Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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In addition to that, fall of man was evident in the novel especially when the choir which was led by Jack refused to go back in civilization. The choir in the story was pertaining to a well-behaved religious group which eventually turned them into barbaric hunters and had continuously committed crimes like murdering Simon. This only proved that they became more open in the notion that evilness exists and innate to everyone. In relation, the island wherein the children got stranded was the counterpart of Garden of Eden in the Bible. The deserted island in the novel was described by the children as if they were in a paradise however, the island has a great contribution in showing their innate evilness. As the children become more used in the island, they also become more savage as well. These children learned to be independent to the extent that they even learned how to hunt by themselves. As they turn out to be well-skilled hunters, they also started to be obsessed in hunting that it reached to the point that they turn into murderers. …show more content…

The losing of innocence has nothing to do with their growth and development or transition from school-age children to adolescents rather, it implies that they starting to discover their “dark sides” which was evident when they starting to commit evil acts such as killing their fellow member. In order to save themselves, they began to threaten other people and used force to satisfy their needs. And since there is no adult supervision, at first, they considered it as freedom but eventually, it made them to discover violence and hostility that it lead them to execute deviant