Group Conformity In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

It might not seem like it, but people who have underdeveloped morals will follow the trend of other people even if what they do is considered wrong, just to fit in. In William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, a group of boys are stranded on an island and two boys rise, Ralph and Jack, who both rule in their own way. Solomon Asch’s theory of group conformity predicts that people who are acting as an individual will often join other groups
This is exactly how the boys on the island in this case, the littluns want to avoid in order to fit in with the rest. They are easily influenced by everyone else on the island but are guided a bit more towards feeling secure and together as a whole. During the beginning part of the story when Ralph desperately tries to get the boys to work, the littluns slowly drift away from doing their jobs on the island, “They’re hopeless. The older ones aren't much better. D’you see? All day I’ve been working with simon. No one else. They’re off bathing, or eating, or

Piggy, which is represented as the person closest to an adult out of the other kids, not only fend for himself but also decide for himself. Since Piggy doesn’t feel the need to conform he also doesn’t need the offer of the potential safety offered from Jack. When Jack was trying to get the littluns to join his group, in front of piggy and Ralph, “Piggy touched Ralph’s wrist. Come away. There’s going to be trouble. And we’ve had our meat.” “Come away” suggest that Piggy wouldn’t want to take part of Jack’s ignorance, also including Ralph along his exit means that he wouldn’t Want Ralph to be apart of that even though Ralph wouldn’t himself. Due to Piggy’s intelligence and developed morals he therefore sees passed not being able to fit in because he realizes that it’s more important to make the humane choices than to not be accepted by Jack’s