Lord of the Flies: Freud

Children all over the world hold many of the same characteristics. Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. Children enjoy having fun and causing trouble but under some supervision can be obedient little boys and girls. Everybody, at one time in their lives, was a child and knows what it is like to have no worries at all. Children have their own interests and react to different things …

…embedded in their brains to the point where they almost never stray towards uncivilized behavior. Clearly children can quickly forget what is right and what is wrong, especially when being away from adults for any extended period of time, often resulting in a loss of innocence. The relationship between supervision and reaction to supervision is excellently portrayed in this novel. Lastly, at the end of the novel when around the naval officer arrives, the boys