Lord Of the Flies
Norman Cousins states “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” As people live and are exposed to the hardships in life things inside them that they thought were right now die. In of Lord of the Flies by William Golding the immature boys are exposed to life without grownups so the sense of stability and wrongdoing dies inside of them because if they have no influence from the grownups of what is right and wrong they won’t know the difference. In Lord of the Flies Roger is on the verge of losing his mind from the beginning but Simon stays in touch with the parental influence keeping him grounded and sane. Ralph experiences evil through the boy’s influence and gives in to the temptation of the easy life of savagery forgetting why he wants to go home. Roger is free to do whatever he wants whenever he wants. He takes full advantage of the opportunity of having no rules. For example, Roger throws stones at one of the boys just missing. “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.” Authority is what kept Roger from becoming insane. Now that there
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Approximate Word count = 1217
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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