Schoolboys Stranded on An Island Revert Back to Animalistic Ways It is a story that has sent ripples throughout the world. Young boys ranging from the ages of 6-12 killing each other on a deserted island. These children were originally all on planes to seek safety during England's deadly nuclear war. The plane carrying the pre-adolescents crashed, leaving them on the doomed island. New evidence is emerging about the horrific details of the schoolboys' stay on the island. According to the survivors, they had killed at least 2 of their comrades and set almost all of the said island on fire in an attempt to kill a pig and one of the other boys. According to the boys, they had chanted "Kill the beast! Cut its throat! Spill …show more content…
Jack, another survivor, genuinely believed in the proficiency of his nationality. "We're English; and the English are the best at everything. So we've got to do the right things." said Jack. Others have theorized that the boys were simply imitating the comportment of adults around them. According to Piggy, one of the boys murdered, "We did exactly what adults would do. What went wrong?" said Piggy. The last, and most controversial, theory is that the boys were simply responding to their animalistic instincts. It has been reported that they originally kept rules much like they would do in a normal environment, "We've got to have rules and obey them, after all we're not savages". They even went as far as to use a conch to signify power, "They'll come when they hear us-", referring to the conch. But soon society and humanity began to slip away. The boys were losing their collective grip on everyday rules, according to key witnesses. "The rules! You're breaking the rules! Oh who cares?", said Ralph. The boys continued and even began to disrespect the conch, which used to hold so much power, in their eyes. "And the conch doesn't count on this end of the island.", said Jack, after he reportedly threw a