Lord of the Flies : Major Theme

The major theme of this novel shows how people can change only by not having the restrictions that they had till now. Basically, it is the human instinct verses logical thinking. This might sound weird, but what I am trying to say is about something like evil verses good. From the title, “Lord of the Flies” it implies the evilness that derives through the novel. This novel is closely related to evil, where it shows the characteristics of allurement of breaking the laws or more like not trying to have a law. Boys in this novel show the change from the obedient, peaceful students to the barbaric wild Tarzans who are more violent and dangerous. The best example is Jack. Him becoming the leader and chief of the Castle Rock, he shows the cruelty and violence by killing piggy and chasing after Ralph. Law is now nothing but a scribble in a piece of paper, and instinct is the only thing left for him to make a choice. In the other hand, there is Ralph, the one being chased, who actually is the logical thinker who has thoughts and ideas for the future not only based on his demon like instinct. By William Golding showing us Ralph running away from Jack’s group, I think he is trying to say that instinct is what most of us become like in a law-less place, and for him showing the appearance of the captain and the sobbing of the boys, telling us that how much civilization is important to us.
This theme is important to teenager living in 2008, because these actions of Jack to follow the instinct not thinking, shows our careless mistakes and accidents that we make not thinking of the consequence, such as doing drugs, drinking, smoking, and robbing. This novel shows our actions towards the society, how stupid and wild we are. Knowing this theme, I believe teenagers should figure out what they are actually doing, and how that is reflected to others and themselves.