Chaos In Lord Of The Flies By William Goliding

Laws and structure are vital when it comes to society and keeping humans from spiraling out of control. William Goliding illustrates the chaos that ensues, when we are found without laws, through the company of boys in Lord of the Flies. Ralph, the original chief of the boys, is one of the few that understands the importance of rules and order. He presents the idea to the group of how they “...need an assembly. Not for fun. Not for laughing and falling off the log’ [a] group of littluns on the twister giggled and looked at each other, ‘not for making jokes, or for… for cleverness. Not for these things. But to put things straight.” (Golding, 78) Right away, the audience recognizes the lack of interest and respect the boys are giving to Ralph’s

He accuses Ralph and says that “He’s not a hunter. He’d never have got us meat. He isn’t a prefect and we don’t know anything about him. He just gives orders and expects people to obey for nothing. All this talk-” (Golding, 126) After these words, Jack gains immediate respect and later draws more and more of the boys to him, and away from Ralph. The boys on the island couldn't care less about law and order, they just want to have fun. However, the audience begins to see the island spiral into bloodthirsty chaos, the further the power scale leans from Ralph. With Jack, the boys become murderous and savage, while with Ralph, they maintain their humanity and sense of civility for one another. Goldining uses parallelism to bridge the boys on the island, and the rest of us as humans. He illustrates what would happen to humanity, were we to not have the structure of government and law. Humans rarely want to be controlled or forced under a set of rules, however it is extremely necessary to our survival and well-being. Without order, we would collapse into a never ending spiral of chaos and violence, which Golding demonstrates through the behavior of the

They claim that if humans can only learn to trust each other and form a group bond, conflict and turmoil will not be an issue and people will have the freedom they deserve. This is shown in the start of the novel, when the boys are free of rules and at the same time are happy, healthy, and getting along perfectly well. They also argue that no individual would choose to be enslaved under laws, when they can make their own decisions and have the freedom to do whatever they want. While this is true, not everything that a person wants is necessarily good for them. Disorder is society’s natural state. Humans are inherently bad at heart and cannot trust their own nature or that of their friend’s to stop the inevitable descent into anarchy. The state of compliance in the start of the book does not last for long. Ralph loses control and the boys’ is finally lost. An example of this is when the boys are screaming “Kill him! Kill him!’ [and] all at once, Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of the frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife. Behind him was Roger, fighting to get close. That chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or hunt. ‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in! (Golding, 114) The boys had begun by playing a simple game and laughing about hunting pigs, this quickly escalated into the terrorizing of one of