Violence In Lord Of The Flies Essay

Lord of the Flies Would you get involved to make something right when it has already gone too far to be fixed? In Lord of the Flies by Wiliam Golding, a group of boys end up stranded on a deserted island without being able to contact anyone for help. While the boys are there, they decide that they need to set rules in order to survive, but once a chief is elected, some of them get hungry for power and turn to violence in order to obtain it. Some boys can not do anything to help, but instead they picked a side and followed in the leader's footsteps. Similarly, the poem “Picture of Childhood” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko takes place with children rushing in order to see a fight that was taking place, and once they arrive at the scene, they are left

As the boys were arguing over how Jack let the fire go out ,he suddenly lost it, “This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. The bolting look in his blue eyes. He took a step and was able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach … Jack stood over him. His voice was vicious with humiliation” (Golding 71). With Jack's actions it results to everyone fend for themselves and the boys having to split up with the majority siding with Jack because he was a hunter and everyone wanted to have fun. With Jack having the majority of the boys, there was only Simon, Piggy, some littluns and Ralph left, who decided to stay instead of going off with Jack. . Ralph wanted to resolve things in order to survive, but Jack's eagerness to be leader was already too much for them to be able to resolve things that easily. Towards the end of the book, Ralph wanted to go talk things out, but when he did, it resulted in Piggy’s death and Ralph having to hide away from the group. As Jack and the other boys were looking for him, Jack found that setting the island on fire would be his best option, not caring if Ralph dies because he wants to be superior to everyone, and Jacks hatred towards Ralph made him even more eager to get rid of

This goes to show that no matter if they are in the wrong or right, they will resort to violence. One of the men also calls out to the young kid to join in, but he refuses to take part in it even if it was the right thing to do. Most people will get ahead of themselves and think that everything they do is always right, not caring about what people think or how they feel. They will make sure to make it look as if their actions are always right and try to justify their actions, even the bad ones, and do it with pride as well. It will not matter to them whether it is violent as long as they get their way.
Each story addresses the theme differently. In Lord of the Flies, the boys, especially Jack, let their anger blind them, but unlike in “Picture of Childhood”, the boys actually join the violence. Neither story adresses it directly but they give hints at