All children rely on their parents for many things during the first few years of their lives. Parents do things for their child like make them food, teach them right from wrong, and set examples of how they should act. We all know children like to mess around and sometimes get into arguments. The adults are always there to stop and settle the disagreement, but what happens when kids are left without adults to supervise them? What happens to them when they have no example of how to act and be civilized? In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, adults symbolize civilization and social order to the boys that are stranded on the island. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, a group of British boys ages six and twelve were in a plane crash. The group landed on an island with no adults surviving the accident. A young boy named Piggy asked “Aren’t there any grownups at all?” “I don’t think so.” The fair boy said this solemnly; but then the delight of a realized ambition overcame him. In the middle of the scar he stood on his head and grinned at the reversed fat boy. “No grownups!” (Golding ). At first Ralph, an older boy who was elected leader, was excited that there were no adults on the island. He stood on his head to covey is immense satisfaction to Piggy, an overweight boy …show more content…
The children become savages, they turn into “tribes”, they start to kill pigs, the island gets lit on fire, they even murder other kids on the island! In the book it says, “Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him. As they danced, they sang. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (Golding, ). If adults would have been present on the island this would not have happened. Adults represent civilization and are role models for children. Once the kids are on stranded on the island for some time the role of social order from parents