Environment In Lord Of The Flies Essay

The environment one lives and is born in determines and changes how one thinks and acts. This may change the outcome of one's future as well as what one will experience in life. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of young boys are sent on a plane that crashes on an island to escape the horrors of World War 2. They all work to survive, but because of the greed for power, they end up fighting amongst themselves and also end up killing other people. Golding suggests that evil is determined by one’s environment as shown by the boy's irrational analysis of the island, need for resources, and lack of authority. Golding suggests that evil is determined by one’s environment, shown by the boy's irrational analysis of the island.

This is also shown because rather than caring about the death of Piggy, he moves away from it and just uses the conch for power. Furthermore, when Jack and his hunters miss a pig, they do a ritual for hunting a pig but Jack needs an actor and proposes they should, "Use a little pig,” said Jack, and everybody laughed” (Golding 90). Jack's choice to use the phrase Use a Littleun shows their growing immaturity and insanity to cope with the island's harsh environment. Jack's choice to use a littleun for a pig hunting ritual and hurt a littleun shows the growing evilness as they could just go hunt another pig but instead hurt a member of their group and torture him. Lastly, as Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are going through the Forest, Piggy uses the conch to have himself heard but Jack replies, "We don't need the conch any more” (Golding 78). By Jack taking away the importance of the conch and one of the only rules they have, they are slowly stripping away at their humanity and sanity. Instead of following the rules of the conch, Jack figures that only certain people's opinions matter more than others and that everyone knows who should be