In this report I will demonstrate what I have found to be some of the most interesting points of psychology that were incorporated in "Lord of the Flies". This will prove to be a difficult, but inspiring task. The first thing I noticed was we stereotype people as soon as we meet them. Another, interesting psychological finding that was in the book was that the boys had to fill the basic need. This relates to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. Finally, in doing this report I get to incorporate another interesting point of psychology. That is that I am doing a report from secondary source in perspective of the boys on the island. That is with the assumption that the book is a true story that happened to this group of kids.

The final category on Maslow's hierarchy of needs it self-actualization. This doesn't really happen in the book. The closest thing to it would be at the end of the book when Ralph realizes that he had not fulfilled his unique potential. This happens after Jack and some of the other savages come to Ralph's side of the island and raid their camp taking Piggy glasses. The glasses were significant in the fact that they were the only way on the island to start a fire. After they were stolen from the camp he realized that he did not make a good leader and let things fall apart. The only other character in the book that may have reached this point is Jack; it is unlikely that he ever made it that far though. Jack found the something that he was skilled at. His skill was hunting. Jack then used his skill and found it valuable to win over the other kids on the island to make a new group and make him the leader of it. After some time and conflict Jack had everyone on the island under his command or killed them. The only exception to this was Ralph who barely avoided the same fate.

Then to go on the second group of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. Which are belongingness or love and esteem. This is what came next in the book after all the boys are all right they began to look for each other. Piggy was the first example illustrated in "Lord of the flies". As soon as he ran into Ralph he asked his name and tried to become friends with him. Piggy is trying to fit in with Ralph. He wants to belong. This is true of all the other kids on the island as well. Piggy and Ralph find a conch in the water on the island. A conch is a shell that in this case is white and can be blown in to make a loud noise similar to a trumpet. The conch was blown as a signal to let the other lost boys know where they were. This also refers to Maslow's first need, safety. This is demonstrated by the blowing of the conch. This would not have been done if the kids did not feel safe. If they were insecure about their safety, they would have kept quiet and out of the road. Where they would not have been found. In other words they would of hid. When the conch was blown the other kids came and they had a meeting. Everyone was there showing that they all wanted to belong. If they did not want to belong, they would have stayed off by themselves or not have joined in o

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