Aya B. Jesse Wooten Honors English, 9X The Ultimate Playground In Lord of the Flies, Golding uses the fictional story of a small group of boys stuck on an island without any adults, as an allegory to explore his questioning of human nature. Immediately, they attempt to create order and peace. However, many of the boys, especially the character Jack, feel empowered and are excited by the absence of adults. As Jack’s desire for power only grows, the island slowly descends into chaos and savagery. Golding uses other characters in the story such as Ralph, Piggy, and Simon, who choose to follow the rules to show how their desire for civilization loses out to Jack’s reckless use of violence and fear against the boys. Golding thus shows that humans, …show more content…
Early during their time on the island, Piggy uses the conch shell to try to bring order to the boys.“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us-” pg 16. Piggy valued civilization most out of all the boys, as he always sought the option that would support the entire group, and keep them all safe. The safest that the group of boys had been was when Ralph was appointed as the leader, and he and Piggy had gotten the entire group to work on getting them back home safely. The group isolated Ralph, Piggy, and Simon and eventually attacked them, despite their efforts to bring order and rules: “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” pg 202. Piggy and Simon were killed by Jack’s boys, and with that, the most thoughtful and civilized of all the boys were gone and they lost their chance to be saved. Instead of choosing the leaders with the most common sense, the boys chose Jack, as he manipulated them with fear, and made them doubt Ralph and Piggy’s