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The Responsibility Of Adults In Lord Of The Flies

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When you are a child, the choices you make aren 't important because they will most likely revolve around school or your friends. There is a security that comes along with that because whatever you choose will minimally affect you. But when you become an adult it becomes inherently important that you make choices that will positively affect you and everyone around you. In The Lord of the Flies, all the of the boys on the island but especially Jack and Ralph had to take the responsibility of adults much sooner than they should 've had to. But even though they had to make adult decisions, they are still children and that is was I tried to show in my drawing.

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