Mob Mentality In Lord Of The Flies

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Mobs Have you ever been apart of a situation where you did something you normally wouldn't do but did it anyways because you were in a larger group? Mob mentality is how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, and/or purchase items. In the book, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, all the British boys who are stuck on an island start to act in a mob mentality way. Their are key examples in the book and in the outside world of people making decisions based on being in a mob environment. The pressure from the mob was very evident in the Lord of the Flies. Being in a mob setting makes people use peer pressure to persuade other people to join the mob. This is very evident with Sam and Eric, the twins, who are forced to join the tribe. Ralph sneaks into Castle Rock trying to find Sam and Eric, so he can start an outlaw tribe to fight back against Jack. Ralph realizes that Sam and Eric have joined the tribe and are…show more content…
In Ferguson, Missouri, a mob rose and devastated areas all around Ferguson. People who weren't even from Ferguson came and participated in the destruction of property. The mob feeling made people come from all over to participate in the mob. The shooting of Michael Brown, a black teen, by a white police officer was the cause of the mobs and riots in Ferguson, Missouri. Large crowds of people started to raid stores and set all kind of things on fire in response to the shooting. The mob mentality made these people feel like they were unaccountable for their actions (What happened in Ferguson). The people in the mobs and riots of Ferguson are related to the tribe in The Lord of the Flies. The tribe is created to protest Ralphs way of being a leader. The Mobs in Ferguson are created to protest the shooting of a teen. The mobs in both pressure people in who are not even related to the actual problem these were first created

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