The Immoral Behavior In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

When a plane full of boys crashes, and there are no adults left to guide the young ones, you can only imagine the beasts that emerge. Where does the beasty come from though: environment or biology. I think the boys savage and immoral behavior should be blamed on biology.

In the fictitious novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, he writes about characters who become stranded and turn savage towards each other. The setting of the story happens on an island. The island is a hot, jungle scape. It also has rocky and beachy places. The main characters are Ralph and Jack. The relation between these two characters starts out peacefully but soon turns dark. Conflict occurs in the novel when Jack meaningly disobeys Ralph on a multitude of occasions. These times include the signal fire, hunting, building shelters, and the murder of Simon and Piggy, both of which are Ralph’s friends.

The first reason I think the boys’

In the article “The Teenage Brain”, Dr. Beatriz Luna says, “...the adolescent brain specifically evolved to respond to rewards so teens would leave behind the provided protection by their parents and start exploring their environment…” This quote means that a teenage brain has evolved to rebel against adults so that the adolescent can be prepared for the real world. In Lord of the Flies, the boys are thrown into the real world and forced to survive prematurely. Without adults they rebel against the only thing they can, the moral rules the adults set up for them. As you can see, while environment has a significant role in our behavior, the majority of our callousness comes from the way our brains work. The children in Lord of the Flies are no different. Their savage and immoral behavior can and should be blamed mostly the biological makeup of our