacles of living on their own in the jungle. Also, there was nothing they could really do to change their actions because they have been away from civilization for so long that they lost their sense of humanity. Lastly, control and power became a key factor to them because...
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