Why Men Survive In Lord Of The Flies

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Lord of the Flies Imagine boys being stranded on an island having to fend for themselves and build a new society. In the novel lord of the flies a handful of boys are in a tragic plane crash and become stranded on an island with no adult authority. The boys have to learn on the fly how to fend for themselves and work together to survive in the new society they have been thrown into. With out an authority figure the boys struggle to survive because of there bullying, fighting, and fear of being on their own. In the novel, the first way that Golding shows us that the boys struggle to survive is when they are bullying one another. For example, “ He began to pound the mouth below him, using his clenched fist as a hammer…” (Golding 152). With