Lord Of The Flies Themes

Lord of the Flies is a castaway fiction written in the early 1950s, in Salisbury England, by author William Golding. A group stranded schoolboys battle the elements and other factors that hinder there survival on a deserted island. In the excerpt the boy display their innocence and high expectations by the use of nescience, naivety, and character actions. The boys’ innocence and their high expectations can be on display by their nescience. When Piggy raises the question of who knows their location a lot of boys give very virtuous answers. “Who knows we’re here? Eh?” “They knew at the airport.” “The man with the trumpet thing.” “My dad.” It is noteworthy that the leader Ralph is the one who says “My dad.” A person my age would never assume these ludicrous answers. These children age vary from 6 to 12 years old. It is extremely important to stress their ages. No true adolescent, or anyone older for that matter, would simply assume their father knows their locations on a deserted island on any deserted island. This simply use of diction and reference to their lack of knowledge shows their innocence. And the high expectations shows when they expect all these people to know
One of the major rules is no speaking unless you have the conch. Immediately this rule is thrown out of the window as soon as Piggy gets the shell. Jack tells Piggy that he is hindering Ralph. Reference to a quote where the only exception to the rule is Ralph. He is the only person allowed to speak, even if he doesn’t have the conch. “And he won’t be interrupted. Except by me.” The boys’ high expectations are on full display here. How can you expect to co-exist hormonally on an island when no one is around to enforce rules? That is the biggest thing that the boys do not realize. They can’t impose rules on anyone at all. That is why the needed the grownups to enforce the