Savagery And Dehumanization In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies is a book based around boys that have been marooned on a small island. Eventually, these children resort to drastic measures to ensure their survival. The Stanford prison experiment was based on men getting sent to prison, and it highly resembled the events that took place in the novel Lord of the Flies. The basic premises of the two are to show the effects of savagery and dehumanization. Lord of the Flies and the prison experiment both offer a surplus of symbolism and characterization. However, throughout all of the similarities, there are still some instances in which the two show some differences. All in all, they both offer a unique perspective of inhumanity and truculence through the bloodlust and fight for power.

In both circumstances, all of the people recorded are mentally stable before the chaos begins. Throughout the process, you can see their minds degrading and transforming into different people. In Lord of the Flies, the boys start out all working together and by the end are trying to kill each other. This shows just how much isolation and the thirst for power can corrupt even the minds of little children to lead them towards their demise. In the Stanford prison experiment on the second day, the prisoners resorted to trying to overthrow and the guards have to step up to their position. This shows that no human will be suppressed and will retaliate, also that the guards will be prepared to make sure they are suppressed. As time goes on in both stories the guards and the boys start to resort to violence. The symbolism and characterization are quite similar in both Lord of the Flies and the prison experiment. To symbolize the loss of civilization, they lose their clothes. In the prison experiment, losing their clothes also represents humiliation, contrary