Lord Of The Flies Psychological Analysis

If given the choice, would it be prefered to have order and control or to have chaos and savagery. Most would depend on the controlled and disciplined environment, while others revolt to the chaotic and carefree roles. The survival for the boys in The Lord of the Flies relied on these two alternatives, but it was the attempt at creating a government that made them choose. And most lost something that would not be possible to gain back, the loss of innocence. Most youth are given role models to follow and learn from, the boys on the island had no role models.

The sow’s head on the other hand, had a whole other meaning of power. It represented the power of evil and savagery. It symbolized all the evils and horrors of the world and frightened the boys a great deal. The conch gave them hope order and survival. The beast gave them anger, savagery, and death.

What would you do if you were stuck on an island? In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, English schoolboys find themselves in this exact situation. The boys, with their ages varying from six to twelve years old, get into a horrendous plane crash in which no adults survive, and they must fend for themselves on a mysterious uninhabited island. The boys attempt to organize themselves and establish a civilized way of life on the island. Led by Ralph, the boys set rules, hold assemblies and assign jobs.

Each boy in the book loses his innocence. Whether it be by performing acts that inflict suffering, such as Jack brutally slaying pigs, killing Piggy, and attempting to kill Ralph, or by being inflicted with pain and suffering, such as Ralph, who Jack pursued within an inch of his life. “And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend

Also, the small boy, Wilfred who was whipped and beaten for no apparent reason other than to instil fear into the boys within the tribe. The boys amongst Jack’s tribe were so petrified by fear of Jack; and also Roger, that questioning his authority was beyond

They desperately want to escape the island. Using Ralphs authoritativeness and Simons godly like presence, Golding inserts the idea of disillusionment that shapes their views on the environment. The Lord of the Flies is a prime example of how

When the boys had ralph as leader he wasn’t in control of the situation at hand. Ralph wasn’t a strong persuasive leader so the boys didn’t see him as a person to go too ,but as someone who is just barking orders. This just made the boys break rules ,and put themselves in danger. While jack was leader he wanted to kill ralph for being against him then the boys listened because he wasn’t persuasive but was a dictator. He abused his power as leader of the island.

“I’m frightened. Of us.” That quote (p.140) was spoken by the main protagonist, Ralph, in Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding after Ralph’s friend, Simon, was killed by the “animalistic” actions of the other boys. Golding explores a whole new world of fiction in his unique twist and style of writing. The novel, can really make us ponder on what really the young boys were thinking and therefore acting upon during their unexpected “vacation” to a deserted island.

Without adult supervision on the island, the boys must guide themselves through their weaknesses. They act out as uncontrolled, dangerous boys to cover up their insecurities. By acting as strong, ruthless killers, the boys look stable and invincible to the others. In order to appear strong, boys in Lord of the Flies exploit the weaker boys and conceal their own insecurities.

Evil because of power, pride and Fear. Buddha once said, “It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him into evil ways.” In the book “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding, the characters are British boys whose plane has been shot down and they land on an island. As they time goes by the group experiences changes in mental state and values and they go from civilized to savages.

Although there are many symbols and motifs throughout Lord of the flies, the most important is the beast who represents the fear within the boys. The notion of fear among the boys is quickly noticed when they crash on the island. A little un whose only identification

One symbol that Golding uses is the killing of the sow by the boys. The killing of the sow symbolizes the terror human is going to bring to nature, it shoes how evil overpowers everything, and it resides nowhere but inside the human (Thapliyal and Kunwar). The boys taking their hunting to a whole new level after the kill the sow. They start to reenact the killing and make an event out of it. This takes a turn for the worst when the boys end up killing Simon because they mistake him for the beast.

"Death of a Salesman" can be seen as a Psychoanalytic play due to the fact that Willy confronts such a large number of issues that harm his life. His repression eventually prompts the loss of appreciation from his most loved son, Biff. His repression likewise influences his child Happy. Overall, Willy severity destroys the relationships he had with his children. Since Willy continuous attempts of trying to achieve the American Dream plays as a catalyst for his own self destruction which makes him kill himself.

He tried to lead the boys using his knowledge of the adult world and basic necessities, but all did not last for long before Jack started to change, not only himself but the boys as well. He became the leader of the savages who had lost their innocence, having to hunt for themselves and provide for themselves. They saw the brutality that was necessary to survive in the world. When they arrived at the island all the boys were innocent, not knowing what to expect on the island, not sure what to do. By the end of the novel, they had become the definition of barbaric and fought with one another and tried to steal control from one another.

Ernest Hemingway said “All things truly wicked start from innocence.” In the book, Lord Of The Flies, a group of English schoolboys were flying in a plane and their plane crashed on an island in the pacific. On the island there were no adults, so the boys attempted to make a set of rules and a functioning society on their own. The boys tried their best to maintain rules and society, but they failed to do so as violence acts transformed them. This failure resulted in chaos and ultimately the loss of the boy’s innocence.