True Portrayal of Children in Lord of the Flies :: Lord of the Flies Essays

True Portrayal of Children in Lord of the Flies   In the novel The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, one can await how children react to certain situations. Children, when given the opportunity, would choose to play and have fun rather than to do boring, hard work.  Also, when children have no other(a) adults to look up to they turn to other children for leadership.  Finally, children stray towards savagery when they ar without adult authority. Therefore, Golding succeeds in effectively portraying the interests and attitudes of young children in this novel.           When children are given the opportunity, they would rather wrap themselves in pleasure and play than in the stresses of work.  The boys show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities.  Af ter one of the shelters collapses succession only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, Al l day Ive been working with Simon.  No one else.  Theyre off bathing or eating, or playing. (55).  Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more mature a nd adult like and stray to work on the shelters, while the other children aimlessly run off and play.  The other boys avidly choose to play, eat, etc. than to continue to work with Ralph which is very boring and uninteresting.  The boys act typically of m ost children their age by being more arouse in having fun than working.  Secondly, all the boys leave Ralphs hard-working group to join Jacks group who just want to have fun.  The day after the death of Simon when Piggy and Ralph are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, Thats where theyre gone.  Jacks party.  Just for some meat.  And for hunting and for pretending to be a tribe and putting on war-paint.(163).  Piggy realizes exactly why the boys have gone to Jacks, which would be for fun and excitement.  Th e need to play and have fun in Jacks group, even though the boys risk the tribes brutality and the chance of not being rescued, outweighs doing work with Ralphs group which increase their chance s of being rescued.  Young children need to satisfy their amusement by playing games instead of doing work.  In conclusion, children are more interested