Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses five main themes one of which is loss of innocence. There are several occasions were loss of innocence takes place in the story. While reading the book, I tried to imagine myself as if I was one of the characters living on the island and what was like trying to solve problems. In the book, Lord of the Flies, It shows the capacity for human beings to modify their behavior in order to survive while being capable of doing heinous things and losing their innocence.

It shows the capacity for human beings to modify their behavior in order to survive while being capable of doing heinous things and losing their innocence.

Jack decides to put paint on his face to be a better hunter he then realized he felt liberated from himself and had no more doubt about what he does or did. For instance when Jack painted his face he was excited to see what he looked like. When Jack looked in the water he saw a new person and he thought he looked awesome. When Jack first put on the paint he scared Bill, Sam and Eric. It is scary to see a kid running around with paint on their face and wanting to go hunting all the time. Next Jack wanted to go

Consequently the death of Piggy was the only way the boys would have been rescued. Ralph wouldn’t have hid in the thicket if not for Piggy’s death. Ralph was smart to hide close to the tribe but he told the twins. Which in the end Jack found out that Ralph was hiding in the thicket so Jack lit the forest on fire to get Ralph out of the thicket. Undoubtedly the group of boys had good intention in retrieving Piggy’s specs. “First you’ve got to give back Piggy’s specs (177 Golding)” Jack’s tribe stole Piggy’s specs for two reasons one was for the fire. Second was that they wanted to make Piggy laughing stock. Finally, Piggy’s death was one of the most descriptive deaths. “His head opened and stuff came out and turned red (181