Essay Archive - Lord of the Flies: Breakdown of Social Order
Lord of the Flies: Breakdown of Social Order
Several factors contributed to the breakdown of the social order,
most of which were results of Jack's actions. When word broke out that
there was a beast roaming about the island who would eat little children,
most of the boys feared of going up the mountain where the beast was
thought to live. Since the boys were too terrified of going near the beast,
the signal fire on the mountain, ceased to burn and hope of rescue among
the boys quickly diminished, despite Ralph's efforts to rally the boys to
continue the signal fire....
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