Lord Of The Flies By William Golding - 1504 Words

Lord of the Flies: Violence Someone’s dead, bloods been shed, and people are being hunted one by one. In most horror stories, the next step would be finding out who the murder is, and how to either stop it or get away from it. But in this story, the murderers are already given and how they killed the others are revealed. So what’s the use of these scenes of violence? In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, several boys ranging six to thirteen are stranded on an island after the plane they were aboard on crashed. They all survived except the pilot, so they’re all alone with no adults to supervise them. How lucky! Or is it? As they band together to kept order and survive on the island, things get out of hand and blood is shed. The boy’s†¦show more content†¦There’s nothing wrong with getting excited over hunting game, since even in modern society hunting is a sport that satisfies many. Yet these are eight to twelve year old boys who were previously secluded in an all-b oys private school and hesitated to hunt a pig the first time they tried hunting, are being â€Å"†¦webbed to her in lust†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (135). Yes there is a sense of savagery since these boys are hunting, as human ancestors have done in the past regularly for food, but in general this scene demonstrates how there is a sense of barbarity within in them but its only because it regulated society needs of eating. As most of the boys’ do gain an adrenaline from this hunt, one boy particularly gives this brutal scene an importance. â€Å"Roger began to withdraw his spear and the boys noticed it for the first time. Robert stabilized the thing in a phrase that was received uproariously. Right up her ass!† (135). Such an outrageous comment coming from this kid hints of Roger’s true inner colors of his sadistic side. It’s a foreshadowing of how his true character is in the future. Roger is the first to gain that real overtaking of savagery over how he would acted in society. Without adults on this island, Roger is free from any restraint to let his inner aggressiveness out. This