Lord Of The Flies Rules And Consequences

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Society Needs Rules with Consequences Imagine a world without rules and consequences. Society would likely devolve into chaos and anarchy. Laws are important because they help keep our society safe and tell us what we can and cannot do. If society had no laws, people would be able to do whatever they wanted, and there would not be punishments for their actions. This could lead to a lot of crime and violence, as people would not have to worry about being charged or going to jail. Society needs rules and consequences to maintain order and ensure the safety and well-being of its members. You can see this principle in the Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and the necessity of traffic laws. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding shows what chaos …show more content…

This instinct to create order was to keep everyone safe. The character Jack tries very hard to maintain order by creating rules and consequences, saying “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.” (Golding 42). Ralph was the leader of the entire group and Jack was the leader of the hunters. One rule that Ralph came up with is that in the assemblies, only the person holding the conch can speak so that only one person can speak at a time, and no one is arguing or speaking over each other. In addition to this, as the novel develops, the lack of rules and consequences breaks the group into two. This leads to the rise of the character Jack and his tribe, who put their desires and violence over the well-being of the group. This is shown when Jack's tribe steals Piggy's glasses so that they can have fire and they were not thinking about Piggy. They also started breaking the rule about the conch shell. The boys broke the rules, and there were no consequences for them. This ultimately resulted in the destruction of

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