Picture a plane in the mid-1950s. Its passengers a few adults spread amongst a crowd of young children between the ages of 6-12. The plane is struck while flying through the midst of a war, causing it to crash. It 's expected that people die and live, but pertaining to the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, only a group of boys ages 6-12 survive. But, imagine it is girls who survived? Would anything have changed if they were older, if only by a small difference? What would have happened if it were boys and girls? There is no telling without a doubt exactly what would happen or be different, it is possible nothing would change at all. Although, consider the possibility it did? The survival chances of a plane crash are about 95.7% and to relate the crash in the book to these numbers, it equals to a horrific accident. To add a realistic factor to the scene, at least a few adults would have survived. Though, it is possible only children make it through a plane wreck. While there are always multitudes of …show more content…
An older group would probably pertain much more violent behavior than a younger group. To give an example, if the characters had been adults or even adolescents I’m positive most of the arguments would result in significantly more people dying. Three deaths are a lot, even for it to be caused by young children, but just one adult can be capable of over 12 murders in a day. The whole field of mental illnesses could also majorly affect the plot by tallying up the death total. A child around the age of 12 is unlikely to act as drastic as ending the life of someone who they had a slight disagreement with, though there is still a possible chance they could. Whether it’d be a simple disagreement or there was something mentally wrong with that one person, murder is a ginormous conclusion to leap