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Law And Order In Lord Of The Flies

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In the majority of countries in the world, it is obvious that they have some sort of law and order in each and every one of their civilizations. Such law and order may include some sort of democracy or monarchy that governs the country, and ensures that there is some sort of order that makes sure that there aren’t any problems that occur. But in the story “Lord of the Flies,” by William Golding, we are able to experience that lack of any sort of democracy or any other government, but there is a definite overpowering sense of anarchy that inevitably led to the death of a few of their colleagues. Rewinding to the beginning of their stranding though, they were able to lay down numerous laws that would assist in keeping them together and ensuring …show more content…

“Aren’t there any grownups at all?” “I don’t think so,” (Pg. 8). With no law and order to govern the adolescents, they had no way of making up rules amongst themselves that they would all agree on. Then later on, they decide that they do need some authority to establish rules to govern themselves so that they aren’t running amuck on the island. Although they did establish rules and divide themselves into groups for hunting and signaling, they still could not control themselves and they inevitably went out of order and started killing themselves. So by the end, they basically ran themselves to …show more content…

This is a bad idea because they later go against themselves and try to kill each other, which they actually succeed at. Jack obtains a bloodlust and later on, decides that killing animals for food is not enough to quench it. He later kills Piggy by dropping a rock on his head and then Simon because he had news about the beast, but he didn’t want that information leaking out to his followers, so he killed him. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea,” (Pg. 180). Piggy’s gruesome death was a shocker to all and was horrifically

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