Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is an excellent work to analyze using sociological concepts, since the story revolves around a group of children stranded on an island. Immediately, one can predict that the kids will struggle to instill and maintain social order, a concept which is the focus of chapter 6 in our sociology text. The conversation on the beach between Ralph and Piggy clearly reveals Piggy’s demand for social order to prevent the chaos that would inevitably ensue. Ralph and Piggy come across their first symbol of order when they discover the conch swept up on the sand. They use this to gather up the two distinct groups into a session that does result in some productivity, yielding a distinguished leader in Ralph. But foreshadowing of conflict is evident in Jack’s obvious desire for authoritarian rule. Consequently, leadership is established early in this work and leadership styles (between Ralph and Jack) will be the cause of divergence within the original group. Furthermore, the society will initially base their norms in synchrony with the society they left, but as their stay evolves into a struggle for life deviant behavior will begin to eventuate and their norms will shift int
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Ralph Jack, Lord Flies, Ralph Piggy, Maurice Roger, Roger Ralphs, Initially Ralph, Meanwhile Ralph, Ralph Piggys, Slowly Jack, William Golding, deviant behavior, division labor, ralph piggy, outer controls, lord flies, inner circle, ralphs division labor, physical appearance, boys represent, lack social, ultimate crime,
Approximate Word count = 1535
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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