In the novel Lord of the Flies, a group of English schoolboys are stranded on an unknown Island after their plane crashes while trying to escape during wartime. There is no adult supervision and no sight that the pilot has survived, giving the boys a sense of freedom. Although some parts of William Golding’s novel realistically represent human behavior, there are several parts that are not very realistic because most of the time conflicts with young boys are resolved by fist fighting or talking it out. It's very rare that an argument would be solved by murder, which is an unrealistic solution.
An example of how William Golding’s novel is realistic in some ways, but is overall unrealistic, is the murder of Simon(P154). During Simon’s murder, the boys were gathered
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Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”. In real life, it's beyond unrealistic that a group of boys from ages 6-12 would be chanting such a horrific phrase. However, given the boys circumstances, it does seem possible that they weren’t in a stable state of mind. I do believe that children are capable of murder and Simon’s murder could very well happen in real life. On May 31, 2014, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times in an attempt to impress the fictional character Slender Man. This is showing that no matter what age, anyone is capable of taking a life. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2643061/slender-man-stabbing-anissa-weier-morgan-geyser-payton-leutner-meme/ The human brain is built in a way for us to feel guilt, compassion, and to feel someone's pain after inflicting a form of suffering against one another. The longer the boys stayed on the island, the more they turned into