Lord Of The Flies Corruption Quotes

This paper explores corruption within society and how that corruption leads to the loss of innocence. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, order is an allegory to innocence. When corruption is introduced, order is lost, leading to the loss of innocence. I will support this idea by explaining what represented this innocence and how it was lost, what influenced this loss of innocence from the start, and what ultimately restored innocence within the children. “‘It was like that at first,’ said Ralph, ‘before things-’ He stopped. ‘We were together then-’ The officer nodded helpfully.” During this dialogue Ralph is explaining to the officer that there was once order on the island. Ralph is referring to the times when Piggy and

Unfortunately in this novel, the children had already been exposed to the disorder of war and its effects in society. The war tainted them, and they were not totally innocent to begin with. I believe if the kids were still naive and unaware of the killing and destruction within the world, they would not have resorted to so much violence. Being within a group that requires leadership, it is not uncommon to have disagreements and altercations. How the group handles these issues largely depends on the experiences they have had in the past regarding conflict. Unfortunately for the group of kids in The Lord of the Flies, many followed their outside world’s ideas of violence and the fight for power. I believe this novel would be completely different if the war in the outside world would not have been taking place. Many ideas of violence and killing were carried over into this new world. Although the kids were wrong for the actions they partook in, the idea that killing and violence is a normal thing in other societies affected the outcome of order within their own. I believe the loss of order not only occurred upon the island, but also back at their homes by being exposed to war. With this disorder in society, the kids acted in a way they thought relatively normal, orderless and representing little innocence. The war essentially robbed the children of their tendencies to be diplomatic, and instead taught them to resort to violence in times of