Lord of the Flies

Themes statements Golding’s view Support 1. The most natural form of government is democracy. Disagree a. In “Lord of the Flies”, the most natural form of government is not democracy. Instead it is anarchy. That is demonstrated when the constraint of civilizations are no longer in effect, the boys naturally convert or succumbed to anarchical government under Jack. b. The natural form of government is not democracy because not long after they crashed, Jack’s …

…b. Another example that shows this is advent of the parachuter. Dubbed as “The Beast”, this change in circumstances changes the boy’s morality. They were frightened into paranoia by this thing and that affected their ability to judge good from evil, right from wrong. Jack took up this golden opportunity to seize control over the boys. In a sense, the boys lost their morality or were disillusioned when the beast came to the island.