Men Vs Women In Lord Of The Flies

The Lord of the Flies is a book about a young group of boys that are tragically stranded on a deserted island. The boys are put into a situation way beyond their age capability, however they adapt quite well to their new lifestyle. Even with the mourning losses of Piggy, Simon, and some of the littluns, most of the young boys survived. What if the Lord of the Flies was about a group of young girls instead? Would the group of girls have acted differently? Would they have been more successful or less than the boys? If the characters in the book were female, the group would have not bullied each other due to the difference in mentality of the sexes. The communication between the group of girls would have been more efficient and effective because

Initially, the tendency to bully the young boys bear, vastly dictates their future. The unnecessary bullying that occurs in certain scenes during the story, paves the way to disaster. Bullying leads to enemies and the last thing the boys needed, was to have conflicts with one another. For example, Roger feels the compulsion to torment a littlun so he, “...gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them.” (Golding 86-87). Roger notices the advantage of age and size over the littlun, Henry and has a playful time, throwing rocks near him, startling the kid. Henry thankfully was untouched by any of the thrown rocks, due to the fact Roger still was civilized at the time. Boys attempt to increase their power by bringing down others and in this scenario, Roger acts on Henry. Also, while Piggy informs Jack that he has all the boys’ names down, Jack exclaims,"You're talking too much...Shut up, Fatty" (21). Piggy, the character who is bullied for his weight, asthma and glasses in the story, is called out in front of all the boys. Jack recognizes he has clear physical dominance over him, calls