The Lord Of The Flies: Loss Of Purity

Farhan 1
Malek Farhan
Ms.Yang
English 2
6 November, 2022
The Loss of purity
A group of boys stuck on an island, with no contact from the outside world, what better could they do then society as a whole? That's a question William Golding, author of Lord Of The Flies is going to answer through the book. Lord Of The Flies is about a group of boys whose plane crashed on an island and there were no adults with them. They start a fire, start hunting, and even assign jobs and have laws. Later on out of jealousy a boy named Jack broke off from the tribe and everyone else joined Jack’s tribe. They get into fights and eventually kill each other. In Lord Of The Flies Golding describes Simon’s and Piggy’s death as, if there is no influence from society.

For example in this quote it shows how piggy is trying to keep everyone under control and to get them to listen up and do what they are supposed to do. “I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach. It wasn't half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says ‘fire’ you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!” (Golding 45). Golding sets a scene in this quote where it is a ‘noisy’ environment and it just sounds like they are fighting. This quote just shows how Piggy is trying his best to keep the kids under control but it sounds like they don’t care. “The conch doesn't count at this end of the island” (Golding 150). Here Golding sets a scene where it sounds like the boys are arguing about something. It shows how the boys are starting to rebel against the conch which means they are disagreeing with the law and order they have set on the island. It is to the point they say the conch does not mean anything to them anymore which falls in the category of loss of order. “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The