Lord Of The Flies; Creating A New Society

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take what they have been taught and incorporate that
into a new society governed by themselves. Before long these boys will
deal with the many fears associated with this new life and the power
struggles for survival that will exist along the way.

The boys' creation of a new society helps the reader to see what
might really happen if a group of young boys is thrown together and must
fend for themselves without any adult supervision (Bowen, 58). This new
found freedom brings about many mixed emotions among the young boys. The
oldest of the boys is twelve and the youngest of them is six, so at first
all of the boys are happy to be rid of adult supervision, but as time wears
on the boys start to worry about if they will ever see home again. Ralph,
one of the oldest boys is very concerned about being stranded on the island
and tries to get the boys together to work as a team to survive. With
Ralph as their chosen leader the boys face the possibility that all
experiences ...

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but
both attempts turn out to be unsuccessful. Most of the boys especially the
ones associated with Jack's group get excited about new ideas but quickly
lose interest and nothing is getting done.

Jack and his group of hunters are in charge of the signal fire and
feel that it is more important to go hunting instead of watching the fire.
The irony of this situation is that a boat had passed by the island but
didn't see any signal because it was let to burn out by Jack's group (Babb,
9). The fire is considered by many critics to be a symbol of prayer and
the kindling of it brings about a great change among the boys. For some of
them when the fire was left to go out so did the ...

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