"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away” (82). The civilized, Britain world that the boys had once lived in was ruined by war and violence; the semi-civilized tribe at the lagoon was ruined by Jack’s aggressive means. Therefore, since the boys were accustomed to such cruelty back at home, they mirror the brutal actions on the island. In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses the contrast between characters, symbols, and locations on the island to show that in a world where violence and war are prominent, an individual often loses their sense of innocence. Throughout Lord of the Flies, Jack, Roger , and the hunters primarily show their loss of innocence and childhood through their violent and savage acts. At the beginning of the novel, Roger, as well as Jack and the hunters, behave in a fairly innocent manner because, “[Roger’s] arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew …show more content…
Despite the actions of the other kids, Simon, Ralph, Piggy, and the littluns maintain their morals. Even though the other boys were being reckless, Piggy shows his perseverance of innocence by stating, “‘You can take spears if you want but I shan't. What's the good? I'll have to be led like a dog, anyhow. Yes, laugh. Go on, laugh. There's them on this island as would laugh at anything. And what happened? What's grown-ups goin' to think? Young Simon was murdered’” (154). Regardless of all the horrifying events that Ralph had experienced, at the end of the novel, his innocence is still prominent: “The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body...with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy”