Lord Of The Flies Milgram Experiment Essay

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Based on the results of the Milgram Experiment and basic human nature, the story of Lord of The Flies would not have changed if girls had been stranded on the island instead of boys. My first piece of evidence comes from the Milgram experiment in which subjects were given the role as a teacher. Every Time one of their students said a wrong answer, they were to give them a shock with increasing voltage with each wrong answer. One of the important things that was noted in the TED talk was that women were as willing to go to the maximum voltage as the men were. This means that in general, women are as likely to use the full extent of their power as men are. A second piece of evidence is when the boys hype up the extent of the beast in their imaginations.