The Adolescent Brain and Behavior in Lord of the Flies Violence, murder, manipulation, selfishness, the end of civilized society; all of these words apply to William Golding’s dystopian novel Lord of the Flies. In this novel, a group of young boys become stranded on an island without adult supervision. They immediately begin to fight for power, forget their morals, and prioritize their own selfish wants above everything else. They hunt, kill, and torture for entertainment. The immoral and selfish
Living peacefully and following moral standards are two impulses William Golding believes every person has. I can argue that behavior could result from internal or external factors; however, I believe that most behavior should be blamed on internal factors. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, young boys are trapped on an island in need of a civilization, but instead they got chaos. It all started off great, they even used a conch shell to call meetings and voted on a leader. Unfortunately
The Lord of the Flies presents many hidden ideas about things like the breakdown of society and human nature. One of the more debatable of these is whether internal or external forces are to blame for the actions of the boys later in the story. While there are good arguments for both sides of this debate, only one of these forces can be the major driving force for the boys’ decisions. William Golding had his own reason for the breakdown of the boys’ society he presented in his book. According
“Which is better-to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” - Piggy (180). In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of british boys are stuck on an island. The boys have to learn how to survive without becoming savages. One could argue that the boys’ savage and immoral behavior shown at the end of the novel should be blamed on biological factors. The biological factors are the brain and emotional environment. This may be true; however the boys’ savage and immoral behavior
its highest for a lifetime. In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, the boys get accustomed to irregular eating habits while being stranded on the island. Your body needs the energy we get from balanced nutrition to control the way our body grows and develops. When your body does not get the necessary nutrition it needs, it can eventually lead to malnutrition, high blood pressure, and impaired brain function. In Lord of the Flies, the boys do not have the proper nutrition to survive for
In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack and most of the other boys slowly transform from proper, British schoolboys into barbaric, impetuous savages. Is such a scenario caused by their situation or biological factors? Some may argue that savagery in the boys could be a result of their nature. However, it is true that the environment plays a big role in someone’s personality and how he/she might act. On the island, the young boys are left to fend for themselves without the guidance