Stanford Prison Experiment And Lord Of The Flies

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When structure disappears among civilized people, chaos arrives. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the boys find each other on the island and they try to set up a type of rule within the island and the boys. Much like how in the “Stanford Prison Experiment” by Sam McLeod, when the experiment starts, it is an organized and set up way. The article states “Guard were instructed to do whatever they thought was necessary to maintain law and order in the prison and to command the respect of the prisoners” (McLeod). In both the book and the article, the beginning was the time for them to start the way of how order was supposed to be. McLeod also writes “As the guards’ contempt for them grew, the prisoners became more submissive”