What Are The Similarities Between Stanhope And Lord Of The Flies

The young developing brain is easily molded, making it highly responsive to experience and stimulation. Positive environments will support healthy brain development, but exposure to stress and unpropitious childhood experiences can result in changes to the brain that can impact behavior. For example in the short story “Stanhope” the main character is a young boy and he lives in an environment where his moms boyfriend is very abusive. He is exposed to stress and horrible childhood experiences that definitely impact his behavior. In “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding and “Stanhope” by Slick Saim both authors use the children's vulnerability to their environment to show children are not inherently evil but instead are affected by their environment

Children's behavior is directly affected by their environment and people that live in it. Lord of the Flies is about a group of young boys who were stranded on an island after their plane was shot down. The first couple of days they are trying to figure out shelter or anyone else that may be on the island. They try to establish order and survive. They have a meeting and Ralph says, “There aren’t any grownups, We shall have to look after ourselves” (Golding 33). All the boys that are stranded are 13 or younger. So for many if not all they are alone for the first time. They must be able to get shelter, food, fire to be found, and figure out all roles the boys must have to survive on an island. Stanhope also depicts the environment affecting one's behavior. Stanhope starts off by showing the backstory of a young teen from Brooklyn. He shows his family, all his siblings, his mom, then his moms boyfriend named Melvin. Melvin is very abusive. The boy then says, “If I ever see his ass

Otherwise, He is still a young boy and impressionable from his environment. He sees this happening and could believe it is normal. Positive or negative he is still being affected. The environment is greatly shown by both pieces. They either have the lack of a role model presence or a negative one. Both can affect young kids very much. WIthout a presence of authority or a role model, children are dumb. They don’t know how to do things correctly and will go with their primal instincts and most often it does not go well. Aswell, as a kid having a negative role model is terrible. They will not know right from wrong because at such a young age they are very impressionable. The children's environment is also impacted closely or similarly to the people in it.

Children are not inherently evil but instead are affected by their environment and the people they are around, so kids should be shielded from negative or harmful environments to make sure they don't learn harmful lessons. Then one night while everyone is dancing and congregating by the fire one of the boys named Simon, emerges from the forest. He is severely dehydrated, is hallucinating, and overall is very disoriented. All the boys that are