Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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Most human beings has inside of them two different sides, the good and the bad, the yin and the yang. However, all human child are born sinless, they’re born neutral, not proper neither improper, but their surroundings, thoughts and society are mainly what identifies their character to become virtuous or evil. People must have rules in order to control their savage side and only by law and society are what holds them back. William Golding’s novel, lord of the flies suggests that when individuals are placed in an environment where they don’t have to obey the rules and the orders of life, it ultimately could lead to their loss of innocence by committing awful deeds due to their surroundings and inner inclination. In the novel, we see how most of the boys descend from innocent British boys into more wild, cruel and bloodthirsty type of people the end.

In the beginning of the novel, Jack is described as being a British boy who is civilized, pure and tells the boys to follow ‘’ ...rules and obey them... ‘’ this foreshadows that Jack here warning the boys to follow rules and orders and no to be savages actually is the one …show more content…

After, Jack kills the pig he says ‘’this head is for the beast. It’s a gift.’’, he describes the beast as a savage therefore foreshadows that Jack is just like a beast in a human version. After, Jack committed all these sins of killing Piggy and Simon, only Ralph is the only one to remain still civilized, pure and innocent where he feels so emotional about the death of his dear friend Piggy where ‘’[he] wept for the end of innocence...’’ which is a significances the end of innocence in all the boys even the littluns as children always follow the footsteps of the