In Lord of the Flies, a plane full of young boys, unfit to take care of themselves, crashes onto an island with no signs of civilization. This situation of losing touch of society led to chaos as a result of the boys turning to savagery. Although the novel is a warning sign about the frailness of civilization, it most distinctly represents the loss of innocence and the desire to strengthen one’s power over others due to almost all of the boys becoming savages, the use of cruel power over others, and Simon, the epitome of innocence, being murdered by the savages. At the beginning of the book, all of the boys were open-minded and voted to choose who they wanted their leader to be. This showed that the boys were still innocent becuase they craved order and control for the betterment of …show more content…
He was different becuase unlike the other boys, he knew the truth about the beast, and he never harmed anyone or anything else. In fact, he would help rather than harm. For example, he assisted the littluns in picking fruit off of trees that they could not reach, and he also helped Ralph build shelters when no one else would. Along with this, the conversations between the Lord of the Flies, also known as the beast, and Simon were a major part of the book. “Lord of the Flies” is even the title of the book which shows that the moments with the beast and Simon were very important to the structure of the plot. In their conversations, they mainly discussed that savagery is within all of the boys. Additionally, the Lord of the Flies even foreshadowed Simon’s death by stating on page 144 “We are going to have fun on this island! So don’t try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else we shall do you?” The beast’s remarks implied that the boys were going to murder Simon. Simon being murdered by the savages represented the loss of innocence becuase he was the only boy that never harmed and also knew that the beast was only within each of the