Lord Of The Flies Society Analysis

A society is a united group of people that work together to create a satisfactory life for each other. Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells the story of a group of young boys and their attempts to create a decent life for themselves on the island that they are stranded on. Ralph is the leader of the boys, Piggy is intelligent but susceptible to being picked on, Simon represents human goodness, and Jack is a power hungry, inexperienced boy who challenges Ralph to be leader. Societies only work if all of its parts come together and work in unity. If one thing is done wrong in a society, that malfunction has the potential to destroy them. This allows for many different occurrences to cause a society to fail. A lack of adequate leadership, …show more content…
At a meeting, the boys agree upon working on building huts diligently until they were complete. The boys agree to work hard on the shelters, but most of them run off after awhile. Consequently, the huts are not built well. If everyone follows what they say they will do, the shelters will be constructed well. However, the huts are not built well because most of the boys do not follow the rules. The construction of the huts can be seen as a representation of society. When everyone decides to help build them, the results are a stable, satisfactory shelters. In some cases though, only a few people decide to help build the shelters, and the shelters fall apart. The shelters falling apart portrays how society can fail if there is a nonobservance of the rules. Along with the shelters, the conch also shows how noncompliance can tear a society apart. The conch represents the rules and order of society. It was made to keep order during assemblies, but soon, the conch changed appearance, going from, ”Yellow and pink to near-white, and transparency” (78). The conch’s coming to transparency represents how the rules may become obsolete if people choose not to follow them. The boys can see right past the rules as they go into their savage ways, just as the eye can see through a transparent object. Later, Roger kills Piggy, and at the same time, the conch, a symbol of order, breaks. This makes …show more content…
Simon’s death shows how corruption can rip society. Jack asks the boys if they would like to join his new tribe. Ralph tries to convince the boys to stay, but most of them choose Jack’s tribe. As this happens, Jack orders his people to do their ceremonial dance where they pretend to kill a pig. Simon comes back from his hiding place, and the boys circle around Simon and do their dance. This time, instead of pretending to kill the pig, they actually kill Simon. At this point, all order goes away and Jack’s group turns to savagery. Jack is hungry for power and bloodthirsty. When Jack creates his own tribe, it can be expected that the boys within the tribe reflect the traits displayed by him. His corruption leads to the boys becoming savages, which destroys any sort of civilization on the island. Since the boys that follow Jack into his new group transition to a more primitive state when killing Simon, his death shows how corruption can ruin a society. Piggy’s glasses also represent how corruption leads to the downfall of societies. After Jack separates from Ralph, his tribe needs something to light their fire. They decide that Jack, Maurice, and Roger will take fire from Ralph, and that night they raid Ralph’s group. After a violent struggle with Jack, Roger, and Maurice, Piggy realizes that they had came for his glasses. Jack and the others go back to their camp victorious, while, “From