You're missing that the boys do attempt to organise and create some sort of social order. The point is not that without imposed rules and structure humans are inherently wholly inclined to savagery but rather that humans have natural impulses towards BOTH civilisation AND savagery, and that these impulses necessarily exist in conflict with one another.
equal_inequity t1_j231mbl wrote
Reply to I need help with Lord of the Flies. by Ultinia
You're missing that the boys do attempt to organise and create some sort of social order. The point is not that without imposed rules and structure humans are inherently wholly inclined to savagery but rather that humans have natural impulses towards BOTH civilisation AND savagery, and that these impulses necessarily exist in conflict with one another.