Social Norms In Lord Of The Flies
By the time that children have reached adolescence, they have grown accustomed to having social normalities and morals guiding their lives. This spectrum of rules and guidelines in a human’s life can range on a broad spectrum; In particular social norms can easily shape young children's’ choices quite easily. In The Lord Of The Flies, the basic human need for structure and order starts to protrude as the boys begin to form their new society and social norms on the Island. When the boys first arrived at the island, the boys seem eager and ready to implement the order of their old homeland, even saying how they were nowhere near primitive and ought to have a system: “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're
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Originally, the other children did not want to follow Jack, they wanted to follow Ralph. However, eventually Jack’s primitive nature came to the surface, and he casted his barbarous nature over the others and pushed a new agenda. Jack and his Hunters (Formally Known as The Choir), quickly become obsessed and absorbed in hunting. and They even come up with a ritualistic chant: ‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood!’(page 69). Jack is able to sweep up most of the boys into his own group, showing his leadership skills, but he is rather sadistic and uses this power darkly. Jack introduces the boys to new social normalities, namely hunting and painting their faces. Since Jack is in power, everyone starts to go along with these rituals. Since Jack achieved the majority of the other boys’ agreement, the other side of power did not stand a chance. Even Piggy and Ralph temporarily are sided with Jack, and assist in the brutal passing of Simon, until the Power Struggle becomes too substantial between Savagery and Humanity. When Piggy questions, “‘Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?’” (Page 124). Rodger responds by killing Piggy shortly after that. The violence remained controlled when Ralph was in power and enforced the rules, but when Jack took over with
Originally, the other children did not want to follow Jack, they wanted to follow Ralph. However, eventually Jack’s primitive nature came to the surface, and he casted his barbarous nature over the others and pushed a new agenda. Jack and his Hunters (Formally Known as The Choir), quickly become obsessed and absorbed in hunting. and They even come up with a ritualistic chant: ‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood!’(page 69). Jack is able to sweep up most of the boys into his own group, showing his leadership skills, but he is rather sadistic and uses this power darkly. Jack introduces the boys to new social normalities, namely hunting and painting their faces. Since Jack is in power, everyone starts to go along with these rituals. Since Jack achieved the majority of the other boys’ agreement, the other side of power did not stand a chance. Even Piggy and Ralph temporarily are sided with Jack, and assist in the brutal passing of Simon, until the Power Struggle becomes too substantial between Savagery and Humanity. When Piggy questions, “‘Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?’” (Page 124). Rodger responds by killing Piggy shortly after that. The violence remained controlled when Ralph was in power and enforced the rules, but when Jack took over with