Analysis of Lord of the Flies by Golding William - Assignment Example

Download file to see previous pages The same is true in “Lord of the flies,” where those assigned the positions of power like Jack and Ralph to play the role of leaders of the group really took this task seriously. Jack for example like the guards in the Stanford prison experiment started degrading those in a lower power position and made them follow him and act according to his instructions failure to which resulted in dehumanizing acts like the time they took Piggy’s glasses whereas they knew the importance of the glasses to Piggy. Most of those who follow jack are his fellow choir group who want to identify with their intragroup in order to gain a social identity. Obedience as observed in Milgram’s obedience research film where in spite of the participants being aware of the negative effects of their actions they still obeyed and administered the shocks is evident in the film “Lord of the flies.” Jack is an authority figure in his intragroup and the rest of the group members obey him and his commands no matter how atrocious they sound or the negative consequences it impacts on the intergroup members (who are in this case Ralph’s group). As a result of this obedience to the authority, Simon and Piggy are killed by the members of Jack’s group. Prior to that, Jack commands that they raid Ralph’s group and steal Piggy’s glasses which are used to light the fire and none of the group members refuses to go despite being aware of the fact that Piggy uses the glasses to see. Part 2 After the initial group forming (which is represented by the time when the boys were scared and had no alternative but to stick together) storming stage starts with disagreements about leadership and this is the beginning of the changes in group dynamics.  ...Download file to see next pagesRead More