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Lord Of The Flies Thesis

Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding in 1954. It is a story about how a group of British boys, age’s six through twelve, try and create a society while being shipwrecked on an unknown island with only the hope of rescue. Ralph is the leader of their tribe with Piggy as his second in command. Although no one really listens to Piggy because he is so different, Piggy keeps on helping them. Samneric are twin brothers who are on Ralph’s side. Roger is slightly sadistic and likes torturing the littleuns, or younger children.   Roger is head of the choir boys, and likes it that way. He enjoys power and was very upset when the other boys chose Ralph over him. William Golding wrote the novel Lord of the Flies proving that without a civilized societal environment with rules, government, and an outline of what is right and what is wrong, man will eventually return to his savagery roots.
Roger turns from evil into pure sadistic once he is on the island because there is no one to enforce the morals of right and wrong, or o punish him when he has gone against a moral. Before the plane crashed onto the island there was always a cloud of protection surrounding the small children he so desperately wants to see suffer. “There was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” (62). This shows that Roger was once at least partly civilized when there were laws, and grown adults to stop him. But now, on this island, there are none of these and Roger can take control of whatever he pleases because it’s what makes him feel good. The change in this situation occurs when the expected controls (of parents, teachers etc) are not in place and the games run on and no one stops them. “And suppose he meet the...

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